Nick Newman (naval architect) explained

Nick Newman
Birth Date:	1935 3, df=y
Birth Place:	New Haven, Connecticut
Field:	Marine hydrodynamics
Work Institution:	Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Alma Mater:	Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Doctoral Advisor:	Fritz Ursell
Doctoral Students:	Robert F. Beck
Known For:	Newman's approximation, WAMIT
Prizes:	Royal Institution of Naval Architects, Bronze Medal (1976) Society of Naval Architects and Marine Engineers, Davidson Medal (1988) Georg Weinblum Memorial Lectureship (1988-1989)

John Nicholas "Nick" Newman (born 10 March 1935) is an American naval architect^[1] noted for his contributions to marine hydrodynamics. Together with David Evans, he initiated the International Workshop on Water Waves and Floating Bodies.^{[2] [3]} He is also known for his contribution in the development of the wave–structure interaction code WAMIT. He is currently emeritus professor of Naval Architecture at Massachusetts Institute of Technology.

Education and career

Newman's degrees (S.B. 1956, S.M. 1957, and Sc.D. 1960) are all from MIT, and were all taken in the field of Naval Architecture and Marine Engineering. From 1959 to 1967 he worked as a research naval architect at David Taylor Model Basin. In 1967 he moved back to MIT and held a long academic career there.

He is a member of the National Academy of Engineering,^[4] and of the Norwegian Academy of Science and Letters.^[5] In 1992, the Norwegian University of Science and Technology in Trondheim awarded him an honorary doctorate.^[6]

In 2008, a symposium was organized in his honor at the 27th International Conference on Offshore Mechanics and Arctic Engineering.^[7]

Personal

Newman is married to Kathleen Smedley Kirk. They have three children.

Books

• Book: John Nicholas Newman . Marine hydrodynamics . 1977 . . Cambridge, Massachusetts . 0-262-14026-8 .

Selected publications

• J. N.. Newman. 6. 4. 10–17 . The exciting forces on fixed bodies in waves. Journal of Ship Research. 1962. 10.5957/jsr.1962.6.4.10.
• J. N.. Newman. 9. 3. 190–199 . The exciting forces on moving bodies in waves. Journal of Ship Research. 1965. 10.5957/jsr.1965.9.4.190.
• J. N.. Newman. Second order, slowly varying forces on vessels in irregular waves. Proc. Intl. Symp. On Dynamics of Marine Vehicles and Offshore Structures in Waves. 1974.
• J. N.. Newman. 10.1007/BF00055041. 19. 1. 56–67 . Algorithms for the free-surface Green function. Journal of Engineering Mathematics. 1985. 1985JEnMa..19...57N . 121920975.
• J. N.. Newman. 10.1007/BF00042771. 20. 2. 113–126 . Distributions of sources and normal dipoles over a quadrilateral panel . Journal of Engineering Mathematics. 1986. 1986JEnMa..20..113N . 122267445.

External links

• WAMIT
• International Workshop on Water Waves and Floating Bodies web site

Notes and References

1. 10.1007/s10665-007-9136-8. 58. 1. 1–5. Tuck. E.O.. Ernie Tuck. A biography of J.N. Newman. Journal of Engineering Mathematics. 2007. 2007JEnMa..58....1T . 120828382.
2. Web site: About the IWWWFB . iwwwfb.org . 2008-09-19 .
3. Book: Grue . John . Proceedings of the Twentieth International Workshop on Water Waves and Floating Bodies . 2005 . Longyearbyen, Spitsbergen, Norway .
4. Web site: Members Directory – Dr. J. Nicholas Newman . . 13 October 2010 .
5. Web site: Gruppe 1: Matematiske fag. Norwegian Academy of Science and Letters. Norwegian. 7 October 2010.
6. Web site: Æresdoktorer . Norwegian . Honorary doctors . . 13 October 2010 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20140102200919/http://www.ntnu.no/forskning/aeresdoktorer . 2 January 2014 .
7. Web site: Nick Newman Symposium on Marine Hydrodynamics . https://archive.today/20070616011049/http://www.asmeconferences.org/OMAE08/Newman_SC.cfm . dead . 16 June 2007 . 1 January 2011 .