.
with a B.S.M.E. in 1983, he
joined 
Engineering Corp. in Boston, MA. Dr.Gordis was responsible for
the seismic stress analysis of safety-related equipment for the
Beaver Valley nuclear power plant, then under design and construction
by Stone & Webster in Western Pennsylvania, for the Duquesne
Power and Light Co.
where he earned
the M.S. (1987) and Ph.D. (1990) in Mechanical Engineering. Dr.
Gordis' thesis research focussed on frequency domain methods in
structural synthesis and structural system identification (thesis abstract). Upon graduation,
Dr. Gordis joined Structural Dynamics
Research Corporation 
,
in the Engineering Services group in San Diego. Responsibilities
included large-scale structural dynamic analysis and test. Following
SDRC, Dr. Gordis joined the Naval
Postgraduate School as an Assistant Professor, in 1992. Dr.
Gordis was promoted to Associate Professor and received Academic
Tenure in 1998.If I applaud, the actors understand that I am pleased. If
I take a needle and singe it with a match, you understand that
I have picked up a splinter in my foot. If I say "Have any
of the English residents been murdered?," you understand
that I am cognizant of native unrest. If I hand you two copies
of a thesis bound in black cloth, you understand that I am trying
to improve myself.
-- Donald Barthelme, from "Morning"
