Edward L. Wilson
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Edward L. Wilson is an American
civil engineer
and academic who is known for his contribution to the development of finite element method
. He was the T.Y. and Margaret Lin Professor in Engineering at the University of California, Berkeley
. He is currently the Professor Emeritus at the civil and environmental engineering, UC Berkeley
. Wilson is a member of the National Academy of Engineering
and is a recipient of The John von Neumann Award.
Wilson is considered to be one of the early pioneers in the field of finite element analysis
and its applications. He is credited with having written the first widely accepted computer package for structural analysis (SAP) and has co-authored the widely cited book in FEM
, "Numerical Methods in Finite Element Analysis", with Klaus-Jurgen Bathe
.
, California
, Wilson received his B.S., M.S., and D.Eng. degrees from the University of California, Berkeley
in 1955, 1959, and 1963 respectively. He earned the master's and a doctoral degree under Ray W. Clough
.
United States
The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...
civil engineer
Civil engineer
A civil engineer is a person who practices civil engineering; the application of planning, designing, constructing, maintaining, and operating infrastructures while protecting the public and environmental health, as well as improving existing infrastructures that have been neglected.Originally, a...
and academic who is known for his contribution to the development of finite element method
Finite element method
The finite element method is a numerical technique for finding approximate solutions of partial differential equations as well as integral equations...
. He was the T.Y. and Margaret Lin Professor in Engineering at the University of California, Berkeley
University of California, Berkeley
The University of California, Berkeley , is a teaching and research university established in 1868 and located in Berkeley, California, USA...
. He is currently the Professor Emeritus at the civil and environmental engineering, UC Berkeley
University of California, Berkeley
The University of California, Berkeley , is a teaching and research university established in 1868 and located in Berkeley, California, USA...
. Wilson is a member of the National Academy of Engineering
National Academy of Engineering
The National Academy of Engineering is a government-created non-profit institution in the United States, that was founded in 1964 under the same congressional act that led to the founding of the National Academy of Sciences...
and is a recipient of The John von Neumann Award.
Wilson is considered to be one of the early pioneers in the field of finite element analysis
Finite element method
The finite element method is a numerical technique for finding approximate solutions of partial differential equations as well as integral equations...
and its applications. He is credited with having written the first widely accepted computer package for structural analysis (SAP) and has co-authored the widely cited book in FEM
Finite element method
The finite element method is a numerical technique for finding approximate solutions of partial differential equations as well as integral equations...
, "Numerical Methods in Finite Element Analysis", with Klaus-Jurgen Bathe
Klaus-Jürgen Bathe
Klaus-Jürgen Bathe is a Professor of Mechanical Engineering at Massachusetts Institute of Technology who specializes in computational mechanics...
.
Education
Born in FerndaleFerndale, California
Ferndale is a city in Humboldt County, California, United States. Known for its well-preserved Victorian buildings, the city's population was 1,371 at the 2010 census, down from 1,382 at the 2000 census...
, California
California
California is a state located on the West Coast of the United States. It is by far the most populous U.S. state, and the third-largest by land area...
, Wilson received his B.S., M.S., and D.Eng. degrees from the University of California, Berkeley
University of California, Berkeley
The University of California, Berkeley , is a teaching and research university established in 1868 and located in Berkeley, California, USA...
in 1955, 1959, and 1963 respectively. He earned the master's and a doctoral degree under Ray W. Clough
Ray W. Clough
Ray William Clough, , was Byron L. and Elvira E. Nishkian Professor of Structural Engineering in the department of Civil Engineering at the University of California, Berkeley and one the founders of the Finite Element Method . His article in 1956 was one of the first applications of this...
.