george, eugene, bockrath, february, 1911, chicago, december, 1998, aeronautical, engineer, early, researcher, fracture, mechanics, earned, aeronautical, engineering, from, university, michigan, began, research, career, assistant, professor, catholic, universit. George Eugene Bockrath February 15 1911 Chicago December 2 1998 was an aeronautical engineer and early researcher in fracture mechanics He earned a BS in aeronautical engineering from the University of Michigan and began his research career as an assistant professor at The Catholic University of America in 1936 1 He later moved to Douglas Aircraft Company carrying on work in fracture and fatigue of metals 2 It was for work done during this period with James Glassco and Sitaram Valluri that he won the Wright Brothers Medal in 1963 References edit Romig W 1947 The American Catholic Who s Who Farahmand B Bockrath G and Glassco J 1997 Fatigue and Fracture Mechanics of High Risk Parts Chapman amp Hall nbsp This article about an American mechanical engineer is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title George Eugene Bockrath amp oldid 1163968361, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
