Academia Panamericana de Ingeniería

Academia Pan-Americana de Engenharia

Pan American Academy of Engineering

 

 

WILLIAM FARRIS RANSON III

 

 

BME, Auburn University, 1962; MSME, Auburn University, 1965;  Ph.D., University of Illinois, 1971.

Retired Professor of Mechanical Engineering and currently President of Direct Measurements Inc., an engineering firm producing and selling an optical strain measuring device and proving engineering consulting in the oil and gas, aerospace and energy industries, among others.  Has been Engineer, Arnold Research Organization; Instructor , Auburn University;  Instructor & Research Associate, University of Illinois; Assistant  and Associate Professor, Auburn University.  In 1989, he developed the concept and proposal to the US National Institute of Standards & Technology (NIST) establishing the Southeast Manufacturing Technology Center (SMTC) at the University of South Carolina (USC) USA. 

Dr. Ranson is a contributor to experimental and theoretical mechanics.  He pioneered  Digital Correlation to measure strain.  He is a leader in academia and combined gifted teaching with research and development programs. He established the Southeast Manufacturing Technology Center and NETGEN, the engineering distance-learning program of the University of South Carolina. He is a well-known author, lecturer and  consultant. He and colleagues recently founded Direct Measurements Inc. and he serves as president of Direct Measurements.

 

Fellow of the American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME). And of the Society of Experimental Mechanics (SEM).

 

He is co-patentee of several patents.  Among others, he published:  “Compressed Symbology Strain Gage”, 2004; “Wavelet Based Strain Measurement Applications in Optical Stress Analysis”, with William F. Ranson, 1995; “Pipe Anchor Discontinuity Analysis – Axisymmetric Closed Form Solutions Utilizing Bessel Functions and Fourier Series,” 1997, co-authored with Dennis Williams; "Computer Aided Angiography Used in the Prediction of Restenosis After Percutaneous Transluminal Coronary Angioplasty (PTCA)” , 1990.  co-authored with C. H. Almond, B. R. Jones, W. S. Miles, and L. S. Lamb; "Digital Image Processing Using and Improved Digital Correlation Method”, 1983, co-authored with M. A. Sutton, W. J. Wolters, W. H. Peters, and S. R. McNeill; "A Study of Dynamic Near-Crack-Tip Fracture Parameters by Digital Image Analysis”, 1985, co-authored with W. H. Peters and J. Kalthoff; "Experimental Mechanics in Rational Mechanical Design”, 1982; "Application of Digital Correlation Methods to Rigid Body Mechanics”, 1982, co-authored with T. C. Chu, W. H. Peters, and M. A. Sutton.

 

Distinguished with B.J. Lazan Award  of the Society of Experimental Mechanics, 1992; Hetenyi  Award   of the Society of Experimental Mechanics, 1973; Outstanding  ASME Teacher Award, Auburn University,1976; College of Engineering Research Achievement Award, University of South Carolina, 1990.  Outstanding Engineering Faculty Award, Auburn University, 1978.

 

 

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