Richard H. Wilhelm
Richard Herman Wilhelm (born January 10, 1909 in New York City , † August 6, 1968 in Center Harbor, New Hampshire ) was an American chemical engineer .
Life
Wilhelm studied at Columbia University in New York, where he received his doctorate with a thesis on chemical engineering . In 1934 he went to Princeton University , where he was assistant professor from 1937 and associate professor from 1943 . In 1946 he became a full professor. During the Second World War he worked at Princeton on defense research projects . Since 1954 he was chairman of the Department of Chemical Engineering at Princeton University. During his professional life he was mainly interested in the construction of chemical reactors , especially fluidized bed reactors and the specific properties of fluidized bed conditions.
In 1964 he was elected a member of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences . In 1968, the year of his death, he was accepted into the National Academy of Engineering . He was a Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science and a member of the American Chemical Society .
literature
- Thomas H. Chilton: Richard Herman Wilhelm, 1909-1968 . Ed .: National Academy of Engineering (= Memorial Tributes: National Academy of Engineering . Volume 1 ). Washington DC 1979, ISBN 0-309-02889-2 , pp. 295-299 .
- Obituary. Richard H. Wilhelm . In: Industrial & Engineering Chemistry . tape 60 , no. 10 , 1968, p. 7 , doi : 10.1021 / ie50706a600 .
Web links
- Members Directory: Richard H. Wilhelm. National Academy of Engineering, accessed July 7, 2017 .
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Wilhelm, Richard H. |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Wilhelm, Richard Herman (full name) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | American chemical engineer |
| DATE OF BIRTH | January 10, 1909 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | New York City |
| DATE OF DEATH | August 6, 1968 |
| Place of death | Center Harbor, New Hampshire |