Morton Gurtin
Morton Gurtin · Science & Medicine
Continuum thermodynamicist of configurational forces; Timoshenko Medal (2004)
1934, United States — 2022, United States
United States
Morton Gurtin is recognized among Jewish contributors to Science & Medicine — Continuum thermodynamicist of configurational forces; Timoshenko Medal (2004)
Gurtin was an American engineer turned mathematician at Carnegie Mellon University who laid foundations of rational continuum mechanics and the thermodynamics of phase transitions, introducing the unifying concept of configurational forces; he received the ASME's Timoshenko Medal in 2004. He is documented as Jewish in Jewish biographical references of contributors to continuum mechanics.
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Source: Jinfo.org — Jews in Continuum Mechanics
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Continuum thermodynamicist of configurational forces; Timoshenko Medal (2004)
Source: Jinfo.org — Jews in Continuum Mechanics
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