Robert D. Blevins is a Fellow at United Technologies. He directs experimental and analytical investigation of dynamics, acoustic, vibration certification issues for commercial aircraft engine systems. Previously he participated in design of nuclear power plants. He has performed flow-induced vibration analysis and test of aircraft, off shore platforms, and vibration of heat exchangers at refineries, nuclear power plants and chemical process plants. He has taught the Flow-induced Vibration Seminar for the ASME for the past 20 years. He received his Ph.D and MS from the California Institute of Technology and serves the ASME special working from on dynamic analysis on the ASME Boiler and Pressure Vessel Code. He has over 50 published papers.