J. Kim Vandiver: Resume

PERSONAL	3 Peacock Farm Road Lexington, MA 02173 Born: 4 December 1945
EDUCATION	Ph.D., MIT and Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution Joint Program in Oceanographic Engineering, February 1975. S.M., Ocean Engineering, MIT, August 1969. B.S., Engineering, Harvey Mudd College of Science and Engineering, June 1968.
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE	Registered Mechanical Engineer, State of Massachusetts. Consulting practice in structural dynamics, ship vibration, and downhole drillstring dynamics; clients include BP/Amoco, Exxon/Mobil, Chevron, and Unocal.
POSITIONS HELD	June 1999: Present Dean, Undergraduate Research July 1992: Present Director, Edgerton Center June 1991: 1993 MIT Faculty Chairman July 1985: Present Professor, MIT, Department of Ocean Engineering July 1984-June 1989: Director, Experimental Study Group, MIT 1978-1985: Associate Professor, MIT, Department of Ocean Engineering 1975-1978: Assistant Professor, MIT, Department of Ocean Engingeering 1968-69 & 1972-74: Research Assistant, MIT, Department of Ocean Engineering 1972-1973: Teaching Assistant to Harold Edgerton, MIT, Department of Electrical Engineering 1970-1971: First Lieutenant, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Post Engineer, Nha Trang, South Viet Nam
AWARDS AND DISTINCTIONS	1st Recipient of the Arthur Lubinski Best Mechanical Engineering Paper Award, 1984 Offshore Technology Conference Program Committee Chairman of the 1987 Offshore Technology Conference Graduate Student Council Teaching Award, May 1987. MIT President's Award for Community Service, 1999. MIT MacVicar Award for Excellence in teaching, 2001. Offshore Technology Conference Distinguished Achievement Award for Individuals, 2005. ASME A. Lubinski Best Paper Award for the Offshore Technology Conference, 2006. MIT Arthur C. Smith Award for meaningful contributions and devotion to undergraduate student life, 2011. MIT Gordon Y. Billard Award for special service of outstanding merit, 2012.
PROFESSIONAL SOCIETIES	ASCE, SPE, ASME, SNAME, AAAS, Sigma XI
RECREATIONAL INTERESTS	Soaring, sailing, antique vehicles
PRINCIPAL PUBLICATIONS	"Color Schlieren Photography of High Speed Transient Events", with H. E. Edgerton, Proceedings of the 11th International Congress on High Speed Photography, September 1974, pp. 398-403, Chapman Hall, Ltd., London, 1975. "Detection of Structural Failure on Fixed Platforms by Measurement of Dynamic Response", Journal of Petroleum Technology, Vol. XXIX, March 1977. "The Effect of Liquid Storage Tanks on the Dynamic Response of Offshore Platforms", Proceedings of the 1978 Offshore Technology Conference, Houston, May 1978; also published in Journal of Petroleum Technology, October 1979, and Applied Ocean Research, Vol. 1, No. 2, 1979. "Prediction of the Damping Controlled Response of Offshore Structures to Random Excitation", Society of Petroleum Engineers Journal, February 1980; also published in Proceedings of the 1979 Offshore Technology Conference, Vol. II, Houston, Texas, May 1979. "A Random Vibration Model for Cable Strumming Prediction", with M. B. Kennedy, Proceedings of Civil Engineering in the Oceans IV, Vol. I, pp. 273-292, September 1979. "The Influence of Separated Flow on the Dynamic Response of Offshore Structures to Random Waves", with A. B. Dunwoody, Proceedings of the Hydrodynamics in Ocean Engineering Conference, Trondheim, Norway, August 1981. "The Sensitivity of Fatigue Life Estimates to Variations in Structural Natural Periods, Modal Damping Ratios, and Directional Spreading of the Seas," Proceedings of the Third International Conference on the Behavior of Offshore