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AbstractImportant DatesOccupationPlacesSubjectsRelationships
PeopleInstitutionsWilliam W. Willmarth
Dates
March 25, 1924 – 2005
Authorized Form of Name
Willmarth, William W.
Additional Forms of Names
Willmarth, W. W. (William W.)
Biography
Abstract
William Willmarth was Professor of Aeronautical Engineering at University of Michigan (1958-1990). His research interests included condensation of gases, transonic flow, turbulent boundary layer, unsteady aerodynamics, aerodynamic sound, scientific instruments for fluid mechanical measurements, structure of turbulence, turbulent drag reduction, vorticity interaction with free surface, and applied aerodynamics.
Important Dates
March 25, 1924Birth, Highland Park (Ill.).
1949Obtained BS, Purdue University, West Lafayette (Ind.).
1950Obtained MS, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena (Calif.).
1954Obtained PhD in Aeronautical Engineering, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena (Calif.).
1954 – 1958Research Fellow to Senior Research Fellow in Aeronautical Engineering, California Institute of Technology.
1954 – 1966Consultant, RAND Corporation.
1958 – 1990Associate Professor to Professor of Aeronautical Engineering, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor (Mich.).
1963 – 1964Visiting Fellow, Joint Institute for Laboratory Astrophysics (JILA), University of Colorado, Boulder.
1970 – 1974Consultant, GM Research Laboratory, General Motors Company.
1973 – 1977Consultant, Aerospace Systems Division (1973-1976) and Consultant, Bendix Research Laboratories (1975-1977), Bendix Corporation.
1981 – 1985Consultant, Lear Siegler, Inc.
1983 – 1985Consultant, Spalding.
1989Awarded Fluid Dynamics Prize, American Physical Society.
2005Death.
Occupation
Aeronautical engineer.
Places
Birth
Undergraduate Education
Graduate Education
Employment
Subjects
Relationships
People
Colleagues
Both employed at California Institute of Technology.
Condon, Edward Uhler, 1902-1974
Both employed at the Joint Institute for Laboratory Astrophysics (JILA).
DuBridge, Lee A. (Lee Alvin), 1901-1994
Both employed at California Institute of Technology.
Both employed at California Institute of Technology.
Gould, Roy W. (Roy Walter), 1927-
Both employed at California Institute of Technology.
Liepmann, H. W. (Hans Wolfgang), 1914-
Both employed at California Institute of Technology.
Millikan, Clark Blanchard, 1903-1966
Both employed at California Institute of Technology.
Both employed at California Institute of Technology.
Wu, Theodore Y.-T. (Theodore Yao-tsu)
Both employed at California Institute of Technology.
Both employed at University of Michigan.
Institutions
Major Positions
California Institute of Technology. Division of Engineering and Applied Science
Obtained MS (1950) and PhD (1954). Research Fellow to Senior Research Fellow in Aeronautical Engineering.
University of Michigan. College of Engineering
Associate Professor to Professor of Aeronautical Engineering.
Professional Activities & Affiliations
Received 1989 Fluid Dynamics Prize.
Bendix Corporation
Consultant, Aerospace Systems Division and Consultant, Bendix Research Laboratories.
General Motors Corporation
Consultant, GM Research Laboratory.
Joint Institute for Laboratory Astrophysics
Visiting Fellow.
Lear Siegler, Inc.
Consultant.
Purdue University. Department of Physics
Obtained BS (1949).
Rand Corporation
Consultant.