R. J. Sanford, Professor Emeritus of Mechanical Engineering

Biography

EDUCATION

B.M.E., George Washington University, Washington, D.C. 1962

M.S.E., Major in Solid Mechanics, George Washington University, Washington, D.C. 1965

Ph.D., Major in Solid Mechanics, Minor in Mathematics, Catholic University of America, Washington, D.C. 1971

Post-doctoral Study: University of Maryland, 1978-79

ACADEMIC EXPERIENCE

1995-present
Professor Emeritus of Mechanical Engineering
University of Maryland
College Park, MD 20742

1984-1995
Professor of Mechanical Engineering
University of Maryland

1982-1984
Associate Professor of Mechanical Engineering
University of Maryland

1979-1982
Visiting Professor (Part-time)
Mechanical Engineering Department
University of Maryland

PRIOR PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

1974-1982
Head, Structural Reliability Section
Marine Technology Division
Naval Research Laboratory
Washington, D.C. 20375

1971-1974
Head, Stress Analysis Section
Mechanics Division
Naval Research Laboratory

1962-1971
Research Mechanical Engineer
Mechanics Division
Naval Research Laboratory

AWARDS AND HONORS

Selected for NRL Thomas Edison Memorial Graduate Training Program, 1966.
Recipient of NRL Research Publication Award, 1972.
Recipient of Hetenyi Award, Society for Experimental Stress Analysis, 1974.
Recipient of NRL Research Publication Award, 1979.
Elected to Grade of Fellow, Society for Experimental Stress Analysis, 1980.
Recipient of Frocht Award, Society for Experimental Mechanics, 1994.
Elected to the grade of Fellow, American Society of Mechanical Engineers, 2002.
Listed in Who's Who in Engineering.
Listed in American Men and Women of Science.
Listed in Who's Who in the East.
Listed in Who's Who in Technology.

PROFESSIONAL SOCIETY ACTIVITIES

SEM (formerly, SESA) Chairman, Optical Methods Committee, 1981-1984
Vice-Chairman, Optical Methods Committee, 1979-1981
Member, Committee of Fellows, 1980-1982, 1993-94
Vice-Chairman, Monograph Committee, 1982-1986
Member, Technical Activities Council, 1981-1984
Member, Editorial Committee, 1980-1986
Member, Fracture Committee
ASME — Life Member
American Academy of Mechanics — Founder member
ASTM — Member, Committee E-08 (Fatigue and Fracture)
Chairman, Organizing Committee, 15th National Symposium on Fracture Mechanics
Member, Organizing Committee, 23rd National Symposium Fracture Mechanics
Sigma Tau — Member

CONTRACT SPONSORS AT UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND

Sandia National Laboratories
National Bureau of Standards, Boulder
Naval Air Systems Command
Naval Research Laboratory
National Science Foundation
ATR, Inc.
Naval Air Development Center
Naval Air Development Center
Mack Trucks
NIST/Boulder

COURSES TAUGHT AT UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND

ENES 110 - Statics (3)
ENME 300 - Materials Science and Engineering (3)
ENME 414 - Computer Aided Design (3)
ENME 465 - Introduction to Fracture Mechanics (3)
ENME 470 - Finite Elements Analysis
ENME 489S - Introduction to Experimental Stress Analysis (3)
ENME 677 - Applied Elasticity (3)
ENME 678 - Fracture Mechanics (3)
ENME 680 - Experimental Mechanics (3)

INVITED SEMINARS

"Engineering Applications of Holographic Interferometry"
Naval Postgraduate School
February 11, 1972

"Applications of Holography to Engineering Measurements"
Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University
October 23, 1972

"Applications of Holography to Engineering Measurements"
University of Maryland
February 7, 1978

"NDE Research at the Naval Research Laboratory"
Washington Area Section, SESA
May 11, 1978

"Engineering Applications of Holography"
U.S. Naval Academy
December 9, 1980

"Influence of Nonsingular Stresses on Measurements of the Stress Intensity Factor"
Truesdell Seminar on Natural Philosophy
Johns Hopkins University
March 13, 1984

"Facts and Fallacies in Fracture Mechanics"
Penn State University
October 24, 1985

"Photoelastic Observations of Fracture"
ASM Short Course on Fracture Control in Engineering Materials
NBS, Gaithersburg
April 23, 1987

"Novel Applications of Collocation to Fracture Mechanics"
University of Wisconsin, Madison
March 1, 1990

"Fracture Mechanics and the Welding Industry"
American Welding Society, Washington, D.C.
March 10, 1993

"The Collocaton Method in Fracture Mechanics - Then and Now"
J.L. Swedlow Memorial Lecture
32nd National Symposium on Fatigue and Fracture Mechanics
ASTM, Philadelphia, PA
June 14, 2000

PATENTS

"Multi-Purpose Real-time Holographic Polariscope"
#3,831,436 issued 27 August 1974