Bird, R. Byron (Robert Byron), 1924-
Oral history interview with R. Byron Bird, December 1997-January 1998 (4 sessions).
In this interview, R. Byron Bird discusses: his childhood and early education; World War II and the 90th Chemical Mortar Battalion; University of Illinois; Joe Hirschfelder; his Ph.D. work at the University of Wisconsin (UW); Fulbright fellowship in Holland; his "Molecular Theory of Gases and Liquids"; position at Cornell University and his return to the University of Wisconsin; UW Department of Chemical Engineering and his chairmanship of the department; Kurt Wendt; student protest movement; federal funding and research; trip to China; Olaf Hougen; transport phenomena (transport theory); William Shetter and Dutch readers; Ed Daub; Japanese texts; his "Dynamics of Polymeric Liquids"; students and teaching; university committees; awards and honors; interests and extra-curricular activities.
(1924- ) Chemical engineer. Ph.D., physical chemistry (University of Wisconsin-Madison, 1950). Professor Emeritus, Department of Chemical Engineering, University of Wisconsin-Madison. Research in transport phenomena, fluid dynamics of polymers, polymer kinetic theory, and rheology. Recipient of the National Medal of Science in 1987.
Bird, R. Byron (Robert Byron), 1924-
Hougen, Olaf A. (Olaf Andreas), 1893-
Wendt, Kurt F. (Kurt Frank), 1906-1982
Cornell University
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
University of Wisconsin--Madison
University of Wisconsin--Madison. Department of Chemical Engineering
Chemical engineering.
Chemistry -- Research.
Chemistry -- Study and teaching
Transport theory
World War, 1939-1945
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University of Wisconsin--Madison University Archives. Steenbock Library, Madison, WI 53706, USA.