Aerospace Faculty Profile
Dr. William Fourney
Keystone Professor
3154 Martin Hall
University of Maryland, College Park, MD 20742
(301) 405-1129
four@umd.edu | Curriculum Vitae
Short Bio
W. L. (Bill) Fourney is currently Keystone Professor and Associate Dean of Engineering at the University of Maryland. He holds a joint appointment in the Mechanical Engineering Department and the Aerospace Engineering Department. He received his BS in Aerospace Engineering and his MS in Theoretical and Applied Mechanics from West Virginia University. His PhD in Theoretical and Applied Mechanics was received from the University of Illinois in 1966.
His areas of research interest are in experimental mechanics and fracture mechanics - primarily from a dynamic aspect. He has published approximately 220 articles describing the results of his research in dynamic fracture and crack arrest including approximately 50 reports to the sponsors of his research. His research has been sponsored by NSF, AFOSR, ONR, NRC, DOE, NSWC, ARL, Oak Ridge National Labs, Los Alamos National Labs, and the US Bureau of Mines.
He has served as a consultant for Gillett Research Labs, Versar, Allegheny Ballistics Lab, Harry Diamond Labs, Los Alamos National Labs, and SAIC. He is active in the Society for Experimental Mechanics (SEM) and the International Society for Explosives Engineering (ISEE). In SEM he has been elected to fellow grade membership. Within ASTM he served as Chairman of the Crack Arrest Technical Committee. Within ISRM he was President of the Commission of Fragmentation by Blasting and is North American Editor of FRAGBLAST (International Journal on Fragmentation and Blasting). Recently the group that he chairs has switched affiliations from ISRM to ISEE. The name of that group is the Committee of Fragmentation by Blasting and is a Section within ISEE. He is also a member of the American Society for Testing Materials (ASTM), the American Society for Mechanical Engineers (ASME), the American Society for Engineering Education (ASEE), the American Society for Aeronautics and Astronautics AIAA), and the American Helicopter Society (AHS).
Education
B.S. West Virginia University Aerospace Engineering
M.S. West Virginia University Theoretical and Applied Mechanics
Ph.D. University of Illinois Theoretical and Applied Mechanics
Publications
Technical Journal Articles
“Design-Based Course Sequence in Statics and Strength of Materials”, with P. Chang, International Journal of Engineering Education, Vol. 16. Number 5, 2000
“Visualization of Cratering in an Underwater Environment” by W. L. Fourney, D.J. Goodings, R.J. Bonenberger, and H. U. Leiste, The International Journal of Blasting and Fragmentation, 2001, Volume 4, Number 2, 2002.
“Cratering and Channeling in an underwater environment” by W. L. Fourney, D. Goodings, R. J. Bonenberger, and U. Leiste, FRAGBLAST International Journal on Fragmentation and Blasting, 2002.
“Wave Separation in Viscoelastic Pressure Bars Using Single-Point Measurements of Strain and Velocity” by D. T. Casem, W. L. Fourney, and P. Chang, Polymer Testing 22, (2003) pg 155-164.
“A Polymeric Split Hopkinson Pressure Bar Instrumented with Velocity Gages”, by D. T. Casem and W. L. Fourney, and P. Chang, Experimental Mechanics, Vol 43-Number 4, December, 2003.
"Explosive impulse on plates", by W. L. Fourney, U. Leiste, R. Bonenberger, and D. Goodings, International Journal on Fragmentation by Blasting, Vol. 9, No. 1, March 2005, pgs 1-17.
Papers in Proceedings
“Visualization of cratering in an underwater environment”, with D. Goodings, R. J. Bonenberger, and U. Lieste, BAI’s Ninth High-Tech Seminar on Blasting Technology, Orlando, Fla., July 2000.
“Small-Scale Cratering Tests in Submerged Soils”, with R. J. Bonenberger, D. J. Goodings, and J. Zhao, Society for Experimental Mechanics International Meeting, Orlando, Fla., June 2000.
“Channeling in Water Covered Soils”, by W. L. Fourney, Uli Leiste, Deborah Goodings, & Robert Bonenberi, 4th Joint Classified Bombs/Warheads & Ballistics Symposium, Newport, Rhode Island, June 26-28, 2001.
“Cratering and Channeling in an Underwater Environment”, by W.L.Fourney, D. Goodings, R.J. Bonenberger, and U. Leiste, BAI’s Tenth High-Tech Seminar on Blasting Technology, Nashville, Tenn., July 22-26, 2001.
