{"id":4568,"date":"2024-11-05T13:46:28","date_gmt":"2024-11-05T18:46:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/engineering.jhu.edu\/doctor-of-engineering\/faculty\/andrew-s-douglas\/"},"modified":"2024-11-05T13:46:28","modified_gmt":"2024-11-05T18:46:28","slug":"andrew-s-douglas","status":"publish","type":"people","link":"https:\/\/engineering.jhu.edu\/doctor-of-engineering\/faculty\/andrew-s-douglas\/","title":{"rendered":"Andrew S. Douglas"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Andrew Douglas is the\u00a0<span>executive vice dean of the Whiting School and e<\/span>meritus professor in the Department of Mechanical Engineering. His research focused on the non-linear mechanics of compliant materials including the mechanics of the left ventricle (with substantial collaboration with the late Bill Hunter in BME) and the dynamic fracture of ductile metals.<\/p>\n<p>In 1997, Dean Don Giddens asked Douglas to serve as chair of the department. 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