Dipl.-Ing. in Civil Engineering
Technical University of Munich, Germany 1952

M.S. in Mechanics
Northwestern University, Evanston, Illinois 1956

Ph.D. in Theoretical and Applied Mechanics
Northwestern University, Evanston, Illinois 1958

After graduation, during 1953, did research at the Soil Mechanics Laboratory of the Technical University of Munich.

Arrived in the USA on December 29, 1954. Became a citizen in 1960.

Upon arrival in the USA worked about one year at Hazelet & Erdal, Consulting Engineers in Chicago, as a bridge design engineer.

The postdoctoral year, 1958-59, spent at Courant's Institute of Mathematical Sciences, New York University, doing research in the non-linear theory of elasticity and stability theory.

Subsequently, joined the faculty of the Department of Aeronautics and Astronautics of New York University as:

Assistant Professor 1959-1961
Associate Professor 1961-1965
Professor 1965-1973

Taught a variety of courses in engineering mechanics. Received tenure from New York University in 1965.

From 1960 to 1962 was assistant to Professor Th. von Kármán in the area of non-linear shell buckling analyses and co-authored a paper with him.

In 1967 planned and built a Laboratory for Engineering Mechanics in the Department of Aeronautics and Astronautics at New York University and was appointed its Director.

In the spring of 1973, when plans were made to merge the New York University School of Engineering and Science with the Polytechnic Institute, decided not to join the merged school and accepted an invitation to come to Princeton University as a Visiting Professor. Since September 5, 1978, Professor of Civil Engineering at the University of Delaware.

During the past 30 years, Dr. Kerr went on several study trips to Western Europe visiting several universities and railroad research institutes. During the summer of 1974, he was a member of an official six man USA/FRA delegation to the USSR to study railroad track R&D. At the invitation of the US National Academy of Sciences, participated in a meeting at the Academy of Sciences of the USSR, in Moscow, in June, 1991, on Ice Mechanics.

In 1975, organized an international SYMPOSIUM ON RAILROAD TRACK MECHANICS, which took place at Princeton University. Editor of the Proceedings of the Symposium, entitled Railroad Track Mechanics and Technology published by Pergamon Press in 1978.

In 1977 assisted in organizing a SYMPOSIUM ON PRODUCTIVITY IN U.S. RAILROADS, which took place at Princeton University. Co-Editor with A. L. Kornhauser of the Proceedings of the Symposium, entitled Productivity in U.S. Railroads, published by Pergamon Press in 1980.

In 1980, was co-founder of the Institute for Railroad Engineering in Wilmington, Del.

Also author of the following books:

Railroad Track Mechanics and Technology, Proceedings of a Symposium held at Princeton University, A. D. Kerr, Editor, Pergamon Press, 1978.

Productivity in U. S. Railroads, Proceedings of a Symposium held at Princeton University, A. D. Kerr and A. L. Kornhauser, Editors, Pergamon Press, 1980.

Moving Loads on Ice Plates, by V. A. Squire, R. J. Hosking, A. D. Kerr and P. J. Langhorne, Kluwer Academic Publishers, London/Dordrecht/Boston, 1996.

Fundamentals of Railway Track Engineering, by A. D. Kerr, Simmons-Boardman Publishers, Omaha, Nebraska, 2003.

Author of over 100 papers. (published in journals and proceedings of conferences).

Advised 16 Ph.D.'s and numerous M.S. (with thesis) students.

Reviewer for various journals in engineering mechanics, ice engineering, railway engineering, and applied mathematics, and for the Journal of Fluid Mechanics.

Fellow in the Center for Advanced Study at the University of Delaware for 1989-90.

Fellow of ASME, Member AREA and International Society for the Interaction of Mechanics and Mathematics.

Member of Transportation Research Board Committee on Railroad Track Structure System Design, Section M, Railway Systems, February 1, 2003, to January 31, 2006

Member of ASME Committee on Transportation (Applied Mechanics Division) and of the Education Committee.

Member of ASME Committee on Design.

Member of AREA Committee 24 - Engineering Education; formerly Chairman, Sub-Committee 1, Continuing Education.

Formerly Member of ASME Russian Translation Advisory Committee.

