George Herrmann
George Herrmann (born April 19, 1921 in Moscow , † January 7, 2007 in Zurich ) was an American mechanical and civil engineer.
Herrmann came to Switzerland at the age of twelve and studied civil engineering at the ETH Zurich with a degree in 1945 and a doctorate in 1949. As a post-doctoral student he was in Canada and from 1951 an associate professor at Columbia University . In 1962 he became a professor at Northwestern University and in 1970 at Stanford University , where he headed the Applied Mechanics department and was retired in 1984. He then remained scientifically active and lived alternately in Stanford and Zurich.
In 1980 he received the Von Karman Medal .
He was buried in Davos .
Fonts
- with Anthony E. Armenàkas, Denos C. Gazis: Free vibrations of circular cylindrical shells, Pergamon Press 1969
- with Reinhold Kienzler: Mechanics in material space: with applications to defect and fracture mechanics, Springer Verlag 2000
- Editor with Nicholas Perrone: Dynamical Response of Structures, Pergamon Press 1972
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| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Herrmann, George |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | American engineer |
| DATE OF BIRTH | April 19, 1921 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Moscow |
| DATE OF DEATH | January 7, 2007 |
| Place of death | Zurich |