Structures, MIT, 1982. "The Determination of Modal Damping Ratios from Maximum Entropy Spectral Estimates", with R. B. Campbell, Proceedings of the 1980 Offshore Technology Conference, Houston, May 1980; also ASME Journal of Dynamic Systems and Control, Vol. 104, March 1982. "A Mathematical Basis for the Random Decrement Vibration Signature Analysis Technique", with A. B. Dunwoody, R. B. Campbell, and M. F. Cook, in The Journal of Mechanical Design, Vol. 104, April 1982. "Measured and Predicted Dynamic Response of a Single Pile Platform to Random Wave Excitation," with M. F. Cook, Proceedings of the 14th Annual Offshore Technology Conference, Houston, May 1982. "Direct Wave Force Measurements on a Model Tension Leg Platform," presented at the Ocean Structural Dynamics Symposium, Corvallis, Oregon, September 1982. "Measurements of the Vortex Excited Strumming Vibrations of Marine Cables", with O. M. Griffin, presented at the Ocean Structural Dynamics Symposium, Corvallis, Oregon, September 1982. "Drag Coefficients of Long Flexible Cylinders", Proceedings of the 1983 Offshore Technology Conference, Paper No. 4490, Houston, 1983. ASME Best Paper Award. "A Numerically Efficient Technique for the Simulation of Random Wave Forces on Offshore Structures", with Kamyab Samii Proceedings of the 1984 Offshore Technology Conference, Houston, May 1984. "Prediction of Lockin Vibration on Flexible Cylinders in Sheared Flow," Proceedings of the 1985 Offshore Technology Conference, Paper No. 5006, Houston, May 1985. "The Identification of the Quadratic System Relating Cross-Flow and In-Line, Vortex-Induced Vibration", with Jen-Yi Jong, ASME, Winter Annual Meeting, November 1985. "Vortex-Induced Vibration and Drag Coefficients of Long Cables Subjected to Sheared Flow", with Y. H. Kim and R. Holler, Proceedings of the 4th OMAE Symposium, Volume One, ASME, Dallas, Texas, February 1985; Journal of Energy Resources Technology, Volume 108, March 1986. "The Relationship Between In-Line and Cross-flow Vortex-induced Vibration of Cylinders", with J. Y. Jong. Journal of Fluids and Structures, Vol. 1, pp. 381-399, 1987. "Predicted and Measured Response of Flexible Cylinders In Sheared Flow", with T. Y. Chung, ASME Winter Annual Meeting, Symposium on Vortex-Induced Vibration, Chicago, December 1988. "Hydrodynamic Damping on Flexible Cylinders in Sheared Flow", with T. Y. Chung, Proceedings of the 1987 Offshore Technology Conference, Paper No. 5524, pp. 343-353, Houston, May 1987. Reprinted in Journal of Waterway, Port, Coastal, and Ocean Engineering, Vol. 115, Number 2, March 1989. "Case Studies of the Bending Vibration and Whirling Motion of Drill Collars", with J. W. Nicholson and R. J. Shyu, SPE Drilling Engineering, pp. 282-290, December 1990, and presented at the 1989 SPE/IADC Drilling Conference, New Orleans, March 3, 1989. "The Effect of Surface and Downhole Boundary Conditions on the Vibration of Drillstrings", with F. Clayer et al., Proceedings of the 1990 SPE Annual Meeting, Paper No. SPE 20447, New Orleans, September 1990. "The Design of Fatigue-Resistant Structural Members Excited by Wind", with D. Rudge, C.