Alan Needleman
Alan Needleman · Science & Medicine
Founder of computational fracture mechanics; Timoshenko Medal (2011)
1944, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States
United States
Alan Needleman is recognized among Jewish contributors to Science & Medicine — Founder of computational fracture mechanics; Timoshenko Medal (2011)
Needleman is an American engineer and a founder of computational fracture mechanics, whose models of ductile fracture, void growth and crack propagation are widely used to predict how materials fail; he received the ASME's Timoshenko Medal in 2011. He has taught at Brown and Texas A&M and is a member of the National Academy of Engineering. His Jewish background is noted in Jewish-heritage references but is not detailed in standard biographies.
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Founder of computational fracture mechanics; Timoshenko Medal (2011)
Source: Jinfo.org — Jews in Continuum Mechanics
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