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Archival as AuthorPublished as AuthorH. W. Emmons
Dates
August 30, 1912 – November 20, 1998
Authorized Form of Name
Emmons, H. W. (Howard W.)
Additional Forms of Names
Emmons, Howard Wilson, 1912-1998
Biography
Abstract
Howard W. Emmons was Emeritus Professor of Mechanical Engineering at Harvard University (1940-1998). Other institutional affiliations included the University of Pennsylvania and Westinghouse Electric and Manufacturing Company. His research interests included fire science and boundary layer flows.
Important Dates
August 30, 1912Birth, Morristown (N.J.).
1933Obtained ME, Stevens Institute of Technology, Hoboken (N.J.).
1935Obtained MS, Stevens Institute of Technology, Hoboken (N.J.).
1937 – 1939Research Engineer, Westinghouse Electric and Manufacturing Company.
1938Obtained ScD in Engineering, Harvard University, Cambridge (Mass.).
1939 – 1940Assistant Professor of Mechanical Engineering, University of Pennsylvania.
1940 – 1955Consultant, Ballistics Research Laboratory, Aberdeen Proving Ground, United States Army.
1940 – 1978Consultant, Pratt and Whitney.
1940 – 1998Assistant Professor to Professor of Mechanical Engineering (1940-1983) and Emeritus Professor of Mechanical Engineering (1983-1998), Harvard University, Cambridge (Mass.).
1946 – 1952Consultant, Naval Ordnance Laboratory, United States Navy.
1949 – 1955Member, Advisory Board, Naval Ordnance Test Station, United States Navy.
1956 – 1973Member, Fire Research Committee, National Academy of Sciences.
1957 – 1958Hunsaker Visiting Professor, Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT).
1960 – 1971Member, Space Science Technology Panel, Office of Science and Technology, Executive Office of the President.
1970 – 1974Chair, Massachusetts Science and Technology Foundation.
1974 – 1975Member, Massachusetts Nuclear Safety Commission.
1979 – 1985Member, Gas Centrifuge Theory Consulting Group.
1981 – 1983Chair, National Engineering Laboratory, National Bureau of Standards.
1982Awarded Fluid Dynamics Prize, American Physical Society.
November 20, 1998Death, Boston (Mass.).
Occupation
Mechanical engineer.
Places
Birth
Undergraduate Education
Graduate Education
Employment
Death
Subjects
Relationships
People
Advisors & Collaborators
Atreya, Arvind
Advised by Emmons at Harvard University in Engineering Sciences.
Berry, C. Howard (Charles Howard)
PhD advisor at Harvard University.
Beyler, Craig Lynn
Advised by Emmons at Hughes Associates.
Colleagues
Both employed at Harvard University.
Both employed at Harvard University.
Both employed at Harvard University.
Both employed at Harvard University.
Bode, Hendrik W. (Hendrik Wade), 1905-1982
Both employed at Harvard University.
Both employed at Harvard University.
Both employed at Harvard University.
Clark, N. A. (Noel Anthony), 1940-
Both employed at Harvard University.
Conant, James Bryant, 1893-1978
Both employed at Harvard University.
Condon, Edward Uhler, 1902-1974
Both employed at Westinghouse Electric and Manufacturing Company.
Fisk, James B. (James Brown), 1910-1981
Both employed at Harvard University.
Both employed at Harvard University.
Both employed at Harvard University.
Both employed at Harvard University.
Both employed at Westinghouse Electric and Manufacturing Company.
Van Vleck, J. H. (John Hasbrouck), 1899-1980
Both employed at Harvard University.
Both employed at Harvard University.
Institutions
Major Positions
Harvard University. Division of Engineering and Applied Sciences
Obtained ScD in Engineering (1938). Assistant Professor to Professor of Mechanical Engineering and Emeritus Professor of Mechanical Engineering.
Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Department of Materials Science and Engineering
Hunsaker Visiting Professor.
Pratt and Whitney Company
Consultant.
United States. Army
Consultant, Ballistics Research Laboratory, Aberdeen Proving Ground.
United States. Navy
Consultant, Naval Ordnance Laboratory and Member, Advisory Board, Naval Ordnance Test Station.
University of Pennsylvania. School of Engineering and Applied Science
Assistant Professor of Mechanical Engineering.
Westinghouse Electric & Manufacturing Company
Research Engineer
Professional Activities & Affiliations
Received 1982 Fluid Dynamics Prize.
Massachusetts Nuclear Safety Commission
Member.
Massachusetts Science and Technology Foundation
Chair.
National Academy of Sciences (U.S.)
Member, Fire Research Committee.
National Engineering Laboratory (U.S.)
Chair.
Stevens Institute of Technology. Department of Mechanical Engineering
Obtained ME and MS.
United States. National Aeronautics and Space Administration
United States. Office of Science and Technology Policy
Member, Space Science Technology Panel.
Resources
Archival Resources
Author
Howard W. Emmons papers, 1942-1946.
Archives. Pusey Library
Harvard University
Cambridge, MA 02138, USA
Symposium of the Division of Fluid Dynamics [sound recording] 1982 April 26.
Niels Bohr Library & Archives
American Institute of Physics
One Physics Ellipse, College Park, MD 20740, USA