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Archival as SubjectPublished as AuthorPublished as SubjectBernard D. Coleman
Dates
July 5, 1930 – present
Authorized Form of Name
Coleman, Bernard D. (Bernard David), 1930-
Additional Forms of Names
Coleman, B. D.
Coleman, Bernard David, 1930-
Biography
Abstract
Bernard D. Coleman was awarded the Bingham Medal of the Society of Rheology in 1984. He has held positions at Yale University, Carnegie Mellon University, and Rutgers University.
Important Dates
July 5, 1930Birth, New York (N.Y.).
1951B.Sc in Chemistry, Indiana University.
1951 – 1954Graduate Research Fellow, Yale University, New Haven (Conn.).
1952M.Sc. Degree, Yale University, New Haven (Conn.).
1954Research Chemist, Carothers Research Laboratory, Du Pont Company, Wilmington (Del.).
1954Ph.D in Physical Chemistry, Yale University, New Haven (Conn.).
1957 – 1988Senior Fellow, Mellon Institute, Pittsburgh (Pa.).
1967 – 1988Professor of Mathematics (1967-1988); Professor of Biology (1974-1988); Professor of Chemistry (1984-1988), Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh (Pa.).
1984Awarded the Bingham Medal, Society of Rheology.
1988 – presentJ. Willard Gibbs Professor of Thermomechanics (1988-present); Professor of mathematics (1988-present); Graduate director of the Program in Mechanics (1991-present), Rutgers University, New Brunswick (N.J.).
2002Honorary Member, International Society for the Interaction of Mathematics with Mechanics.
2002Member, College of Fellows of the American Institute for Medical and Biological Engineering.
Occupation
Mathematician, biologist, and chemist.
Places
Birth
Graduate Education
Employment
Subjects
Relationships
People
Advisors & Collaborators
Collaborated on book, "Viscometric flows of non-Newtonian fluids."
Noll, W. (Walter), 1925-
Collaborated on book, "Viscometric flows of non-Newtonian fluids."
Institutions
Major Positions
Carnegie-Mellon University
Professor of Mathematics; Professor of Biology; and Professor of Chemistry.
Mellon Institute
Senior Fellow.
Rutgers University
J. Willard Gibbs Professor of Thermomechanics; Professor of Mathematics; and Graduate director of the Program in Mechanics.
Professional Activities & Affiliations
American Institute for Medical and Biological Engineering
Member.
International Society for the Interaction of Mechanics and Mathematics
Member.
Recipient of 1984 Bingham Medal.
Yale University
Graduate Research Fellow; Obtained M.Sc. (1952); and Ph.D in Physical Chemistry (1954).
Resources
Archival Resources
Subject
Published Resources
Author
Wave propagation in dissipative materials; a reprint of five memoirs, by B.D. Coleman [and others].
Subject
Physics Today article, "Coleman Receives Bingham Medal from Society of Rheology," 1985.