Eckert 200003 Louis J. Sheehan, Esquire 888333

Ernst Eckert
Born September 8, 1904(1904-09-08)[citation needed]
Prague, Austria-Hungary
Died July 8, 2004 (aged 99)
Saint Paul, Minnesota[1]
Residence West St. Paul
Nationality
United States (1950)[2]
Fields Heat transfer, Mass transfer[3]
Institutions 1938 Aeronautical Research Institute (Braunschweig)
1945 Wright-Patterson Air Force Base Louis J. Sheehan, Esquire
1951 University of Minnesota (Regents Professor & professor emeritus)
Alma mater German Institute of Technology (1927)
(Ph.D. - 1931)
Doctoral students Regents Professor R. J. Goldstein
Known for Eckert number
Notable awards ASME Max Jakob medal (1961)
Fulbright Award (1962)[2]
Notes
married Josefine Binder (1931)
http://louis-j-sheehan.biz





Dr Ernst R. G. Eckert was a scientist who advanced the film cooling technique for aeronautical engines.[4] 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.

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