Formerly Member of TRB Committee A2M01 - Track Structure System Design.

Formerly Member of NRC(NAS) Committee on Nondestructive Testing of Longitudinal Forces in Rails.

Formerly Member of NRC(NAS) Steering Committee for the Track Compendium.

Formerly Member of NAS/NRC Committee on Cooperation with the USSR on Ice Mechanics.

Seminar speaker at Brown University, Princeton University, Yale University, Northwestern University, and other universities in the USA, Canada, and Western Europe.

COURSES GIVEN AT NEW YORK UNIVERSITY (NYU), PRINCETON UNIVERSITY (PU), AND UNIVERSITY OF DELAWARE (UD)

MECHANICS OF MATERIALS (Sophomore) NYU & PU

ANALYSIS OF STRUCTURES (Junior) NYU & UD

ADVANCED STRENGTH OF MATERIALS (Senior) NYU

CONTINUUM MECHANICS (Senior,Graduate) NYU

THEORY OF STABILITY (Graduate) NYU,PU,UD
(static and dynamic, linear and nonlinear)

STRUCTURAL DYNAMICS (Senior,Graduate) PU & UD
(discrete systems)

ADVANCED STRUCTURAL DYNAMICS (Graduate) PU & UD
(continuous systems)

THEORY OF PLATES & SHELLS (Graduate) NYU & PU

VARIATIONAL PRINCIPLES AND METHODS
IN MECHANICS OF SOLIDS I & II (Graduate)NYU
(Linear and non-linear theories)

ANALYSIS OF CONTINUOUSLY SUPPORTED STRUCTURES (Senior, Graduate) NYU & UD

ADVANCED STRUCTURAL ANALYSES (Senior, Graduate) UD

RAILROAD ENGINEERING (Senior, Graduate) PU & UD

HISTORY OF STRUCTURAL MECHANICS (Senior, Graduate) NYU

PUBLICATIONS of Dr. Kerr

A Study of the Effect of the Capillary Zone on the Flow Through Homogeneous Earth Dams," Geotechnique, London, June 1959.

"Uniformly Stretched Plates Subjected to Concentrated Transverse Forces," Quarterly Journal of Mechanics and Applied Mathematics, Oxford, November 1960.

"Viscoelastic Winkler Foundation with Shear Interactions," Engineering Mechanics, ASCE, June 1961.

"On the Instability of Circular Plates," Journal of Aerospace Sciences, April 1962.

"On the Instability of Elastic Solids," Proceedings, 4th U.S. National Congress of Applied Mechanics, 1962.

"Elastic Plates on a Liquid Foundation," Engineering Mechanics, ASCE, June 1963.

"Elastic and Viscoelastic Foundation Models," Journal of Applied Mechanics, Vol. 31, September 1964.

(with Tyn U. Myint) "The Stability of Core-Filled Long Cylinders Subjected to Uniform Outside Pressure," International Journal of Mechanical Sciences, Vol. 7, 1965.

"A Study of a New Foundation Model," Acta Mechanica, Vol. 1, No. 2, 1965.

"Bending of Circular Plates Sealing an Incompressible Liquid," Journal of Applied Mechanics, September 1965.

(with Theodore von Kármán) "Instability of Spherical Shells Subjected to External Pressure," Topics in Applied Mechanics, Elsevier Publishing Company, 1965.

"On Creep Failure of Balloons," Proceedings AFCRL Scientific Balloon Workshop, A. O. Korn, Editor, 1965.

(with Sam Tang) "The Effect of Lateral Hydrostatic Pressure on the Instability of Elastic Solids, Particularly Beams and Plates," Journal of Applied Mechanics, 1965.

"On Plates Sealing an Incompressible Liquid," International Journal of Mechanical Sciences, Vol. 8, 1966.

(with Sam Tang) "The Instability of a Rectangular Elastic Solid," Acta Mechanica, Vol. IV/1, 1967.

(with Robert S. Becker) "The Stress Analysis of Plates Sealing a Compressible Liquid," International Journal of Mechanical Sciences, Vol. 9, 1967.

"Experimental Study of Balloon Material Failures," Proceedings 4th AFCRL Scientific Balloon Symposium, 1967.

