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David Dowling

David Dowling

Professor, Mechanical Engineering

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Address

2019 AL
1231 Beal, Ann Arbor, MI 48109-2133

Email: drd@umich.edu
Phone: (734) 936-0423

Degrees

Ph.D., Aeronautics, California Institute of Technology, 1988
M.S., Aeronautics, California Institute of Technology, 1983
B.S., Applied Physics, California Institute of Technology, 1982

Research Interests

Underwater acoustics, hydrodynamics, hydro-acoustics, structural acoustics

Research Areas

Dynamics & Vibrations, Fluids

Honors & Awards

  • Fellow, American Society of Mechanical Engineers, 2010
  • Education Excellence Award, University of Michigan College of Engineering, 2009
  • 2007 Student Council Mentoring Award, Acoustical Society of America, 2007
  • Gold Medal, Men's 40-44 200-yd Butterfly, MI Masters Swimming Championships, April 2005
  • Silver Medal, Men's 40-44 500-yd Freestyle, MI Masters Swimming Championships, April 2005
  • Bronze Medal, Men's 40-44 200-yd Butterfly, MI Masters Swimming Championships, March 2004
  • Fellow, Acoustical Society of America, 2002
  • Outstanding Achievement Award (AY 2000 - 2001 $1500), Department of Mechanical Engineering, University of Michigan, 2000-2001
  • Fellowship ($2000 stipend), A.R.C.S., 1983-1984
  • Fellowship ($7500 for tuition & $5000 stipend), W.F. Marlar Memorial, 1982-1983

Faculty Type

Tenured and Tenure-Track

Related News

David Dowling receives the ASME Per Bruel Gold Medal for Noise Control and Acoustics
05/12/2021
Mechanical Engineering professor, David Dowling, receives an ASME award in noise control and acoustics. 

David Dowling elected member of Executive Council of the Acoustical Society of America
07/20/2020
The Acoustical Society of America has elected David Dowling one of their newest executive council members. 

Mining soundwaves: Researchers unlock new data in sonar signals
11/28/2018
Acoustic fields are unexpectedly richer in information than is typically thought.

Worthmann Wins First Place Award at the "Gallery of Acoustics" Competition
06/30/2017
ME Professor David Dowling's graduate student Brian Worthmann was honored with a first place award at the "Gallery of Acoustics" competition at the 173rd Meeting of the Acoustical Society of America in Boston this past June.

Flynn awarded 2016 NDSEG Fellowship
04/18/2016
Flynn is a second year Mechanical Engineering PhD student working with ME Professor David Dowling

Mookerjee Wins Second Place Best Paper Award for Acoustics Research
07/28/2014
Adaleena Mookerjee presented her research paper on acoustical oceanography this past May at an ASA conference and has since been selected to receive a Second Place Best Paper Award.

Dowling's Impact Crater Experiment Featured in the American Association of Physics Teachers' Journal
10/10/2013
Professor David Dowling and his son have turned a simple high school science fair experiment into a further reaching success, as the American Association of Physics Teachers’ Journal has chosen to publish the experimental procedure and its implications in

Dowling and Schultz elected Fellows of the American Physical Society
10/15/2012
Election to APS Fellowship is a distinct honor signifying recognition by one's professional peers

Fifth Edition of Fluid Mechanics revised and updated by Dowling
09/14/2011
The textbook guides students from the fundamentals to the analysis and application of fluid mechanics

Dowling Elected ASME Fellow
08/04/2010
ME Professor David Dowling is internationally recognized for contributions to the fields of acoustics and fluid mechanics.

Dowling Appointed Chair of AAAC
01/27/2010

Abadi Receives Best Student Paper Award
01/08/2010

Dowling to Co-Author Fluid Mechanics Textbook
01/08/2010

Dowling Receives Outstanding Professor Award
06/02/2009

David Dowling Receives the 2007 ASA Student Council Mentoring Award
01/21/2008