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Ray W. Clough

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American engineer

United StatesAcademicsLived 1920 to 2016 · aged 96
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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 of the founders of the finite element method (FEM). His 1956 article was one of the first applications of this computational method.

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2006Benjamin Franklin Medal
1994National Medal of Science
1992Eringen Medal
1960Walter L. Huber Civil Engineering Research Prize
Fellow of the Royal Academy of Engineering

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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 of the founders of the finite element method (FEM). His 1956 article was one of the first applications of this computational method. He coined the term "finite elements" in an article in 1960. He was born in Seattle and died on October 8, 2016, aged 96.

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Lived 1920 to 2016 · aged 96
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