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Howard Wilson Emmons (1912–1998) was a professor in the department of Mechanical Engineering at Harvard University.〔Land and Trefethen, 1999〕 During his career he conducted original research on fluid mechanics, combustion and fire safety. Today he is most widely known for his pioneering work in the field of fire safety engineering. He has been called "the father of modern fire science" for his contribution to the understanding of flame propagation and fire dynamics.〔Beyler, 1999〕 He also helped design the first supersonic wind tunnel, identified a signature of the transition to turbulence in boundary layer flows (now known as "Emmons spots"), and was the first to observe compressor stall in a gas turbine compressor (still a major item of research today).〔Kronauer et al., 2007〕 He was eventually awarded the Timoshenko Medal by the American Society of Mechanical Engineers and the 1968 Sir Alfred Egerton Gold Medal from The Combustion Institute. Upon Professor Emmons' death, Professor Patrick Pagni wrote:
He continues to be remembered through the Emmons Lecture at International Symposium of The International Association for Fire Safety Science and the Howard W. Emmons Distinguished Scholar Endowment at Worcester Polytechnic Institute. ==Biography== *Born in Morristown, New Jersey on August 30, 1912. *Bachelor of Engineering in Mechanical Engineering from Stevens Institute of Technology in 1933. *Master of Engineering in Mechanical Engineering from Stevens Institute of Technology in 1935. *Doctor of Science in Mechanical Engineering for Harvard University in 1938. * * Advisors were John Finnie Downie Smith and Charles Harold Berry. *Worked briefly for Westinghouse and the University of Pennsylvania. *Professor at Harvard from 1940 onwards. * * Notable student was Richard Ernest Kronauer, who later became an expert on human circadian rhythms. *US National Academy of Engineering member in 1965. *US National Academy of Science member in 1966. *Wife Dorothy *Children Beverly, Scott, and Keith *Died November 20, 1998 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Howard Wilson Emmons」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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