Mechanical Engineering Faculty Profile:

Dr. William Fourney
Professor of Mechanical Engineering,

Dynamic fracture mechanics; rock fracture and fragmentation; experimental stress analysis

(301) 405-1129 |  four@umd.edu | Room 3179F, Building 088, Glenn L. Martin Hall

Education
Ph.D., University of Illinois (Urbana), 1966

Recent Publications
Taylor, L., W.L. Fourney, and D. Robeson, “Underwater Cratering and Channeling Explosive Tests Conducted at Weston-Super-Mare, U.K.—Fall 1998,” IHTR 2291, September 29, 2000.

Chang, P., and W.L. Fourney, “Design-Based Course Sequence in Statics and Strength of Materials,” International Journal of Engineering Education, Vol. 16. No. 5, 2000.

Fourney, W.L., D.J. Goodings, R.J. Bonenberger, and H.U. Leiste, “Visualization of Cratering in an Underwater Environment,” FRAGBLAST—The International Journal for Blasting and Fragmentation, Vol. 4, No. 2, 2001.

Fourney, W.L., D. J. Goodings, R. J. Bonenberger, and H.U. Leiste, “Cratering and Channeling in an Underwater Environment,” BAI’s Tenth High-Tech Seminar on Blasting Technology, Nashville, Tenn., July 2001.

Fourney, W.L., D. J. Goodings, R. J. Bonenberger, H.U. Leiste, and L.C. Taylor, “Channeling in an Underwater Environment (unclassified paper),” NDIA's 4th Joint Classified Bombs/Warheads and Ballistics Symposium, Newport, RI, June 26-28, 2001.

Scientific and Professional Membership
Member, Executive Board of SEMEF (Educational Foundation for SEM); National Member, ASTM, ASME, AIAA, AHS, ASEE, SEM, ISRM, American Academy of Mechanics; Chairman of International Society of Rock Mechanics Commission on Fragmentation by Blasting; Member of International Organizing Committee on 2nd, 3rd, 4th, 5th, 6th, and 7th International Conference on Fragmentation by Blasting; Editor, International Journal of Fragmentation and Blasting; Member, Advisory Committee, Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering Department, West Virginia University; Member, Pi Tau Sigma, Tau Beta Pi, Sigma Gamma Tau, Sigma Xi, Omicron Delta Kappa, Phi Delta Phi; Charter Member, Academy of Distinguished Alumni, WVU Aerospace Engineering Department; Advisory Board, International Journal of Rock Mechanics and Rock Engineering; SEM 2000 F. G. Tatnall Award

Honors and Awards
Fellow, Society of Experimental Mechanics (SEM); Clifford L. Sayre Outstanding Teaching Award, 1995; Pi Tau Sigma Outstanding Teaching Award, 1995; Faculty Advisor, Omicron Delta Kappa and Tau Beta Pi; Listed in Who’s Who in Technology

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