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American chemical engineer (1924-2020)

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Robert Byron Bird was an American chemical engineer and professor emeritus in the department of chemical engineering at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. He was known for his research in transport phenomena of non-Newtonian fluids, including fluid dynamics of polymers, polymer kinetic theory, and rheology.

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2015Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences
1987National Medal of Science
1983Eringen Medal
1980Otto Laporte Award
1974Bingham Medal
1957Guggenheim Fellowship
Fellow of the American Physical Society

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Robert Byron Bird was an American chemical engineer and professor emeritus in the department of chemical engineering at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. He was known for his research in transport phenomena of non-Newtonian fluids, including fluid dynamics of polymers, polymer kinetic theory, and rheology. He, along with Warren E. Stewart and Edwin N. Lightfoot, was an author of the classic textbook Transport Phenomena. Bird was a recipient of the National Medal of Science in 1987.

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United States
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Scientists
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deceased
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Lived 1924 to 2020 · aged 96
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