Jan D. Achenbach
January Drewes Achenbach (* 20th August 1935 in Leeuwarden , † 22. August 2020 ) was a Dutch - American engineering scientists . He was a professor at Northwestern University in the Department of Mechanical and Civil Engineering.
Life
Achenbach studied aeronautics at the TU Delft with a diploma in 1959. He then went to the USA, where he received his doctorate in aeronautics and astronautics from Stanford University in 1962 . As a post-doctoral student he was at Columbia University (as a preceptor ) and then went to Northwestern University as an assistant professor of civil engineering in 1963. In 1966 he became Associate Professor, 1969 Professor, 1981 Walter P. Murphy Professor (of Civil Engineering, Mechanical Engineering and Applied Mathematics) and 1992 Distinguished McCormick School Professor . From 1985 to 2001 he was director of the Center for Quality Engineering and Failure Prevention at the university.
In 1969 he was visiting professor at the University of California, San Diego (in La Jolla) and in 1970/71 at TH Delft. Since 1981 he has been a consulting professor at the Huazhong Institute of Science and Technology.
He dealt theoretically with waves in elastic media, with sound propagation in solids and experimentally e.g. B. with methods for the detection of cracks and defects (corrosion) with ultrasound. This led to significant advances in the safety of aircraft, but also of bridges, reactors and other safety-critical structures. He was the founding editor of Wave Motion magazine .
Honors and memberships
- Honors
- 2005 National Medal of Science
- 2003 National Medal of Technology
- 2009 Raymond D. Mindlin Medal
- 2010 Von Karman Medal
- 2001 William Prager Medal of the Society of Engineering Science
- 2012 ASME Medal
- 1992 Timoshenko Medal
- 1996 McDonnell-Douglas Model of Excellence Award
- 1997 American Academy of Mechanics Distinguished Service Award
- Memberships
- National Academy of Sciences (1992)
- National Academy of Engineering (1982)
- American Academy of Arts and Sciences (1994)
- American Association for the Advancement of Science (1998)
- Japan Society for the Promotion of Science (1988)
- Honorary Member of the National Academy of Sciences of Korea
- Academia Europaea (2010)
- Corresponding member of the Royal Netherlands Academy of Sciences (1999)
- Honorary member of ASME (2002) and its Fellow since 1979
- Fellow of the Acoustical Society of America
- Fellow of the American Academy of Mechanics (1973), and its President 1978/79
Fonts
- Reciprocity in Elastodynamics , Cambridge University Press 2003
- with AK Gautesen, H. McMaken Ray methods for waves in elastic solids , Pitman 1982
- A theory of elasticity with microstructure for directionally reinforced composites , Springer Verlag 1975
- Wave propagation in elastic solids , North Holland 1973
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ Brian Sandalow: Professor Emeritus Jan D. Achenbach Passes Away. McCormick School of Engineering, Northwestern University, August 25, 2020, accessed August 26, 2020 .
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Achenbach, Jan D. |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Achenbach, Jan Drewes (full name) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Dutch-American engineering scientist |
| DATE OF BIRTH | August 20, 1935 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Leeuwarden |
| DATE OF DEATH | 22nd August 2020 |