Robert Byron Bird
Robert Byron Bird (born February 5, 1924, Bryan, Texas[1]) is a Chemical Engineer and Professor Emeritus in the Department of Chemical Engineering at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. He is known for his research in Transport phenomena of Non-Newtonian fluids, including fluid dynamics of polymers, polymer kinetic theory, and rheology.[2] He, along with Warren E. Stewart and Edwin N. Lightfoot, is an author of the classic textbook Transport Phenomena.[3] Bird was a recipient of the National Medal of Science in 1987.[4]
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[edit] Education
Bird received his B.S. degree in Chemical Engineering from University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign in 1947 and Ph.D. degree in Physical Chemistry from University of Wisconsin-Madison in 1950. During 1950-1951, he was a Postdoctoral Fellow at Instituut voor Theoretische Fysica, Universiteit van Amsterdam.
[edit] Awards and honors
Bird is a recipient of the National Medal of Science; the Medal was awarded by President Ronald Reagan "for his profoundly influential books and research on kinetic theory, transport phenomena, the behavior of polymeric fluids, and foreign language study for engineers and scientists."[4] He was awarded the Bingham Medal in 1974 for his outstanding contributions to the field of rheology.[5]
He is a member of the National Academy of Engineering since 1969, member of the National Academy of Sciences since 1989, and a number of foreign academies, including Royal Dutch Academy of Sciences (1981), Royal Belgian Academy of Sciences (1994). Bird is also a Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences since 1981,[6] the American Physical Society since 1970, and the American Academy of Mechanics since 1983.
[edit] Books
Bird is the coauthor of several influential books in transport phenomena and rheology, including the classic textbook Transport Phenomena which was translated into many foreign languages, including Spanish, Italian, Czech, Russian, and Chinese and the 1200 page tome, Molecular Theory of Gases and Liquids.
- Transport Phenomena, with W. E. Stewart and E. N. Lightfoot, Wiley, (1960, 2nd ed. 2002).
- Molecular Theory of Gases and Liquids, with J. O. Hirschfelder and C. F. Curtiss, Wiley, (1954, revised 1964).
- Dynamics of Polymeric Liquids, Vol. 1, Fluid Dynamics, with R. C. Armstrong and O. Hassager, Wiley, (1977, 2nd ed. 1987).
- Dynamics of Polymeric Liquids, Vol. 2, Kinetic Theory, with C. F. Curtiss, R. C. Armstrong, and O. Hassager, Wiley, (1977, 2nd ed. 1987).
[edit] References
- ^ Rheology: an historical perspective By Roger I. Tanner, Kenneth Walters
- ^ "R. Byron Bird". University of Wisconsin-Madison. http://www.engr.wisc.edu/che/faculty/bird_byron.html. Retrieved 2009-11-04.
- ^ "This Week’s Citation Classic" (PDF). garfield.library.upenn.edu. 1979-09-17. http://www.garfield.library.upenn.edu/classics1979/A1979HJ87300001.pdf. Retrieved 2009-11-04.
- ^ a b "The President's National Medal of Science: Recipient Details". National Science Foundation. http://www.nsf.gov/od/nms/recip_details.cfm?recip_id=44. Retrieved 2009-11-04.
- ^ "Bingham Medalists". The Society of Rheology. http://www.rheology.org/SoR/awards/Bingham/default.htm. Retrieved 2009-11-14.
- ^ "Book of Members, 1780–2010: Chapter B". American Academy of Arts and Sciences. http://www.amacad.org/publications/BookofMembers/ChapterB.pdf. Retrieved July 26, 2011.
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