Malcolm H. Ray

Professional

Malcolm Ray is the Ralph H. White Family Distinguished Professor, and a Professor of Civil and Environmental Engineering and a Professor of Mechanical Engineering at Worcester Polytechnic Institute in Worcester, Massachusetts.

Curriculum Vitae

Teaching

Dr. Ray teaches courses in the area of mechanics, highway design, transportation safety, crashworthiness and impact analysis.

Classes -- web pages for all the classes listed below are maintained at http://my.wpi.edu.
- CE 2002: Introduction to Analysis and Design (undergraduate, offered every C Term)
- CE 3050: Introduction to Transportation (undergraduate, offered every A Term)
- CE 527: Impact Strength of Materials, (graduate, offered on-campus every fall semester and as a regular part of the Impact Engineering Certificate Program)
- CE 528: Advanced Impact Strength of Materials, (graduate, offered occasionally)
- CE 543: Highway Safety, (graduate, offered occasionally and as a regular part of the Impact Engineering Certificate Program))
- CE 544: Safety Audits (graduate, offered occassionally)
Projects
- See a list of MQP ideas. If you are interested in partipating in one of these groups or have a similar topic please e-mail me at mhray@wpi.edu.
- List of graduate and undergraduate student projects Dr. Ray has advised.
Editorial Guidelines -- reduce the red-ink on your reports by following the appropriate editorial guidelines.
- Find out what Dr. Ray's pet editorial peeves are so that your report won't have so much red ink on it!
- Style guide for National Cooperative Highway Research Program (NCHRP) reports.
- Style guide for Transportation Research Board (TRB) papers.

Research

Dr. Ray performs research in the areas of impact analysis, vehicle crashworthiness, transportation safety and roadside safety.

Brochure on roadside safety research at WPI.
Current research projects.
Pictures and animations (internal WPI only).
Full list of papers and reports and on-line papers.
List of student research projects.
Some recently completed student theses and dissertations advised by Professor Ray:
- Jennifer A. Weir, Active Learning in Transportation Engineering Education, Ph.D. Dissertation, WPI, 2004.
- Chuck A. Plaxico, Design Guidelines for the use of Curbs and Curb/Guardrail Combinations Along High-Speed Roadways, Ph.D. Dissertation, WPI, 2002.
- Meredith Campbell, Determining the Safety of Urban Arterial Roads , M.S. Thesis, WPI, 2002.
- Klas Engstrand, Improvements to the weak-post W-beam guardrail, MS Thesis, WPI, 2000.
- Jessica E. Karlsson, Design of a non-snagging guardrail post, MS Thesis, WPI, 2000.

Press Releases

Curbing highway fatalities -- WPI Research Profiles, 2003..
More Big Dig woes: Some barriers short -- The Boston Glode, February 15,2002..
Making an Impact on vehicular safety -- The Wire, Vol. 12, No. 3, May 1999.
The high cost of crash tests. -- 19 August 1999 (see ASCE Civil Engineering Magazine pg 42)
Side Impact Procedures -- 10 March 1999
R. H. White Family Distinguished Professor appointed. -- 9 April 1999
Ralph H. White Family Chair Filled. -- 1999

Personal

What did President Herbert Hoover say about the engineering profession?
What is it like in Dr. Ray's home town?
What is the weather like in Dr. Ray's home town?
Read an interesting story about Maine.
Jokes about engineers.
Issues of the Ray Family Newsletter.

Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering
100 Institute Road
Worcester, MA 01609

Last changed on 06-18-04 by mhr.