Cornelis B. Biezeno
Cornelis Benjamin Biezeno (born March 2, 1888 in Delft , † September 5, 1975 in Wageningen ) was a Dutch mechanical engineer. He worked as a professor at the Delft University of Technology .
Life
Biezeno studied mechanical engineering at the TU Delft from 1904 to 1909 (degree cum laude ) . He then worked there as an assistant, first for mechanical engineering, then for mathematics. In 1914 he became professor of mechanics in Delft. From 1937 to 1938 and from 1949 to 1951 he was Rector Magnificus of the TU Delft.
Its technical dynamics was a standard work in its time. He was one of the organizers of the first international congress for applied mechanics in Delft in 1924.
Warner T. Koiter is one of his PhD students . He was an honorary doctor from the Universities of Ghent, Amsterdam and the Free University of Brussels. In 1939 he became a member of the Royal Netherlands Academy of Sciences . In 1960 he received the Tymoshenko Medal with Richard Grammel . In 1939 he was elected a corresponding member of the Prussian Academy of Sciences ; since 1969 he was a foreign member of the Academy of Sciences of the GDR .
Fonts
- with Richard Grammel Technical Dynamics , Springer Verlag 1939, 2nd edition in two volumes 1953
- with Grammel Engineering Dynamics , 4 volumes, Glasgow: Blackie, 1955, 1956
- Editor with Johannes Martinus Burgers Proceedings of the first congress of applied mechanics, Delft 1924 , Delft, Waltman 1925
Web links
Individual evidence
- ^ Members of the previous academies. Cornelius Benjamin Biezeno. Berlin-Brandenburg Academy of Sciences and Humanities , accessed on February 23, 2015 .
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Biezeno, Cornelis B. |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Biezeno, Cornelis Benjamin |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Dutch mechanical engineer |
| DATE OF BIRTH | March 2, 1888 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Delft |
| DATE OF DEATH | 5th September 1975 |
| Place of death | Wageningen |