"Balloon Strength in the Troposphere as Affected by Creep at Launch," Proceedings 5th AFCRL Scientific Balloon Symposium, L. A. Grass, Editor, 1968.

"An Extension of the Kantorovich Method," Quarterly of Applied Mathematics, July 1968.

(with Harold Alexander) "An Application of the Extended Kantorovich Method to the Stress Analysis of a Clamped Rectangular Plate," Acta Mechanica, Vol. 6, 1968.

"Buckling of Continuously Supported Beams," Engineering Mechanics, ASCE, February 1969.

"On the Strength of High Altitude Balloons," Facilities for Atmospheric Research, Nr. 9, June 1969.

"An Extended Kantorovich Method for the Solution of Eigenvalue Problems," International Journal of Solids and Structures, Vol. 5, 1969.

(with M. T. Soifer) "The Linearization of the Prebuckling State and Its Effect on the Determined Instability Loads," Journal of Applied Mechanics, December 1969.

(with Lofti El-Bayoumy) "On the Nonunique Equilibrium States of a Shallow Arch Subjected to a Uniform Lateral Load," Quarterly of Applied Mathematics, October 1970.

(with Harold Alexander) "Recommendations for a Revision of the Balloon Specifications MIL-P-4640 ANUSAFE," Proceedings 6th AFCRL Scientific Balloon Symposium, L. A. Grass, Editor, 1970.

"The Continuously Supported Rail Subjected to an Axial Force and a Moving Load," International Journal of Mechanical Sciences, Vol. 14, 1972.

(with W. T. Palmer) "The Deformation and Stresses in Floating Ice Plates," Acta Mechanica, Vol. 15, 1972.

(with Lofti El-Bayoumy) "On the Stability of a Shallow Arch," Acta Mechanica, Vol. 18, 1973.

"A Model Study for Vertical Track Buckling," High Speed Ground Transportation Journal, Vol. 7, No. 3, 1973.

"On the Stability of the Railroad Track in the Vertical Plane," Rail International (Journal of the International Railway Congress Association, Brussels, Belgium), No. 2, 1974.

"The Stress and Stability Analyses of Railroad Tracks," Journal of Applied Mechanics, Vol. 41, No. 4, December 1974.

(with Th. v. Kármán) "Instability of Spherical Shells Subjected to External Pressure," Collected Works of Theodore von Kármán 1952- 1963, von Kármán Institute for Fluid Dynamics, Rhode-St-Genese, Belgium (1975), pp. 292-311. Reprinted paper from "Topics in Applied Mechanics," Elsevier Publ., 1965.

"Principles and Criteria for the Design of a Railroad Track Test Facility," Proceedings of the American Railway Engineering Association, Vol. 77, 1975.

"Ice Forces on Structures Due to Change of Water Level," Proceedings of IAHR Third International Symposium, Ice Problems, Hanover, New Hampshire, November 1975.

(with R. Brantman) "On the Non-Existence of Adjacent Equilibrium States at Bifurcation Points," Acta Mechanica, Vol. 23, No. 1-2, 1975.

"On the Derivation of Well Posed Boundary Value Problems in Structural Mechanics," International Journal of Solids Structures, Vol. 12, No. 1, 1976.

"The Effect of Lateral Resistance on Track Buckling Analyses," Rail International, Nr. 1, 1976.

"The Bearing Capacity of Floating Ice Plates Subjected to Static or Quasi-Static Loads," Journal of Glaciology, Vol. 17, Nr. 76, 1976.

"On the Dynamic Response of a Prestressed Beam," Journal of Sound and Vibration, Vol. 49, No. 4, 1976.

"On the Stress Analysis of Rails and Ties," Proceedings of the American Railway Engineering Association, Vol. 78, October 1976.

"On the Adjacent Equilibrium Method in the Stability Theory of Conservative Elastic Continua," International Journal of Non-Linear Mechanics, Vol. 12, 1977.

"Problems and Needs in Track Structure Design and Analysis," Track Systems and Other Related Railroad Topics, TRB Transportation Research Record 653, National Academy of Sciences, Washington, D.C., 1977.

"A New Iterative Scheme for the Solution of Partial Differential Equations Based on the Principle of Least Squares," SIAM Journal on Applied Mathematics, Vol. 34, 1978.

