Ascher H. Shapiro

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Ascher Herman Shapiro (born May 20, 1916 in Brooklyn , New York , † November 26, 2004 in Boston , Massachusetts ) was an American engineer for hydrodynamics and aerodynamics . He was a professor of mechanical engineering at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT).

Life

Shapiro grew up in New York City and studied at MIT with the Bachelor Accounts 1938 and his doctorate in 1946 in Mechanical Engineering ( Mechanical Engineering ). Before that he was an assistant professor at MIT from 1943 and taught hydrodynamics. In 1962 he became a Ford Professor at MIT, and in 1975 he was awarded the highest rank of Institute Professor at MIT. From 1965 to 1974 he headed his faculty (Mechanical Engineering). In 1986 he retired.

In addition to hydro- and aerodynamics, especially in aviation (supersonic flow), for gas turbines and for rockets, mechanics and thermodynamics of compressible flows, he also dealt with hydrodynamics of the blood circulation and medical technology. He wrote a popular science book on currents that was also translated into German. He was also recognized as an educator (Benjamin Garver Lamme Award 1977) and in 1961 founded the National Council for Fluid Mechanics Films (NCFMF), whose films were widely used in the United States for teaching fluid mechanics.

In 1999 he received the Daniel C. Drucker Medal . He received two honorary doctorates ( University of Salford 1978, Technion 1985) and a member of the National Academy of Sciences (1967), the American Academy of Arts and Sciences (1952) and the National Academy of Engineering (1974). He was an honorary member of the American Society of Mechanical Engineers .

Fonts

  • The Dynamics and Thermodynamics of Compressible Fluid Flow. 2 volumes. Ronald Press, New York 1953/54
  • Shape and Flow: The Fluid Dynamics of Drag. Anchor Books, Garden City 1961; Heinemann, London 1964
    • German translation: Flow forms - problems of flow resistance. Desch, 1963

literature

  • Roger D. Kamm: Ascher H. Shapiro, 1916-2004 . Ed .: National Academy of Engineering (=  Memorial Tributes . Volume 20 ). The National Academies Press, Washington DC 2016, ISBN 0-309-43729-6 , pp. 289-292 , doi : 10.17226 / 23394 .

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Biography based on American Men and Women of Science , Thomson Gale 2004
  2. ↑ films NCFMF Online
personal data
SURNAME Shapiro, Ascher H.
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Shapiro, Asher Herman (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American engineer
DATE OF BIRTH May 20, 1916
PLACE OF BIRTH Brooklyn , New York
DATE OF DEATH November 26, 2004
Place of death Boston , Massachusetts