Stanford S. Penner
Stanford Solomon Penner (5 July 1921 – 15 July 2016) also known as Sol Penner, was a German-American scientist and engineer, a major figure in combustion physics, especially in rocket engines, and a founder of the Engineering program at University of California, San Diego. He obtained his PhD in 1946 from the University of Wisconsin–Madison under Farrington Daniels and Theodore von Kármán.
Stanford S. Penner | |
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| Born | July 5, 1921 |
| Died | July 15, 2016 (aged 95) |
| Citizenship | German American |
| Alma mater | Union College, University of Wisconsin–Madison |
| Known for | Kármán–Penner mass-flux fraction |
| Spouse | Beverly Penner |
| Children | Robert Clark Penner Lynn Jean Penner |
| Scientific career | |
| Fields | Aerospace Engineering |
| Institutions | California Institute of Technology, University of California, San Diego |
| Thesis | I. National Defense Research Council Project (Confidential) II. Calculations on the formation and decomposition of Nitric-oxide in pebble beds at high temperature. (1946) |
| Doctoral advisor | Farrington Daniels |
| Doctoral students | Forman A. Williams |
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