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Bernard D. Coleman

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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

New York (N.Y.)

Graduate Education

New Haven (Conn.)

Employment

Wilmington (Del.)

Pittsburgh (Pa.)

New Brunswick (N.J.)

Subjects

Biology.

Chemistry.

Mathematics.

Mechanics.

Rheology.

Relationships

People

Advisors & Collaborators

Markovitz, Hershel, 1921-2006

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.

Society of Rheology (U.S.)

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

Society of Rheology Miscellaneous Publications, 1937-2013. Box 6, Folder 43, Rheology Bulletin, Vol 53, No. 2, August 1984.

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.