Walter Noll
Walter Noll (January 7, 1925 – June 6, 2017) was a mathematician, and Professor Emeritus at Carnegie Mellon University. He is best known for developing mathematical tools of classical mechanics, thermodynamics, and continuum mechanics.
Walter Noll | |
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Professor Walter Noll | |
| Born | January 7, 1925 |
| Died | June 6, 2017 (aged 92) Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, U.S. |
| Nationality | American |
| Alma mater | Indiana University |
| Known for | Principle of material objectivity |
| Awards | American Mathematical Society Fellow (2012) |
| Scientific career | |
| Fields | Applied mathematics, classical mechanics, thermodynamics, continuum mechanics |
| Institutions | Carnegie Mellon University |
| Thesis | On the Continuity of the Solid and Fluid States (1954) |
| Doctoral advisor | Clifford Truesdell |
| Website | http://www.math.cmu.edu/~wn0g/ |
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