Dean Roden Chapman
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Dean Roden Chapman was a mechanical engineer at the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) and at Stanford University
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. He left government service in 1980 to join the faculty at Stanford University. At the time of his death from cancer at age 73 he was Professor Emeritus of the Department of Aeronautics and the Department of Mechanical Engineering at Stanford University. Chapman was internationally known for his research into fluid dynamics
, and for pioneering modern computational fluid dynamics. He is also remembered for his research and controversial theories on the origin of tektites.
Stanford University
The Leland Stanford Junior University, commonly referred to as Stanford University or Stanford, is a private research university on an campus located near Palo Alto, California. It is situated in the northwestern Santa Clara Valley on the San Francisco Peninsula, approximately northwest of San...
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Biography
He began his professional career at Ames Aeronautical Laboratory (now the Ames Research Center) in 1948, where he later became Director of AstronauticsAstronautics
Astronautics, and related astronautical engineering, is the theory and practice of navigation beyond the Earth's atmosphere. In other words, it is the science and technology of space flight....
. He left government service in 1980 to join the faculty at Stanford University. At the time of his death from cancer at age 73 he was Professor Emeritus of the Department of Aeronautics and the Department of Mechanical Engineering at Stanford University. Chapman was internationally known for his research into fluid dynamics
Fluid dynamics
In physics, fluid dynamics is a sub-discipline of fluid mechanics that deals with fluid flow—the natural science of fluids in motion. It has several subdisciplines itself, including aerodynamics and hydrodynamics...
, and for pioneering modern computational fluid dynamics. He is also remembered for his research and controversial theories on the origin of tektites.