Dr. Owen F. Hughes, November 17, 1939-May 31, 2015 was professor of Ship Structures, Department of Aerospace and Ocean Engineering, Virginia Tech, Blacks-burg, VA. He was recognized internationally as a pioneer in the field of first-principles structural design, having been one of the first to achieve a synthesis of finite element analysis, ultimate strength analysis and mathematical optimization. In doing so, he made several fundamental contributions in all three of these areas. His book Ship Structural Design , published in 1983, embodies an entirely new approach for ship structural design, as indicated by its subtitle: A Rationally-Based, Computer-Aided Optimization Approach. He also implemented the method in a computer program called MAESTRO (Method for Analysis, Evaluation and Structural Optimization). MAESTRO is now used by navies, by structural safety authorities, and by structural designers and shipyards in Europe, North America, Asia, and Australia. In addition to his textbook, Professor Hughes is the author or co-author of over 60 journal articles and conference papers. Dr Hughes has been NAVSEA Research Professor at the US Naval Academy, chairman of the SNAME Panel on Design Procedures and Philosophy, and chairman of the International Ship Structures Congress (ISSC) Committee on Computer-Aided Design. His education includes PhD (Naval Architecture), University of New South Wales, 1970; MS (Naval Architecture), MIT, 1963; and BS (Naval Arch.), MIT, 1961.
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