"On the Determination of Horizontal Forces a Floating Ice Plate Exerts on a Structure," Journal of Glaciology, Vol. 20, 1978.

"Analysis of Thermal Track Buckling in the Lateral Plane," Acta Mechanica, Vol. 30, 1978.

(with Y. El-Aini) "Determination of Admissible Temperature Increases to Prevent Vertical Track Buckling," Journal of Applied Mechanics, Vol. 45, 1978.

"Thermal Buckling of Straight Tracks: Fundamentals, Analyses, and Preventive Measures," Proceedings of the American Railway Engineering Association, Vol. 80, 1978.

"Lateral Buckling of Railroad Tracks Due to Constrained Thermal Expansions - A Critical Survey," Railroad Track Mechanics and Technology, Proceedings of a Symposium, A. D. Kerr, Editor, Pergamon Press, 1978.

"An Indirect Method for Evaluating Certain Infinite Integrals," Zeitschrift fur Angewandte Mathematik und Physik (ZAMP), Vol. 29, 1978.

"Forces an Ice Cover Exerts on Rows or Clusters of Piles Due to a Change of the Water Level," Proceedings of the Fourth IAHR International Symposium on Ice Problems, Vol. I, Luleå, Sweden, 1978.

"Improved Stress Analysis for Cross-Tie Tracks," Engineering Mechanics, ASCE, EM4, August 1979.

"On the Unbonded Contact Between Elastic and Elastic-Rigid Media," Acta Mechanica, Vol. 33, 1979.

"On Thermal Buckling of Straight Railroad Tracks and the Effect of Track Length on Its Response," Rail International, No. 9, 1979.

"On the Buckling Force of Floating Ice Plates," Physics and Mechanics of Ice, Per Tryde, Editor, Springer Verlag: Berlin, Heidelberg, New York, 1980.

"An Improved Analysis for Thermal Track Buckling," International Journal of Non-Linear Mechanics, Vol. 15, 1980.

"Continuously Supported Beams and Plates Subjected to Moving Loads - A Survey," Solid Mechanics Archives, Vol. 6, Issue 4, December, 1981.

(with A. M. Zarembski) "The Response Equations for a Cross-Tie Track," Acta Mechanica, Vol. 40, 1981.

"Remarks to the Buckling Analyses of Floating Ice Sheets," Proceedings of the IAHR International Symposium on Ice, Quebec, Canada, 1981.

(with S. B. Bassler) "Effect of Rail Lift-Off on the Analysis of Railroad Tracks," Rail International, Nr. 10, 1982.

"The Critical Velocities of a Load Moving on a Floating Ice Plate that is Subjected to In-Plane Forces," Cold Regions Science and Technology, Vol. 6, 1983.

"On the Method for Determining the Track Modulus Using a Locomotive or Car on Multi-Axle Trucks," Proceedings of the American Railway Engineering Association, Vol. 84, 1983.

(with P. J. Shade) "Analysis of Concrete Pavement Blowups," Proceedings ASCE, Engineering Mechanics, Recent Advances in Engineering Mechanics and Their Impact on Civil Engineering Practice, Vol. II, 1983.

(with P. J. Shade) "An Analytical Approach to Concrete Pavement Blowups," TRB Transportation Research Record, 1983.

"Analysis of Piles Frozen-In to an Ice Cover and Subjected to Forces That Cause Pile Bending," Proceedings of the IAHR Symposium on Ice, Vol. II, Hamburg, Germany, 1984.

(with P. J. Shade) "Analysis of Concrete Pavement Blowups," Acta Mechanica, Vol. 52, 1984.

"On the Formal Development of Elastic Foundation Models," Ingenieur Archiv, Vol. 54, 1984.

"Mechanics of Ice Cover Breakthrough," Proceedings of the Ice Penetration Technology Workshop, W. F. Weeks, Editor, Cold Regions Research and Engineering Laboratory, Hanover, New Hampshire, 1984.

"Analysis of Floating Ice Covers with Partial Flooding," Cold Regions Science and Technology, Vol. 10, 1985.

(with W. A. Dallis, Jr.) "Blowup of Concrete Pavements," Journal of Transportation Engineering, ASCE, Vol. 111, Nr. 1, 1985.

