Matches in DBpedia 2014 for { ?s ?p Ahmed Cemal Eringen (born February 15, 1921 in Kayseri, Turkey, died December 7, 2009 ) was a Turkish- American engineering scientist. He was a professor at Princeton University. The Eringen Medal is named in his honor.Eringen studied at the Technical University of Istanbul with a diploma degree in 1943 and then worked for the Turkish Aircraft Co. until 1944. In 1944/45, he was a trainee at the Glenn L. Martin Company and in 1945 was group leader at the Turkish Air League Company. He continued his studies at the Polytechnic Institute of Brooklyn where he received his doctorate in applied mechanics in 1948 under the supervision of Nicholas J. Hoff. In 1948 he became assistant professor at the Illinois Institute of Technology, in 1953 Associate Professor and in 1955 Professor at Purdue University. From 1966 he was professor of aerospace and mechanical engineering at Princeton University and from 1974 he was Professor of Continuum Physics, Civil Engineering and Computational and Applied Mathematics. He retired in 1991 and died in 2009. Eringen had been married since 1949 and had four children.His work deals with continuum mechanics, electrodynamics of continua and material theories.In 1981 he received an honorary doctorate from the University of Glasgow (D. Sc.). In 1973 he received the Distinguished Service Award and the 1976 as named in his honor AC Eringen Medal of the Society of Engineering Science, whose president he was in 1963 to 1973.. }
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- A._Cemal_Eringen abstract "Ahmed Cemal Eringen (born February 15, 1921 in Kayseri, Turkey, died December 7, 2009 ) was a Turkish- American engineering scientist. He was a professor at Princeton University. The Eringen Medal is named in his honor.Eringen studied at the Technical University of Istanbul with a diploma degree in 1943 and then worked for the Turkish Aircraft Co. until 1944. In 1944/45, he was a trainee at the Glenn L. Martin Company and in 1945 was group leader at the Turkish Air League Company. He continued his studies at the Polytechnic Institute of Brooklyn where he received his doctorate in applied mechanics in 1948 under the supervision of Nicholas J. Hoff. In 1948 he became assistant professor at the Illinois Institute of Technology, in 1953 Associate Professor and in 1955 Professor at Purdue University. From 1966 he was professor of aerospace and mechanical engineering at Princeton University and from 1974 he was Professor of Continuum Physics, Civil Engineering and Computational and Applied Mathematics. He retired in 1991 and died in 2009. Eringen had been married since 1949 and had four children.His work deals with continuum mechanics, electrodynamics of continua and material theories.In 1981 he received an honorary doctorate from the University of Glasgow (D. Sc.). In 1973 he received the Distinguished Service Award and the 1976 as named in his honor AC Eringen Medal of the Society of Engineering Science, whose president he was in 1963 to 1973.".