Staff Profile

Ben Allen

Preferred Name: Ben Allen

EMERITUS RESEARCH SCHOLAR

APPLIED OCEAN PHYSICS & ENGINEERING

Email: ballen@whoi.edu

Phone: 508 289 2930

Office: BIGELOW 301 

Address:
Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution,   Mail Stop 10
266 Woods Hole Road
Woods Hole, MA 02543

Lab/Group Site: http://www.whoi.edu/science/AOPE/dept/OSL/index.html

Education

B.S. Worcester Polytechnic Institute, 1973, Mechanical Engineering
M.S. University of Rhode Island, 1980, Ocean Engineering

Research Interests

Hydrodynamic cable analysis; propeller and thruster design; corrosion of marine materials; finite element analysis of structures; underwater structure force, strain, and acceleration measurements; underwater vehicle and mechanical system design.