Doctoral Dissertation Committee Chairmanships or Co-Chairmanship

1. Theodore Kokkinis, "Global Elastic Stability of Marine Risers," April 1984 (chair). Presently: Exxon/Mobil Upstream Research, group leader, mooring systems.
2. Curtis J. Hoff, "Static / Dynamic Redesign of Marine Structures," April 1985 (co-chair with W.J. Anderson). Presently: CEO, Hoff and Associates, Ann Arbor.
3. John E. Kokarakis, "Design Analysis of Marine Risers based on their Static and Dynamic Nonlinear Behavior," April 1986 (chair). Presently: Senior Engineer, Ship Engineering Department, American Bureau of Shipping.
4. Fotis A. Papoulias, "Dynamic Analysis of Offshore Mooring Systems," June 1987 (chair). Presently: Professor of Mechanical Engineering, Naval Postgraduate School, Monterey, California.
5. Jonghyun Kim, "Structural Redesign of Offshore Structures," June 1988 (chair). Presently: Korean Register of Shipping, Principal Research Engineer.
6. Nicholas Vlahopoulos, "Constrained Problems in Riser and Pipeline Mechanics," May 1989 (chair). Presently: Professor with tenure, NA & ME Dept., University of Michigan.
7. Jin-Sug Chung, "Dynamics of Moored Offshore Platforms," January 1991 (co-chair with Robert F. Beck). Presently: SMB/IMOBCO, group leader, mooring systems.
8. Ricky Tawekal, "Model Correlation of Large Scale Marine Structures by Perturbation," April 1991 (chair). Presently: Professor, Bandung Institute of Technology, Bandung, Indonesia.
9. Byungsik Kang, "Redesign and Redundancy Analysis of Structures by Large Admissible Perturbations," January 1992 (chair). Presently: Hoff and Associates, Technical Manager.
10. Yeong-Soo Bae, "Effect of Hydrodynamic and Structural Nonlinearities on the Dynamics and Fatigue Life of Risers," June 1992 (chair). Presently: Dae Wood Shipbuilding, Director of Research.
11. Chae Whan Rim, "Redesign of Hull Stiffened Plates by Geometrically Nonlinear Large Admissible Perturbations," May 1993 (co chair with Dale G. Karr). Presently: Korean Institute of Mechanics and Materials, Senior Research Engineer, Strength and Safety.
12. Basem Alzahabi, "Redesign of Cylindrical Shells by Large Admissible Perturbations," Civil and Environmental Engineering student, April 1996 (co-chair with Subhash C. Goel, Civil and Environmental Engineering). Presently: Associate Professor with tenure, Mechanical Engineering, Kettering University.
13. John Ferris, "Deducing and Redesigning Complex System Models," Mechanical Engineering and Applied Mechanics student, April 1996 (co-chair with Jeffrey L. Stein, Mechanical Engineering and Applied Mechanics). Presently: Senior Technical Specialist, Advanced Chassis Development, ZF Technologies.
14. Luis Garza-Rios, "Development of a Design Methodology for Mooring Systems Based on Catastrophe Theory," April 1996 (chair). Awarded the Distinguished Dissertation Award of the Horace H. Rackham Graduate School, The University of Michigan, May 1997. Presently: Exxon/Mobil Research, Mooring Systems.
15. Danet Suryatama, "Topology Redesign of Complex Structures by Large Admissible Perturbations," April 1999 (chair). Presently: Daimler/Chrysler Auburn Hills, Project Engineer, CAE, Advanced Vehicle Engineering.
16. Boo Ki Kim, "Stability Analysis and Design of Spread Mooring System," April 1999 (chair). Presently: Research Engineer, American Bureau of Shipping.
17. Vincent Blouin, "Redesign for Forced Response Amplitude of Submerged Structures by Large Admissible Perturbations," June 2001 (chair). Presently: Research Associate, Mechanical Engineering, Clemson University.
18. Bhineka Kristanto, "Stress Redesign of Complex Structures by Large Admissible Perturbations," December 2002 (chair). Presently: Application Specialist, NASTRAN Interfaces, Altair Engineering, Inc.
19. Libin Miao, "Topology Redesign of Stiffened Plates and Double Bottoms of Ship Hulls", August 2004 (chair).
20. Joao Paulo Matsuura, "Slow Nonlinear Dynamics and Station Keeping of Mooring Systems", December 2004 (chair).
21. Bonhyun Koo, "Redesign of Complex Structures," pending (chair).
22. Kamaldev Raghavan, "Energy Extraction from a Steady Flow Using Vortex Induced Vibration," May 2007 (chair).