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Stephen H. Crandall

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Professor of Mechanical Engineering at MIT (1920-2013)

United StatesAcademicsLived 1920 to 2013 · aged 92
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Stephen Harry Crandall was a professor of mechanical engineering at MIT. D. from MIT. He joined the MIT faculty in 1946 and taught dynamics and strength of materials until his retirement in 1991. He was a prolific author of texts in solid mechanics, numerical methods, and random vibration. His mentor at MIT was J. P.

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2009Thomas K. Caughey Dynamics Award
1990Timoshenko Medal
1971Worcester Reed Warner Medal

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Stephen Harry Crandall was a professor of mechanical engineering at MIT. He earned his master's degree in engineering at Stevens Institute of Technology in Hoboken, New Jersey and his Ph.D. from MIT. He joined the MIT faculty in 1946 and taught dynamics and strength of materials until his retirement in 1991. He was a prolific author of texts in solid mechanics, numerical methods, and random vibration. His mentor at MIT was J. P. Den Hartog. He was awarded the American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME) Robert Henry Thurston Lecture Award in 1988 and the ASME Timoshenko Medal in 1990 "in recognition of distinguished contributions to the field of applied mechanics." He was elected to the National Academy of Sciences in 1993.

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Lived 1920 to 2013 · aged 92
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