-Y. Fei, and S. Nicholls, presented at the 24th Annual Offshore Technology Conference, Houston, Texas, May 1992. "Drillstring Axial Vibrations Control and Shock Absorber Positioning Criteria", with A. Ligrone, P. Ferrara, and R. Rao, Offshore Mediterranean Conference (OMC93), Italy, March 11-13, 1993. "Dimensionless Parameters Important to the Prediction of Vortex-Induced Vibration of Long, Flexible Cylinders in Ocean Currents", Journal of Fluids and Structures, Vol. 7, No. 5., pp. 423-455, July 1993. "Suppression of Cable Vibration by Means of Wave Absorbing Terminations", with L. Li, Proceedings of the Behavior of Offshore Structures Conference, Vol. 2, MIT, Cambridge, Mass., Pergamon Press, pp. 633-643, July 1994. "A Gaussian Model for Predicting the Effect of Unsteady Windspeed on the Vortex-Induced Vibration Response of Structural Members", with C. Y. Fei, Proceedings of the 14th International Conference on Offshore Mechanics and Arctic Engineering, American Society of Mechanical Engineers, Copenhagen, 1995. "Wave Propagation in Strings with Rigid Bodies", with L. Li. Journal of Vibrations and Acoustics, Vol. 117, pp. 493-500, 1995. "On Multi-Frequency Vortex-Induced Vibrations of Long Marine Risers", with C. M. Larsen and K. Vikestad, Proceedings of the International OCEANS '96 Conference, Ft. Lauderdale, Florida, USA, 1996. "A Procedure for Predicting the Fatigue Damage of Structural Members in Unsteady Winds", with C. Y. Fei, R. B. Campbell, and D. Rudge, Offshore Technology Conference, Paper 8081, May 6-9, 1996. "The Occurrence of Lock-in under Highly Sheared Conditions:, with D. Allen, and L. Li. Journal of Fluids and Structures, 10, pp. 555-561, 1996. "Vortex Induced Vibrations of Long Marine Risers - Experimental Investigations of Multi-frequency Response", with C. L. Larsen, K. Vikestad, and H. Lie, presented at the 8th International Conference on the Behavior of Offshore Structures, BOSS, Delft, The Netherlands, July 7-10, 1997. "Vortex Induced Vibrations of Long Marine Risers: Model Test in a Rotating Rug", with J. Lie and C. M. Larsen, Proceedings of the International Offshore Mechanics and Arctic Engineering Conference, OMAE, Yokohama, 1997. "Experimental Study of Excited Circular Cylinder in Current", with K. Vikestad and C. M. Larsen, Proceedings of the International Offshore Mechanics and Arctic Engineering Conference, OMAE, Yokohama, 1997. "VIV model test of a bare and staggered buoyancy riser in a rotating rug", with H. Lie and K. Mo, Proceedings of the Offshore Technology Conference, Paper No. 8700, Houston, TX, May 1998. "Research Challenges in the Vortex-induced Vibration Prediction of Marine Risers", Proceedings of the Offshore Technology Conference, Paper No. 8698, Houston, May 1998. "Added Mass and Oscillation Frequency for a Circular Cylinder Subjected to Vortex-induced Vibrations and External Disturbance", with K. Vikestad and C. M. Larsen, 2nd International Conference on Hydroelasticity in Marine Technology, Fukuoka, Japan, December 1-3, 1998. "Offshore VIV Monitoring at Schiehallion - Analysis of Riser VIV Response", with S. Cornut. Proceedings of ETCE/OMAE 2000 Joint Conference: Energy for the New Millenium, Paper No. 005022, New Orleans, LA, February 14-17, 2000. "Norwegian Deepwater Program: Analysis of Vortex-Induced Vibrations of Marine Risers Based on Full-Scale Measurements", with K. E. Kaasen, H. Lie, and F. Solaas. Proceedings of the 2000 Offshore Technology Conference, Paper No. 11997, Houston, TX, May 1-4, 2000. "Norwegian Deepwater Riser and Mooring: Damping of Vortex-Induced Vibrations", with K. Vikestad and C. M. Larsen. Proceedings of the 2000 Offshore Technology Conference, Paper No. 11998, Houston, TX, May 1-4, 2000. "Vortex induced vibrations measured in service in the Foinaven dynamic umbilical, and comparison with predictions", with G. J. Lyons, C. M. Larsen, and G. T. Ashcombe. Proceedings of the 7th International Conference on Flow-Induced Vibrations, FIV 2000, Lucerne, June 2000. "Predicting Lock-in on Drilling Risers in Sheared Flows", Proceedings of the 7th International Conference on Flow-Induced Vibrations, FIV 2000, Lucerne, June 2000. [PDF]
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