David Ewins

Professor David Ewins FRS FREng FIMechE
Professor of Vibration Engineering, University of Bristol
In office 2007–2015
Professor of Vibration Engineering, Imperial College of Science, Technology and Medicine/Imperial College London
In office 1983–2013
Personal details
Born	David John Ewins 25 March 1942
Died	25 January 2023(2023-01-25) (aged 80)

David John Ewins FRS^[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.^{[citation needed][when?]} 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. Cawley FRS, Peter (2024). "David J. Ewins. 25 March 1942—25 January 2023". Biographical Memoirs of Fellows of the Royal Society. 77.
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.

External links

• https://web.archive.org/web/20111020144743/http://www.sem.org/PDF/XXX_Honorary.pdf