Robert Byron Bird

Robert Byron Bird
Born(1924-02-05)February 5, 1924[1]
Bryan, Texas, U.S.
DiedNovember 13, 2020(2020-11-13) (aged 96)
Alma materUniversity of Wisconsin (PhD, 1950)
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign (BS, 1947)
Scientific career
FieldsTransport phenomena,
Non-Newtonian fluids,
Rheology,
Polymers
InstitutionsUniversity of Wisconsin-Madison
ThesisIntermolecular forces and the virial equation of state (1950)
Doctoral advisorJoseph O. Hirschfelder
Doctoral studentsArnold Fredrickson
Pierre Carreau
Robert C. Armstrong

Robert Byron Bird (February 5, 1924 – November 13, 2020) was an American chemical engineer and professor emeritus in the Department of Chemical Engineering at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. He was 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, was an author of the classic textbook Transport Phenomena.[3] Bird was a recipient of the National Medal of Science in 1987.[4]

Childhood and Education

Robert Byron Bird was born on February 5, 1924 in Bryan, Texas. His father, Byron Bird was a professor of civil engineering at Texas A&M University. In his,[5][6] Bird recounts he obtain his elementary and junior high education in Fort Dodge, Iowa, and thereafter he attending Central High school in Washington D. C. Bird attended University of Maryland from 1941 to 1943, where he was initiated into the Alpha Rho Chapter of Alpha Chi Sigma in 1943.[7] He had to discontinue his studies during World War II, in which he served in the US Army.[8][9] As a second lieutenant in the 90th Chemical Mortar Battalion, he saw action from the eastern Belgium to the Austrian border. Bird received his B.S. degree in chemical engineering from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign in 1947 and Ph.D. degree in physical chemistry from University of Wisconsin in 1950. During 1950–1951, he was a postdoctoral fellow at Instituut voor Theoretische Fysica, Universiteit van Amsterdam under Jan de Boer. During his postdoc, he co-authored his first textbook, the 1,200-page Molecular Theory of Gases and Liquids, along with his advisor Joseph O. Hirschfelder and another UW-Madison professor Charles F. Curtiss.

수상 및 수상

버드는 국가 과학 훈장을 받았다; 이 훈장은 로널드 레이건 대통령이 "운동 이론, 운송 현상, 중합체 유체의 행동, 그리고 공학자들과 과학자들을 위한 외국어 연구에 심오한 영향력을 가진 책과 연구로 수여했다."[4] 그는 1983년 레히오로지[10], 에링겐 메달 분야에 기여한 공로가 현저하여 1974년 빙엄 메달을 수여받았다.[11]

1969년부터 국립공학아카데미 회원, 1989년부터 국립과학아카데미 회원이었으며, 네덜란드 왕립예술과학아카데미(1985년),[12] 벨기에 왕립과학아카데미(1994년) 등 다수의 외국아카데미 회원이다. 버드는 1981년 이후 미국 예술 과학 아카데미,[13] 1970년 이후 미국 물리 협회, 1983년 이후 미국 기계 학회의 펠로였다. 2015년 그는 미국 과학 선진화 협회 회원으로 선출되었다.

2004년 버드는 "미국과 위스콘신 대학에서 네덜란드어와 문화 진흥에 기여한 탁월한 공로"로 네덜란드 기사 작위를 수여받았다.[14]

그는 2008년에 알파치 시그마 명예의 전당에 헌액되었다.[7] 그는 리드 M. 이자트와 제임스 J의 수혜자였다. Christensen 강의십 2010.

버드는 2020년 11월 96세의 나이로 세상을 떠났다.[15]

책들

버드는 스페인어, 이탈리아어, 체코어, 러시아어, 페르시아어, 중국어를 포함한 많은 외국어로 번역된 고전 교과서 '교통 현상'과 1200페이지 분량의 '기체와 액체 분자론'을 포함한 수송 현상과 지질학에서 몇몇 영향력 있는 책의 공동저자였다.

  • TRANSPORT PHENOMENA (2nd Ed.). Wiley India Pvt. Limited. 2006. ISBN 978-81-265-0808-2.
  • Bird, R.B.; Stewart, W.E.; Lightfoot, E.N.; Klingenberg, D.J. (2015). Introductory Transport Phenomena. Wiley. ISBN 978-1-118-95371-6.
  • Hirschfelder, J.O. Molecular theory of gases and liquids, by J.O. Hirschfelder, C.F. Curtiss and R.B. Bird. publisher not identified.
  • Bird, R.B.; Armstrong, R.C.; Hassager, O. (1987). Dynamics of Polymeric Liquids, Volume 1: Fluid Mechanics. Dynamics of Polymeric Liquids. Wiley. ISBN 978-0-471-80245-7.
  • 중합체 액체의 역학, 제2권, 운동 이론, C와 함께. F. 커티스, R. C. 암스트롱, O. Hassager, Wiley, (1977년, 제2판 1987년).

교통현상 발표 이후, 교통현상의 과목은 미국 및 해외의 대학에서 화학공학 커리큘럼의 표준과 필수과목이 되었다.[7]

참조

  1. ^ Tanner, R.I.; Walters, K. (1998). Rheology: An Historical Perspective. Rheology Series. Elsevier Science. p. 126. ISBN 978-0-444-82946-7. Retrieved 19 November 2020.
  2. ^ "R. Byron Bird". University of Wisconsin-Madison. Retrieved 2009-11-04.
  3. ^ "This Week's Citation Classic" (PDF). garfield.library.upenn.edu. 1979-09-17. Retrieved 2009-11-04.
  4. ^ a b "The President's National Medal of Science: Recipient Details". National Science Foundation. Retrieved 2009-11-04.
  5. ^ 2010년 그의 어린 시절 이야기
  6. ^ Bird, R. Byron (2010). "Chemical Engineering Education: A Gallimaufry of Thoughts". Annual Review of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering. 1: 1–17. doi:10.1146/annurev-chembioeng-073009-100922. PMID 22432570.
  7. ^ a b c "Alpha Chi Sigma Fraternity". Alpha Chi Sigma. Retrieved 19 November 2020.
  8. ^ Center for Oral History. "R. Byron Bird". Science History Institute.
  9. ^ Traynham, James G. (1 October 1998). R. Byron Bird, Transcript of an Interview Conducted by James G. Traynham at Madison, Wisconsin on 1 October 1998 (PDF). Philadelphia, PA: Chemical Heritage Foundation. Retrieved 27 March 2018.
  10. ^ "Bingham Medalists". The Society of Rheology. Retrieved 2009-11-14.
  11. ^ "SES MEDALISTS". Archived from the original on 2015-10-08.
  12. ^ "Byron Bird". Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences. Archived from the original on 11 August 2020.
  13. ^ "Book of Members, 1780–2010: Chapter B" (PDF). American Academy of Arts and Sciences. Retrieved July 26, 2011.
  14. ^ "Just call him Sir Bob". Archived from the original on 2004-03-28.
  15. ^ "Chemical engineering pioneer Robert Byron Bird passes away at 96 - University of Wisconsin-Madison". College of Engineering - University of Wisconsin-Madison. 17 November 2020. Retrieved 19 November 2020.

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