(with M. L. Accorsi) "Generalization of the Equations for Frame-Type Structures: A Variational Approach," Acta Mechanica, Vol. 56, 1985.

"On the Determination of Foundation Model Parameters," Journal of Geotechnical Engineering, ASCE, Vol. 111, Nr. 11, 1985.

(with H. W. Shenton, III) "On the Reduced Area Method for Calculating the Vertical Track Modulus," Proceedings of the American Railway Engineering Association, Vol. 86, l985.

"Response of Floating Ice Beams and Plates with Partial Flooding," Ice Technology, Proc. First International Conference, MIT, Cambridge, Mass., Springer-Verlag: Berlin, New York, 1986.

(with A. M. Zarembski) "On the New Equations for the Cross-Tie Track Response in the Lateral Plane," Rail International, No. 6, 1986.

(with G. E. Frankenstein) "Ice Cover Research - Present State and Future Needs," Cold Regions Engineering, Proceedings, 4th International Conference, W. L. Ryan, Editor, ASCE, 1986.

"The Real Crisis in Engineering Education," Proceedings of the American Railway Engineering Association, Vol. 87, Bulletin 706, 1986. Reprinted in Indiana Civil Engineer, ASCE, Summer 1986.

"A Question of Balance," Editorial on Engineering Education in Mechanical Engineering, ASME, July 1986.

"On the Buckling Analyses of Embedded Layers," Tectonophysics, Vol. 128, 1986.

(with D. A. Stafford) "Ice Forces on a Circular Pier Due to Water Level Changes," Proc. 8th IAHR Symposium on Ice, Vol. III, Iowa City, IA, 1986.

(with H. W. Shenton, III) "Railroad Track Analyses and Determination of Parameters," Journal of Engineering Mechanics, ASCE, Vol. 112, No. 11, 1986.

(with M. A. El-Sibaie) "Validation of New Equations for Dynamic Analyses of Tall Frame-Type Structures," International Journal of Earthquake Engineering and Structural Dynamics, Vol. 15, 1987.

(with F. D. Haynes) "The Effect of Oscillatory Loads on the Bearing Capacity of Floating Ice Covers," Cold Regions Science and Technology, Vol. 13, 1987.

(with M. L. Accorsi) "Numerical Validation of the New Track Equations for Static Problems," International Journal of Mechanical Sciences, Vol. 29, No. 1, 1987.

(with M. G. Donley) "Thermal Buckling of Curved Railroad Tracks," International Journal of Non-Linear Mechanics, Vol. 22, 1987.

(with M. A. El-Sibaie) "On the New Equations for the Lateral Dynamics of a Rail-Tie Structure," Journal of Dynamic Systems, Measurement, and Control, ASME, Vol. 109, 1987.

"A Few Concluding Remarks," Mechanical Engineering, ASME, 1987, p. 2.

"On the Vertical Modulus in the Standard Railway Track Analyses," Rail International, November, 1987.

(with R. Byron Pipes) "Why We Need Hands-On Engineering Education," Technology Review, MIT, October 1987.

(with F. D. Haynes) "On the Determination of the Average Young's Modulus for a Floating Ice Cover," Cold Regions Science and Technology, Vol. 15, 1988.

"On the Buckling of Slender Piles," Soils and Foundations, Vol. 28, Nr. 2, 1988.

"Stability of a Water Tower," Ingenieur-Archiv, Vol. 58, 1988.

(with M. A. El-Sibaie) "Green's Functions for Continously Supported Plates," Zeitschrift für Angewandte Mathematik und Physik (ZAMP), Vol. 40, 1989.

"Tests and Analyses of Footings on a Sand Base," Soils and Foundations, Vol. 29, No. 3, 1989.

"Additional Comments on Buckling Analyses of Embedded Layers," Tectonophysics, Vol. 169, 1989.

(with D. W. Coffin) "On Membrane and Plate Problems for which the Linear Theories are not Admissible," Journal of Applied Mechanics, Vol. 57, No, 1, 1990.

(with D. W. Coffin) "Beams on a Two Dimensional Pasternak Base Subjected to Loads that Cause Lift-Off," International Journal of Solids and Structures, Vol. 28, No. 4, 1991.

