title: Robert F. Beck
text: # Robert F. Beck
  
  Robert F. Beck (born 1943) is the Richard B. Couch Professor of Naval Architecture and Marine Engineering at the University of Michigan. He is the editor of the Journal of Ship Research.
  
  ## Education and career
  
  B.S.E. University of Michigan, 1965; Naval Architecture & Marine Engineering
  
  B.S.E. University of Michigan, 1965; Aeronautical & Astronautical Engineering
  
  S.M. M.I.T., 1967; Naval Architecture & Marine Engineering
  
  N.A. M.I.T., 1968; Naval Architecture & Marine Engineering
  
  Ph.D. M.I.T., 1970; Naval Architecture & Marine Engineering
  
  ## Selected publications
  
  * Beck, R. F. (1994), "Time-domain computations for floating bodies", Applied Ocean Research, 16 (5): 267–282, doi:10.1016/0141-1187(94)90016-7, hdl:2027.42/31913
  