Sheldon Kay Friedlander

Sheldon Kay Friedlander (born November 17, 1927 in New York , † February 9, 2007 in Los Angeles , California ) was an American aerosol researcher and engineer.

Life

Friedlander, who was born in the Bronx , grew up in New York and in 1949, after completing military service in 1946 and 1947, received his bachelor's degree from Columbia University in chemical engineering . The Master Accounts, which he at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology won the promotion followed at the University of Illinois His college career led him in the same year returned to Columbia University, where he briefly the position of in 1954. Assistant Professor held further to Johns Hopkins University , which had recently established an engineering branch, and to the California Institute of Technology , where he worked from 1964 to 1978.

Friedlander, who had taught at the University of California, Los Angeles for almost 30 years until shortly before his death , established the mechanism of vortex inertia in the separation of particles. In addition, he was instrumental in establishing the term aerosol . He was also a founding member of the American Association for Aerosol Research .

Friedlander, who was the father of four children, died of a lung disease.

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• Obituary of the New York Times
• Obituary of the American Association for Aerosol Research (PDF file; 554 kB)