John Nicholas "Nick" Newman (born 10 March 1935) is an American naval architect[1] noted for his contributions to marine hydrodynamics.
Together with David Evans, he initiated the International Workshop on Water Waves and Floating Bodies.
From 1959 to 1967 he worked as a research naval architect at David Taylor Model Basin.
[5] In 1992, the Norwegian University of Science and Technology in Trondheim awarded him an honorary doctorate.
[6] In 2008, a symposium was organized in his honor at the 27th International Conference on Offshore Mechanics and Arctic Engineering.