Rodney J. Clifton
Rodney James Clifton (born July 10, 1937 in Orchard, Nebraska ) is an American mechanical engineer.
Clifton studied at the University of Nebraska with a bachelor's degree in 1959 and at the Carnegie Institute of Technology with a master's degree in 1961 and a doctorate as a civil engineer in 1964. He was then assistant professor and from 1971 professor at Brown University . 1974 to 1979 and 1998 to 2003 he was dean of the engineering faculty there.
In 1979 he was visiting professor at Stanford University and 1971/72 visiting scholar at the University of Southampton . He was a consultant at Terra Tek in Salt Lake City (since 1973), at Sandia National Laboratories and at Brookhaven National Laboratory .
He dealt with the dynamics of impacts on plates (theoretical and experimental), dynamic plasticity and dynamics of crack formation, hydraulic crack formation (fracturing) and numerical methods.
In 2000 he received the Timoshenko Medal and in 1997 the William Murray Medal of the Society of Experimental Mechanics. He is a Fellow of the National Academy of Engineering , the American Academy of Arts and Sciences , the American Physical Society , the American Society of Mechanical Engineers, and the American Academy of Mechanics .
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- ↑ Life data according to American Men and Women of Science , Thomson Gale 2004
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Clifton, Rodney J. |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Clifton, Rodney James |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | American engineer |
| DATE OF BIRTH | July 10, 1937 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Orchard, Nebraska |