Jerald L. Ericksen
Jerald Laverne Ericksen (born December 20, 1924 in Portland (Oregon) ) is an American engineer for mechanics and applied mathematician.
Life
Ericksen studied at Oregon State College, at the University of Washington (Bachelor's degree in 1947), at Oregon State University (Master's degree in 1949, interrupted from service in the US Navy in the Pacific during World War II) and at Indiana University , where he received his doctorate in mathematics with David Gilbarg in 1951 ( Some geometrical problems connected with ideal gas flow ). 1951 to 1957 he was a scientist (mathematician and solid-state physicist) at the Naval Research Laboratories. From 1957 he was an assistant professor and later an associate professor of mechanics at Johns Hopkins University . Since 1982 he has been professor of mechanics and mathematics at theUniversity of Michigan . In 1991 he retired and moved to Florence (Oregon).
He dealt with non-linear continuum mechanics and elasticity theory, theory of elastic shells and columns, thermodynamics of the continuum, viscoelasticity, liquid crystals , defect theory, magneto-elasticity, rheology , theory of phase transitions in solids such as the martensite transition, search for better constitutive ones Equations for novel materials.
In continuum mechanics he worked with Clifford Truesdell , under whose influence he came to Indiana University in the early 1950s. The investigations continued at the Naval Research Laboratories, where in addition to Truesdell and Ericksen, Ronald S. Rivlin , William Saenz and Richard Toupin were involved. During this time he also worked in the field of rheology as a consultant to the polymer research group of the National Bureau of Standards. His work with liquid crystals began at Johns Hopkins University in the late 1950s.
He is a member of the National Academy of Engineering and an honorary doctorate from the National University of Ireland and Heriot-Watt University . In 1979 he received the Tymoshenko Medal . He has been an honorary member of the Royal Irish Academy since 1999 . In 1968 he received the Bingham Medal of the Society of Rheology and in 2000 he became an honorary member of the International Liquid Crystal Society. He was the first to receive the Lifetime Achievement Award from the International Society for the Interaction of Mathematics and Mechanics (ISIMM).
He was married to Marion Pook since 1946 and has two children.
Constantine Dafermos is one of his doctoral students .
Fonts
- Introduction to the thermodynamics of Solids , Springer Verlag 1991, 1998
- Mechanics and mathematics of crystals- Selected Papers of Jerald L. Ericksen , editors Millard F. Beatty, Michael A. Hayes, World Scientific 2005
- Editor with Constantine Dafermos, David Kinderlehrer (Editor) Amorphous Polymers and Non-Newtonian Fluids , Springer Verlag 1987
- Editor with David Kinderlehrer Theory and application of liquid crystals , Springer Verlag 1987
- Editor: Homogenization and effective moduli of materials and media , Springer Verlag 1986
- Appendix: Tensor Fields in Siegfried Flügge (Ed.) Encyclopedia of Physics / Handbuch der Physik , Volume III / 1 Principles of Classical Mechanics and Field Theory , Springer Verlag 1960
literature
- Clifford Truesdell, James Serrin (Editor) The breadth and depth of continuum mechanics: a collection of papers dedicated to JL Ericksen on his 60th birthday , Springer Verlag 1986 (with autobiography by Ericksen)
- DE Carlson: In recognition of the sixtieth birthday of JL Ericksen , Journal of Elasticity, Volume 14, 1984, pp. 337-341
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ Life data according to American Men and Women of Science , Thomson Gale 2004
- ^ Mathematics Genealogy Project
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Ericksen, Jerald L |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Ericksen, Jerald Laverne |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | American mechanical engineer |
| DATE OF BIRTH | December 20, 1924 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Portland, Oregon |