“Impulse Delivered to a Plate from Explosive Detonation”, by W.L. Fourney, R. Bonenberger, D. Goodings, & Uli Leiste, 30th Annual International Society for Explosives Engineering Meeting, New Orleans, La., February 2, 2004.
“Vertical Stress in Sand as a Result of Load on the Surface”, W. L. Fourney, L.C. Taylor, R.J. Bonenberger, & D. Goodings, Australian-American Mine countermeasures & Demining Conference, February 9, 2004, Canberra, Australia.
“Equilibrium of Foam Samples During High-Rate Compression”, Daniel Casem, W. L. Fourney, & P. Chang, Society for Experimental Mechanics X International Congress. June 7th, 2004, Costa Mesa, Calif.
“An Inverse Problem Approach to Model Studies of Well Stimulation”, by R.J. Bonenberger, H. U. Leiste, S. J. Spencer, and W. L. Fourney, Society for Experimental Mechanics X International Congress. June 7th, 2004, Costa Mesa, Calif.
“Small Scale Model Testing to Predict Impulse on Plates Due to Explosive Loading”, by W. L. Fourney, Uli Leiste, R. J. Bonenberger, and D. Goodings, 31st Annual International Society for Explosives Engineering Meeting, Orlando, Florida, February 9, 2005.
Reports
Taylor, L., W. L. Fourney, & D. Robeson “Underwater Cratering and Channeling Explosive Tests Conducted at Weston-Super-Mare, U.K. – Fall 1998”, IHTR 2291, September 29, 2000, 69 Pages.
Taylor, L., W. L. Fourney, & D. Robeson, “Underwater Cratering and Channeling Explosive Tests Conducted at Weston-Super-Mare, U.K. November”, IHTR 2457, September 9, 2002, 49 pages.
Fourney, W.L., D. Goodings, & R. J. Bonenberger “Channeling in Water-Covered Soils with Explosives”, Indian Head Division, Naval Surface Warfare Center, IHCR 03-90, March 14, 2003, 128 pages.
Fourney, W. L., D. Goodings, U. Leiste, & R. J. Bonenberger, “Impulse Loading on Plates due to Detonation of explosives beneath saturated soils”, Report to U. S. Navy, Indian Head Division of NSWC, November 2004.
Fourney, W. L., D. Goodings, U. Leiste, & R. J. Bonenberger, “Impulse Loading on Plates due to Detonation of explosives beneath soils and clays”, Report to U. S. Army, Aberdeen, Md., November 2004.
Fourney, W. L., D. Goodings, U. Leiste, & R. J. Bonenberger, “Measurements of Pressure Loading on Plates Due to Explosive Detonation, Report to NSWC – Indianhead Division, November 2005.
Fourney, W. L., D. Goodings, U. Leiste, & Leslie Taylor, “Reduction in Impulse attributed to geometric bottom shaping”, Report to NSWC – Indianhead Division, November 2006.
Scientific and Professional Membership
Member ASTM, SEM, ASME, AIAA, AHS, ISEE, ASEE, AAM
Former Member of International Society of Rock Mechanics
West Virginia University, Member Advisory Committee - Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering Department.
Member Advisory Committee-Aerospace Engineering Department, US Naval Academy, Aerospace & Ocean Engineering Department, Virginia Polytechnic Institution (VPI)
Honors and Awards
Member: Pi Tau Sigma, Tau Beta Pi, Sigma Gamma Tau, Sigma Xi, Omicron Delta
Kappa, Phi Delta Phi
Fellow of SEM
Charter Member, Academy of Distinguished Alumni-WVU Aerospace Engineering
Clifford L. Sayre Teaching Award – 1995
Pi Tau Sigma Teaching Award – 1995
Outstanding Teaching Award UMCP – 1996
Outstanding Contributions to Seniors UMCP – 1995
Outstanding Educator Award Nominee Md. Assoc. for Higher Education – 1996
Outstanding Service Award – A. James Clark School – 1997
SEM 2000 Tatnall Award “Long & Dedicated Service to SEM”.
Outstanding Service Award – A. James Clark School -2004
Rainmaker - 2004
Mentor of the Year Award – Aerospace Engineering Department - 2004
Rainmaker - 2005
Mentor of the Year Award – Aerospace Engineering Department – 2006
Rainmaker - 2006
Named as one of six Keystone Professors within A. James Clark School of Engineering - 2006- 2009 and Lead Keystone Professor
Recipient of University of Maryland President’s Medal – 2006
Rainmaker – 2007
Outstanding Mentor Award – Aerospace Engineering Department – 2008
Selected for Distinguished Alumni Award–MechSE Department Univ.Illinois-CU 2008
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