Raymond Mindlin
Raymond Mindlin · Science & Medicine
Elastician of the Mindlin plate theory; US National Medal of Science; von Kármán Medal (1961)
1906, New York City, United States — 1987, Hanover, New Hampshire, United States
United States
Raymond Mindlin is recognized among Jewish contributors to Science & Medicine — Elastician of the Mindlin plate theory; US National Medal of Science; von Kármán Medal (1961)
Raymond D. Mindlin was an applied mechanician at Columbia whose Mindlin plate theory and work on stress waves, piezoelectric crystals and photoelasticity became foundational in engineering; he received the U.S. National Medal of Science and the von Kármán Medal. His work underpins the design of quartz resonators used worldwide. He was Jewish.
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Elastician of the Mindlin plate theory; US National Medal of Science; von Kármán Medal (1961)
Source: Jinfo.org — Jews in Continuum Mechanics