"Berechnung Seitlich Belasteter Pfähle in Kohäsionslosen Boden," (On the analysis of laterally loaded piles in a cohesionless soil. In German) Die Bautechnik, Vol. 69, Heft 2, 1992.

(with A. W. Eberhardt) "The Stress Analysis of Railroad Tracks with a Nonlinear Base Response," Rail International, Nr. 3, 1992.

"Upgrading Engineering Education," (for railroads), Progressive Railroading, Nr. 4, 1992.

(with S. S. Kwak) "The Clamped Semi-Infinite Plate on a Winkler Base Subjected to a Vertical Force," Quarterly Journal of Mechanics and Applied Mathematics. Vol. 46 Part 3, 1993.

(with S. S. Kwak) "The Semi-Infinite Plate on a Winkler Base, Free Along the Edge, and Subjected to a Vertical Force," Archive of Applied Mechanics (formerly Ingenieur Archiv), Vol. 63, 1993.

(with F. D. Haynes and C. R. Martinson) "Effect of Oscillatory Loads on the Bearing Capacity of Floating Ice Sheets," Cold Regions Science and Technology. Vol. 21, 1993.

"Mathematical Modeling of Airport Pavements," Proc. of ASCE Specialty Conference, Airport Pavement Innovation - Theory to Practice, J. W. Hall, Jr., Editor, 1993.

(with B. E. Moroney) "Track Transition Problems and Remedies," Proc. of the American Railway Engineering Association, Vol. 94, 1993.

"Blowup of Concrete Pavement Adjoining a Rigid Structure," International Journal of Non-Linear Mechanics, Vol. 29, No. 3, 1994.

"On Peculiar Problems in Structural Mechanics" Proc. of the R. H. Scanlan Symposium, The Johns Hopkins University, 1994.

"The Evolution of Foundation Models and Analyses for Concrete Pavements" Proc. 3rd Intern. Workshop on the Design and Evaluation of Concrete Pavements, Krumbach, Austria, 1994.

(with M. Dalaei) "Analysis of Clamped Rectangular Orthotropic Plates Subjected to a Uniform Lateral Load," International Journal of Mechanical Sciences, Vol. 37, No. 5, 1995.

(with M. Dalaei) "Natural Vibration Analysis of Clamped Rectangular Orthotropic Plates," Journal of Sound and Vibration, Vol. 189, No. 3, 1996. Erratum, Vol. 192, No. 5, 1996.

(with N. E. Soicher) "On a Peculiar Set of Problems in Linear Structural Mechanics," International Journal of Solids and Structures, Vol. 33, No. 6, 1996.

"Analysis of Plates that Rest on Expansive Subgrades," Bautechnik, Vol. 73, Heft 7, 1996.

"Bearing Capacity of Floating Ice Covers Subjected to Static, Moving, and Oscillatory Loads," Applied Mechanics Reviews, Vol. 49, No. 11, 1996.

"The Assessment of Concrete Pavement Blowups," ASCE Journal of Transportation Engineering, No. 3/4, 1997.

(with A. Babinski) "Einfluss des Axialwiderstandes auf die Stabilität eines Kontinuierlich Gelagerten Stabes" (The Effect of Axial Resistance on the Buckling of Continuously Supported Beams, in German), Bautechnik, 1997.

(with A. Babinski) "Rail Travel (Creep) Caused by Moving Wheel Loads," Proc. American Railway Engineering Association, Vol. 98, 1997.

(with D.D. Pollard) "Toward More Realistic Formulations of the Analysis of Laccoliths," Journal of Structural Geology, Vol. 20, No. 12, 1998.

(with J. E. Cox) "Analysis and Tests of Rail Joints Subjected to Vertical Wheel Loads," International Journal of Mechanical Sciences, Vol. 41, 1999.

(with L. A. Bathurst) "Zur Berechnung Querkraftbelasteter Phähle in Kohösiven Boden" (A Method for the Analysis of Laterally Loaded Piles in a Soil with Cohesion, in German), Bautechnik, Vol. 76, Heft 12, 1999.

"On the Determination of Rail Support Modulus k," International Journal of Solids and Structures, Vol. 37, 2000.

