Hans W. Liepmann

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Hans W. Liepmann was a prominent German-American engineer and physicist known for his influential work in fluid mechanics and aerodynamics at the California Institute of Technology.

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instanceOf aerodynamicist
engineer
fluid dynamicist
person
physicist
academicAdvisor Walter Tollmien NERFINISHED
authorOf Elements of Gasdynamics NERFINISHED
Introduction to Aerodynamics of a Compressible Fluid NERFINISHED
awardReceived AIAA Fluid Dynamics Award NERFINISHED
Daniel Guggenheim Medal NERFINISHED
Ludwig Prandtl Ring NERFINISHED
National Medal of Science
Timoshenko Medal NERFINISHED
causeOfDeath natural causes
countryOfCitizenship Germany
United States of America
dateOfBirth 1914-07-03
dateOfDeath 2009-06-24
educatedAt ETH Zurich NERFINISHED
Technical University of Berlin NERFINISHED
University of Zurich NERFINISHED
employer California Institute of Technology
Jet Propulsion Laboratory NERFINISHED
ethnicGroup German
familyName Liepmann NERFINISHED
fieldOfWork aerodynamics
aerospace engineering
fluid mechanics
givenName Hans NERFINISHED
memberOf American Academy of Arts and Sciences
National Academy of Engineering
National Academy of Sciences
movedTo United States of America
notableStudent Anatol Roshko NERFINISHED
Julian D. Cole NERFINISHED
notableWork research on boundary-layer transition
research on compressible flows
research on gas dynamics
research on hypersonic flows
research on turbulence
“Elements of Gasdynamics” NERFINISHED
placeOfBirth Berlin
placeOfDeath Pasadena, California NERFINISHED
positionHeld director of Graduate Aeronautical Laboratories at Caltech
professor of aeronautics at Caltech
residence Pasadena, California NERFINISHED
workplace Graduate Aeronautical Laboratories at Caltech NERFINISHED

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