Biography:Coleman Dupont Donaldson
Coleman Dupont Donaldson | |
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| Born | September 22, 1922[1] Philadelphia |
| Died | August 7, 2009 (aged 86)[2] Newport News, Virginia |
| Alma mater | Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Princeton University [2] |
| Scientific career | |
| Fields | Fluid mechanics |
| Doctoral advisor | Luigi Crocco |
Coleman Dupont Donaldson (September 22, 1922 – August 7, 2009) was a fluid physicist and aeronautical engineer who specialized in turbulent flow and computational fluid dynamics. He made broad contributions during his career in turbulent transport, supersonic flow, and armor.[3]
In 1942 he received a bachelor's degree from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute. Afterwards he worked for the National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics (NACA) at the Langley Memorial Aeronautical Laboratory.[1] While serving in the Army Air Corps in 1945–1946 he was assigned to Bell Aircraft, where he worked on the development of the X-1 and X-2.[2] Aftwards he worked at NACA again and completed his doctorate at Princeton under Luigi Crocco in 1957. He was elected to the National Academy of Engineering in 1979. He was a member of the Du Pont family and a grandson of T. Coleman du Pont.[3]
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 "Coleman Donaldson Obituary". Daily Press. August 2009. http://www.legacy.com/obituaries/dailypress/Obituary.aspx?pid=131085468. Retrieved 8 February 2013.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 "Coleman Dupont Donaldson". Princeton Alumni Weekly. The Trustees of Princeton University. 3 February 2010. http://paw.princeton.edu/issues/2010/02/03/sections/memorials/4324/index.xml. Retrieved 23 December 2014.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 Bushnell, Dennis M. (2011). "Coleman Dupont Donaldson". Memorial Tributes: National Academy of Engineering, Volume 14. National Academy of Engineering. pp. 61–65. ISBN 978-0-309-15218-1. http://www.nap.edu/openbook.php?record_id=12884. Retrieved 23 December 2014.
External links
- Coleman Dupont Donaldson at National Academies Press
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