(with L. A. Bathurst) "An Improved Analysis for the Determination of Required Ballast Depth," Proceedings, American Railway Engineering and Maintenance-of-Way Association, 1995, pp. 916-947.

(with A. Babinski) "Rail Creep According to the Johnson Hypothesis" (Submitted for publication).

ABSTRACTS OF LECTURES IN CONFERENCE PROCEEDINGS

"An Extension of the Kantorovich Method," Proceedings 5th National Congress of Applied Mechanics, 1966.

"Analysis of Thermal Track Buckling," Proceedings of the 14th International Conference on Theoretical and Applied Mechanics, Delft, Holland, 1976.

"Thermal Buckling of Concrete Pavements," Proceedings of the 20th Annual Meeting, Society of Engineering Science, 1983.

"Effect of Partial Flooding on the Response of Floating Plates," Proceedings 10th U. S. National Congress of Applied Mechanics, Austin, TX, 1986.

"Analyses of Floating Ice Covers Subjected to Moving Loads," 1st International Conference on Industrial and Applied Mathematics, Invited lecture, MS 37, Paris, France, 1987.

Ph.D. THESIS ADVISOR to:

TYN U. MYINT - "Solid Propellant Rocket Motors," Ph.D. Thesis, New York University, 1964.
SAM TANG - "Instability of Elastic Solids Subjected to Three Dimensional States of Stress," Ph.D. Thesis, New York University, 1965.
WARREN J. RHINES "Foundation Models for Continuously Supported Structures," Ph.D. Thesis, New York University, Sept. 1965.
MARTIN T. SOIFER "Studies in the Stability Theory of Elastic Solids," Ph.D. Thesis, New York University, May 1967.
HAROLD ALEXANDER "Deformation and Stress Analysis of Balloons," Ph.D. Thesis, New York University, June 1967.
G. K. N. MURTHY "Buckling of Continuously Supported Beams," Ph.D. Thesis, New York University, July 1970.
LOTFI EL-BAYOUMI "On the Behavior of Constrained Elastic Rings," Ph.D. Thesis, New York University, 1970.
WARREN T. PALMER "On the Analysis of Floating Ice Plates," Ph.D. Thesis, New York University, July 1971.
JOHN J. LABRA "Response of a Railroad Track to Moving Loads," Ph.D. Thesis, New York University, November 1972.
RUSSEL BRANTMAN "Investigations in the Theory of Elastic Stability," Ph.D. Thesis, New York University, June 1973.
YEHIA M. EL-AINI "On the Vertical Buckling of a Railroad Track," Ph.D. Thesis, New York University, April 1974.
ZEN TSAI SHI "Nonhomogeneous Plates," Ph.D. Thesis, New York University, 1974.
ANDREW KISH "On the Nonlinear Bending-Torsional Equations for Railroad Track Analyses," Ph.D. Thesis, New York University, September 1974.
ALLAN M. ZAREMBSKI "On the Formulation of the Equations for the Railroad Track Response in the Horizontal Plane," Ph.D. Thesis, Princeton University, 1975.
SHIRISH PATIL "Dynamic Response of Railway Tracks," Ph.D. Thesis, University of Delaware, August 1985.
MAGDY A. EL-SIBAIE "Continuously Supported Plates," Ph.D. Thesis, University of Delaware, August 1986.

MASTER'S THESIS ADVISOR
at the University of Delaware to:

PATRICK J. SHADE "Thermal Buckling of Concrete Pavements,"M.S. Thesis, May 1981.
M.S. thesis resulted in two papers:
"An Analytical Approach to Concrete Pavement Blow-ups," by A. D. Kerr and P. J. Shade, TRB Transportation Research Record, 1983, and "Analysis of Concrete Pavement Blow-ups," by A. D. Kerr and P. J. Shade, Acta Mechanica, Vol. 52, 1984.

MARK G. DONLEY "Thermal Buckling of Curved Railroad Tracks," M.S. Thesis, August 1981. Received Ph.D. from Rice University.
M.S. thesis resulted in one paper:
"Thermal Buckling of Curved Railroad Tracks" by M. G. Donley and A. D. Kerr in International Journal of Non-Linear Mechanics, Vol. 22, 1987.

