Eric Reissner
Eric Reissner · Science & Medicine
Author of the Reissner plate theory used across structural engineering; Timoshenko Medal (1973)
1913, Aachen, Germany — 1996, La Jolla, California, United States
Germany · United States
Eric Reissner is recognized among Jewish contributors to Science & Medicine — Author of the Reissner plate theory used across structural engineering; Timoshenko Medal (1973)
Reissner was an applied mathematician and engineer whose Reissner (and Reissner–Mindlin) plate theory, accounting for transverse shear deformation, became foundational across structural and aerospace engineering; he received the Timoshenko Medal in 1973. Born in Aachen, Germany, he was the son of the Jewish aeronautics pioneer Hans Reissner and fled Nazi Germany to the United States. He taught at MIT and UC San Diego.
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Author of the Reissner plate theory used across structural engineering; Timoshenko Medal (1973)
Source: Jinfo.org — Jews in Continuum Mechanics
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