Bruce A. Finlayson
Appearance
Bruce A. Finlayson is an American chemical engineer and applied mathematician. He is the Professor Emeritus of Chemical Engineering at the University of Washington, United States.[1] He is a member of the National Academy of Engineering (NAE).[2] He is known for his contributions to chemical engineering in general and for the development and application of computational methods engineering problems in particular.
Career
[edit]Finlayson received his B.A. and M.S. degrees from the Rice University in 1961 and 1963 respectively and Ph.D. degree from the University of Minnesota in 1965; all in chemical engineering. He served for two years as a Lieutenant in the United States Navy, working at the United States Office of Naval Research in Washington, D.C.
Books authored
[edit]- The Method of Weighted Residuals and Variational Principles, Academic Press (1972). ISBN 978-0-12-257050-6.
- Nonlinear Analysis in Chemical Engineering, McGraw-Hill, (1980). ISBN 978-0-07-020915-2.
- Numerical Methods for Problems with Moving Fronts, Ravenna Park Publishing, (1992). ISBN 978-0-9631765-0-9.
- Introduction to Chemical Engineering Computing, Wiley-Interscience, (2006). ISBN 978-0-471-74062-9.
References
[edit]- ^ Bruce A. Finlayson Archived September 4, 2009, at the Wayback Machine at University of Washington
- ^ "Dr. Bruce A. Finlayson". The National Academy of Engineering. Archived from the original on 2010-05-28. Retrieved 2009-08-25.
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- University of Washington faculty
- Rice University alumni
- University of Minnesota College of Science and Engineering alumni
- American fluid dynamicists
- Living people
- Members of the United States National Academy of Engineering
- Chemical engineering academics
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