Dr. Brock Birdsong

PART-TIME FACULTY, ISEEM

Contact

5000 Technology Drive NW
Olin B. King Technology Hall
Huntsville, AL 35899
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brock.birdsong@uah.edu

Education

  • Ph.D. in Mechanical Engineering, Auburn University, AL, 2022
  • B.S. Mechanical Engineering, The University of Alabama in Huntsville, AL, 1993
  • A.S. General Studies, Columbia State Community College, TN, 1984

Affiliations

  • Society of Experimental Mechanics (SEM)
  • International Society for Terrain - Vehicle Systems (ISTVS)
  • Society of Allied Weight Engineers (SAWE)
  • American Society of Agricultural and Biosystems Engineers (ASABE)

Expertise

  • Multibody dynamics modeling of off-road vehicles
  • Terramechanics and Discrete Element Modeling (DEM)
  • Dynamic environment testing using electrodynamics shaker/slip table systems
  • Physics based modeling and simulation
  • Test and evaluation of mechanical systems for model validation

Recent Publications

  • Brock Birdsong, “In-Progress Report of: Crash Load Requirements for the Three Litter System as Installed on the Polaris MRZR-Alpha4”, Contract Deliverable, 2025.

  • Brock Birdsong, “Operational Test Track Report-Litter System”, Contract Deliverable, Auburn, AL 2025.

  • Brock Birdsong, “Operational Impacts-Litter”, Contract Deliverable, Auburn, AL 2025.