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.
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  3. "Home - Professor David Ewins".
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  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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