Ernst R. G. Eckert
Physicist, Academic
1904 – 2004
Who was Ernst R. G. Eckert?
Ernst Rudolph Georg Eckert was a scientist who advanced the film cooling technique for aeronautical engines. He earned his Diplom Ingenieur and doctorate in 1927 and 1931, respectively, and habilitated in 1938. Eckert worked as a rocket and jet engine scientist at the Aeronautical Research Institute in Braunschweig, Germany, then via Operation Paperclip, began jet propulsion research in 1945 at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base. In 1951, Eckert joined the University of Minnesota in the department of mechanical engineering. Eckert published more than 550 scientific papers and books. The Eckert number in fluid dynamics was named after him.
Dr. Eckert's son-in-law Horst Henning Winter is a professor of chemical engineering at UMass. Dr. Winter specializes in rheology.
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- Born
- Sep 8, 1904
Prague - Also known as
- E. R.G. Eckert
- E. R. G. Eckert
- Nationality
- United States of America
- Germany
- Profession
- Education
- Czech Technical University in Prague
- Employment
- University of Minnesota
- Lived in
- Prague
- Died
- Jul 8, 2004
Saint Paul
Submitted
on July 23, 2013
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