Hans Albert Einstein

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Hans Albert Einstein was a Swiss-American engineer and educator known for his contributions to hydraulic engineering and as the second son of physicist Albert Einstein.

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instanceOf Swiss-American
educator
engineer
hydraulic engineer
person
areaOfInfluence river engineering
sediment management in hydraulic structures
awardReceived ASCE Walter L. Huber Civil Engineering Research Prize
burialPlace Woods Hole, Massachusetts, United States
causeOfDeath heart failure
child Bernhard Caesar Einstein
countryOfCitizenship Switzerland
United States of America
dateOfBirth 1904-05-14
dateOfDeath 1973-07-26
educatedAt ETH Zurich
Swiss Federal Institute of Technology in Zurich
employer University of California, Berkeley
ethnicGroup Jewish
familyName Einstein
father Albert Einstein
fieldOfWork fluvial morphology
hydraulic engineering
sediment transport
fullName Hans Albert Einstein
genre scientific literature
givenName Hans Albert
knownFor Einstein bed-load function
theory of sediment transport in open-channel flow
languageSpoken English
German
memberOf American Society of Civil Engineers
migration emigrated from Switzerland to the United States
mother Mileva Marić
notableRelative Albert Einstein
notableStudent Ven Te Chow
notableWork Formulas for the transportation of bed load
The bed-load function for sediment transportation in open channel flows
occupation professor
placeOfBirth Bern, Switzerland
placeOfDeath Woods Hole, Massachusetts, United States
positionHeld Professor of Hydraulic Engineering at University of California, Berkeley
sibling Eduard Einstein
Lieserl Einstein
spouse Elizabeth Roboz
Frieda Knecht
workLocation Berkeley, California, United States


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