STEVEN K. BRAUER "Beams in Contact with a 'Rigid' Base," M.S. Thesis, August 1981.
A paper based on part of this thesis is being prepared for publication in a journal.

MICHAEL L. ACCORSI "Validation of the New Frame-Type Equations for the Analysis of Railroad Tracks," M.S. Thesis, June 1982. Received Ph.D. from Northwestern University in 1985.
M.S. thesis resulted in two papers:
"Generalization of the Equations for Frame-Type Structures: A Variational Approach," by A. D. Kerr and M. L. Accorsi, Acta Mechanica, Vol. 56, 1985, and "Numerical Validation of the New Track Equations for Static Problems," by A. D. Kerr and M. L. Accorsi, International Journal of Mechanical Sciences, Vol. 29, No. 1, 1987.

HARRY W. SHENTON, III "Analyses of Railway Tracks," M.S. Thesis, May 1984. Received Ph.D. from Johns Hopkins University in 1989.
M.S. thesis resulted in two papers:
"On the Reduced Area Method for Calculating the Vertical Track Modulus," by A. D. Kerr and H. W. Shenton, III, Proc. AREA, Vol. 86, 1985, and "Railroad Track Analyses and Determination of Parameters" by A. D. Kerr and H. W. Shenton, III, Journal of Engineering Mechanics, ASCE, Vol. 112, No. 11, 1986.

MAGDY A. EL-SIBAIE "Validation of the New Frame-Type Equations for Dynamic Problems," M. S. Thesis, May 1983. Received Ph.D. from U of D in 1986.
M.S. thesis resulted in two papers:
"Validation of New Equations for Dynamic Analyses of Tall Frame-Type Structures" by A. D. Kerr and M. A. El-Sibaie, International Journal of Earthquake Engineering and Structural Dynamics, Vol. 15, 1987, and "On the New Equations for the Lateral Dynamic Response of a Rail-Tie Structure" by A. D. Kerr and M. A. El- Sibaie. Journal of Dynamic Systems Measurement, and Control, ASME, Vol. 109, 1987. Ph.D. thesis resulted to date in one paper: "Green's Functions for Continuously Supported Plates," Zeitschrift für Angewandte Mathematik und Physik (ZAMP), Vol. 40, 1989.

MAHMOUD C. KNEIFATI "Response of Plates on a Kerr Foundation," M. S. Thesis, June 1985. Received Ph.D. from Drexel University.
M.S. thesis resulted in one paper:
"Analysis of Plates on a Kerr Foundation Model," by M. C. Kneifati, Journal of Engineering Mechanics, ASCE, Vol. 111, No. 11, 1985.

DOUGLAS W. COFFIN "On a Class of Problems in Structural Mechanics," M. S. Thesis, May, 1989.
M.S. thesis resulted to date in one paper:
"Beams on Two Dimensional Pasternak Base Subjected to Loads that Cause Lift-Off," by A. D. Kerr and D. W. Coffin, International Journal of Solids and Structures, Vol. 28, No. 4, 1990.

ALAN W. EBERHARDT "Stresses, Displacements and the Onset of Lift-off due to One and Two Axle Trucks," M.S. Thesis, December, 1987. Received Ph.D. from Northwestern University in 1990.
M.S. thesis resulted in the paper "The Stress Analysis of Railroad Tracks with Nonlinear Base Response," Rail International, Nr. 3, 1992, pp. 41-54.

JOHN E. REESE "On the Derivation of the Slope Deflection Equations for Beams Resting on Winkler and Pasternak Foundation Models." M. S. Thesis, December, 1990.

JOSEPH W. PALESE "The Analysis of Structures Supported by Viscoelastic Foundations." M. S. Thesis November, 1990.

BRIAN E. MORONEY "A Study of Railroad Track Transition Problems," M. S. Thesis, December, 1991.
M.S. Thesis resulted in one paper:
"Track Transition Problems and Remedies" by A. D. Kerr and B. E. Moroney Proc. AREA (accepted for publication).

NEIL E. SOICHER "Topics in Continuously Supported Structures," May 1992.
M.S. thesis to result in at least one paper: "On a Peculiar Set of Problems in Linear Structural Mechanics" by A. D. Kerr and N. E. Soicher submitted for publication.