Jan D. Achenbach
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| Gender | Male |
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| Death | 3 years ago |
| Date of birth | August 20,1935 |
| Zodiac sign | Leo |
| Born | Leeuwarden |
| Netherlands | |
| Known for | Wave Motion |
| Job | Mathematician |
| Education | Stanford University |
| Delft University of Technology (TU Delft) | |
| Northwestern University | |
| Awards | William Prager Medal |
| National Medal of Technology and Innovation | |
| National Medal of Science | |
| Theodore von Karman Medal | |
| ASME Medal | |
| Timoshenko Medal | |
| National Medal of Science for Engineering | |
| Date of died | August 22,2020 |
| Notable student | L. B. Freund |
| Zhiqi Guo | |
| John Carl Aldrin | |
| Books | Wave propagation in elastic solids |
| Ray methods for waves in elastic solids | |
| Reciprocity in Elastodynamics | |
| A theory of elasticity with microstructure for directionally reinforced composites | |
| Date of Reg. | |
| Date of Upd. | |
| ID | 1250364 |
Jan D. Achenbach Life story
Jan Drewes Achenbach was a professor emeritus at Northwestern University. Achenbach was born in the northern region of the Netherlands, in Leeuwarden. He studied aeronautics at Delft University of Technology, which he finished with a M.Sc. degree in 1959.
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