Konstantin Matveev
Assistant Professor, Washington State University, current
Senior Hydrodynamicist, Art Anderson Associates, 2004-2006
Research Scientist, Los Alamos National Laboratoty, 2003-2004
Ph.D., Mechanical Engineering, California Institute of Technology, 2003
M.S., Applied Physics, Moscow Institute of Physics and Technology, 1996

I started my career in the marine industry when I was at high school (late 1980's). Working for a shipyard producing submarines, I obtained a second-grade rank as a ship assembly mechanic. In 1990, I began my academic training in science and engineering at the Moscow Institute of Physics and Technology, where I earned B.S. and M.S. in Applied Physics. At that time I was consulting with leading Russian companies on advanced marine vehicles, such as Central Hydrofoil Design Bureau and High Speed Ship Bureau. I received a patent on a hydrofoil profile (realized in actual commericial projects) with improved characteristics. I developed mathematical models allowing naval architects to estimate behavior of advanced marine vehicles in rough seas in early design stages.

In 1998, I relocated to the USA to continue my career in science (in Fluid Mechancis and Heat Transfer) and in the applied design of advanced marine vehicles. I obtained a Ph.D. degree in Mechanical Engineering from the California Institute of Technology and then did my postdoc at Los Alamos National Lab. My work at these places was focused on thermoacoustics. Since that time I have been also actively working on hydrofoils and air cavity ships, publishing in refereed journals, and presenting papers at major conferences on advanced ships. One of my student fun projects was a hydrofoil for Hollywood movie "xXx". Currently I am a member of the Society of Naval Architects and Marine Engineers, Acoustical Society of America, and American Society of Mechanical Engineers. In 2004, I joined Art Anderson Associated to lead their efforts on developing high-performance marine vehicles. The spectrum of my projects became wider. Besdies hydrofoils and air cavity ships, I worked on a variety of aerodynamically supported marine craft and SWATH, as well as high-speed displacement hulls. Since 2006 I am an assistant professor at Washington State University, where I lead the research group on Advanced Marine Vehicles. I continue working on advanced marine vehicles, as well as fundamental problems in the areas of Fluid Mechanics and Heat Transfer.

These are two links to my publications on marine technology and acoustics and heat transfer.