David John Ewins FRS FREng[1] (25 March 1942 – 25 January 2023) was a British mechanical engineer. He was Director of the Bristol Laboratory for Advanced Dynamics Engineering (BLADE) at University of Bristol from 2007 to 2015.[2]

Life and career

Ewins studied mechanical engineering at Imperial College London, and studied for a PhD at the University of Cambridge. He was Professor of Vibration Engineering at Imperial College London.[3]

Ewins was acting director of the AgustaWestland UTC.[4]

Ewins was appointed a Fellow[5] of the Royal Academy of Engineering[6] and Fellow of the Royal Society in 2006.[7]

Ewins was appointed a Fellow of the Society for Experimental Mechanics in 2014.[8]

Ewins died on 25 January 2023, at the age of 80.[9]

References

  1. ↑ "List of Fellows". Archived from the original on 8 June 2016. Retrieved 16 October 2014.
  2. ↑ "Our People".
  3. ↑ "Home - Professor David Ewins".
  4. ↑ "Our People".
  5. ↑ "List of Fellows". Archived from the original on 8 June 2016. Retrieved 16 October 2014.
  6. ↑ "List of Fellows". Archived from the original on 8 June 2016. Retrieved 16 October 2014.
  7. ↑ "David Ewins". royalsociety.org. Retrieved 31 January 2023.
  8. ↑ "Society for Experimental Mechanics". sem.org. Retrieved 22 December 2021.
  9. ↑ "Prof David John Twins FRS". The Times. 1 February 2023. Retrieved 1 February 2023.
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