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Hans W. Liepmann was an American physicist, engineer, and university teacher. Born in Berlin in 1914, he was educated at RWTH Aachen University and the University of Zurich. He served as a faculty member at the California Institute of Technology, where he supervised doctoral students including Satish Dhawan, Stanley Corrsin, Roddam Narasimha, and Arthur E. Bryson.
Liepmann received the National Medal of Technology and Innovation, the Daniel Guggenheim Medal, the Otto Laporte Award, and the National Medal of Science. He was a member of the National Academy of Sciences and the American Academy of Arts and Sciences. He died in La Cañada Flintridge in 2009.
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Hans W. Liepmann appears in Vinony's National Medal of Science collection — one of 543 entries. It also appears in American Academy of Arts & Sciences.
Vinony's link graph records 409 inbound references to Hans W. Liepmann, and connects out to fluid mechanics, California Institute of Technology and University of Zurich.
It is catalogued under topics including 1914 births, 2009 deaths and 20th-century American engineers.
Vinony links it to 10 Wikipedia language editions.
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Hans
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- United States
- Place of birth
- Berlin
- Place of death
- La Cañada Flintridge
- Occupation
- university teacher
- Educated at
- University of Zurich
- Languages spoken
- English language
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- date of birth
- 1914-07-03
- date of death
- 2009-06-24
- member of
- National Academy of Sciences
- name in native language
- Hans Liepmann
- P8168
- Milo
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