J. Tinsley Oden
J. Tinsley Oden (born December 25, 1936 in Alexandria (Louisiana) ) is an American engineer. He is known for using the finite element method (FEM) in mechanics. He is a professor at the Cockrell School of Engineering at the University of Texas at Austin .
Oden studied civil engineering at Louisiana State University with a degree in 1959. He received his doctorate in 1962 at Oklahoma State University under Jan J. Tuma (Analysis of Plate-Beam Structures). He then taught at Oklahoma State University and became a professor at the University of Alabama at Huntsville, where he headed the Faculty of Mechanics. In 1973 he went to the University of Texas. There he is not only a professor of mechanics, but also of mathematics and computer science. Oden is the founding director of the Institute for Computational Engineering and Sciences (ICES) at the University of Texas at Austin (founded in 2003).
He was visiting professor at various universities in the USA, Great Britain and Brazil.
Oden deals with computational mechanics, numerical solution of partial differential equations and applied mathematics. The applications he investigates range from fluid mechanics to dynamic simulations of the treatment of cancer with lasers, molecular dynamics and simulation of semiconductor manufacturing processes. He is the author of over 700 technical articles and reports and the author and editor of around 50 books.
In 1992 he received the Von Karman Medal and in 1996 the Timoshenko Medal . He is an honorary member of the American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME) and an honorary doctorate from the Ecole Normale Superieure de Cachan and the Technical Universities in Lisbon and Krakow. He is a member of the National Academy of Engineering . He received the Presidential Citation from the University of Texas and is a Knight of the Order of the Palmes Academiques. He was also elected to the American Academy of Arts and Sciences in 2008.
He is the editor of Computer Methods in Applied Mechanics and Engineering.
JN Reddy is one of his PhD students .
Fonts
- Finite Elements of Nonlinear Continua , Dover Publications, 2006.
- with JN Reddy An Introduction to the Mathematical Theory of Finite Elements , Wiley 1976.
- Applied Functional Analysis , Prentice Hall, 1979.
- with EA Ripperger Mechanics of Elastic Structures , 2nd edition, McGraw-Hill, 1981.
- with Olgierd Cecil Zienkiewicz , RH Gallagher, C. Taylor Finite Elements in Fluids , Volume 2, Wiley 1976.
- with Gallagher, DN Norrie, Zienkiewicz Finite Elements in Fluids , Volume, Wiley 1982.
- with Gallagher, GF Carey, Zienkiewicz Finite Elements in Fluids , Volume 6, Wiley 1985.
- with AK Noor State of the Art Survey in Computational Fluid Mechanics , ASME, 1988.
- Computational Methods in Nonlinear Mechanics , North-Holland, Amsterdam, 1980.
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| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Oden, J. Tinsley |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Oden, John Tinsley (full name) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | American engineer |
| DATE OF BIRTH | December 25, 1936 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Alexandria , Louisiana |