Theodore von Kármán

Theodore von Kármán (numele original maghiar: Szőllőskislaki Kármán Tódor) (11 mai 1881 – 7 mai 1963) a fost un inginer maghiaro-american și fizician, care a lucrat în domeniul aeronauticii și astronauticii.

Theodore von Kármán
Date personale
Nume la naștere	Kármán Tivadar Mihály
Născut	11 mai 1881[1][2][3][4][5] Budapesta, Austro-Ungaria[6][7]
Decedat	7 mai 1963 (81 de ani)[8][9][2][10] Aachen, RFG[9][6][7]
Înmormântat	Hollywood Forever Cemetery[*][[Hollywood Forever Cemetery (cemetery in Los Angeles, California)|​]]
Părinți	Kármán Mór[*][[Kármán Mór (Hungarian philosopher, father of Theodore von Kármán (1843–1915))|​]][9] Helene Konn[*][[Helene Konn (mother of Theodore von Kármán)|​]][9]
Frați și surori	Pipö von Kármán[*][[Pipö von Kármán (sister of Theodore von Kármán)|​]][9] Kármán Elemér[*][[Kármán Elemér (Hungarian lawyer, criminologist (1876-1927))|​]]
Cetățenie	Imperiul German  Republica de la Weimar  Statele Unite ale Americii (1936–)  Ungaria (–)
Ocupație	fizician matematician ingineri de aviație militară[*]​ inventator cadru didactic universitar[*]​ Idist[*][[Idist (person speaking or using the international language Ido)|​]] astronom om de știință inginer aerospațial[*]​
Locul desfășurării activității	Aachen
Limbi vorbite	Ido limba engleză[2][11] limba maghiară[11] limba germană[12]
Activitate
Alma mater	Universitatea de Tehnologie și Economie din Budapesta[9] Universitatea Georg-August din Göttingen[13][9]
Organizație	Ganz[9] RWTH Aachen[*][[RWTH Aachen (university in Aachen, Germany)|​]] California Institute of Technology Universitatea Georg-August din Göttingen
Premii	Președinte de onoare[*]​[9] Președinte de onoare[*]​[9] Doctor of Engineering (honorary)[*][[Doctor of Engineering (honorary) (honorary doctorate)|​]] (1929)[9] Doctor of Engineering (honorary)[*][[Doctor of Engineering (honorary) (honorary doctorate)|​]] (1940)[9] Medalia Prezidențială de Merit[*]​ (1946)[9] Medalia John Fritz[*]​ (1948)[9] Franklin Medal[*][[Franklin Medal (science award by the Franklin Institute, Philadelphia)|​]] (1948)[9] Kelvin Gold Medal[*][[Kelvin Gold Medal (British engineering prize)|​]] (1950)[9] Gold Medal of the Royal Aeronautical Society[*][[Gold Medal of the Royal Aeronautical Society |​]] (1952)[9] Wright Brothers Memorial Trophy[*][[Wright Brothers Memorial Trophy (award to a living American for significant public service of enduring value to aviation in the United States)|​]] (1954)[9] Medalia Daniel Guggenheim[*]​ (1955)[9] Department of the Air Force Decoration for Exceptional Civilian Service[*][[Department of the Air Force Decoration for Exceptional Civilian Service |​]] (1955)[9] Medal of Freedom[*][[Medal of Freedom (civil decoration awarded 1945–1961, superceded by Presidential Medal of Freedom)|​]] (1956)[9] Inelul Ludwig-Prandtl[*]​ (1956)[9] Doctor of Science (honorary)[*][[Doctor of Science (honorary) (honorary doctorate)|​]] (1956)[9] Goddard Gold Medal[*][[Goddard Gold Medal (award given in honor of Robert H. Goddard, authorized by the US Congress in 1959)|​]] (1960)[9] Doctor of Science (honorary)[*][[Doctor of Science (honorary) (honorary doctorate)|​]] (1960)[9] Doctor of Engineering (honorary)[*][[Doctor of Engineering (honorary) (honorary doctorate)|​]] (1947)[9] Doctor of Engineering (honorary)[*][[Doctor of Engineering (honorary) (honorary doctorate)|​]] (1948)[9] Doctor of Engineering (honorary)[*][[Doctor of Engineering (honorary) (honorary doctorate)|​]] (1953)[9] Doctor of Engineering (honorary)[*][[Doctor of Engineering (honorary) (honorary doctorate)|​]] (1953)[9] Doctor of Science (honorary)[*][[Doctor of Science (honorary) (honorary doctorate)|​]] (1961)[9] Doctor of Law (honorary)[*][[Doctor of Law (honorary) (honorary doctorate)|​]] (1959)[9] Doctor of Engineering (honorary)[*][[Doctor of Engineering (honorary) (honorary doctorate)|​]] (1955)[9] Doctor of Engineering (honorary)[*][[Doctor of Engineering (honorary) (honorary doctorate)|​]] (1959)[9] Doctor of Science (honorary)[*][[Doctor of Science (honorary) (honorary doctorate)|​]] (1958)[9] Doctor of Science (honorary)[*][[Doctor of Science (honorary) (honorary doctorate)|​]] (1951)[9] Doctor of Science (honorary)[*][[Doctor of Science (honorary) (honorary doctorate)|​]] (1952)[9] Doctor of Science (honorary)[*][[Doctor of Science (honorary) (honorary doctorate)|​]] (1952)[9] Doctor of Science (honorary)[*][[Doctor of Science (honorary) (honorary doctorate)|​]] (1954)[9] University of Liège Gold Medal[*][[University of Liège Gold Medal (award given by the University of Liège)|​]] (1937)[9] ASME Medal[*][[ASME Medal (American award for engineering achievement)|​]] (1941)[9] Meritorious Civilian Service Award[*][[Meritorious Civilian Service Award (second highest award and medal provided to civilian employees within agencies of the federal government of the United States)|​]] (1945)[9] Doctor of Law (honorary)[*][[Doctor of Law (honorary) (honorary doctorate)|​]] (1943)[9] Grand Médaille d'Honneur[*][[Grand Médaille d'Honneur (award presented by Association des Ingénieurs-Docteurs des France)|​]] (1946)[9] Legiunea de Onoare în grad de Ofițer[*]​ (1947)[9] Philosophiae doctor (ph.d.)[*][[Philosophiae doctor (ph.d.) (degree in Norway since 2003)|​]] (1961)[9] docteur honoris causa de l'université libre de Bruxelles[*][[docteur honoris causa de l'université libre de Bruxelles |​]] (1937)[9] eredoctoraat van de Universiteit Luik[*][[eredoctoraat van de Universiteit Luik (award)|​]] (1947)[9] doctorat honoris causa de l'université d'Aix-Marseille[*][[doctorat honoris causa de l'université d'Aix-Marseille |​]] (1949)[9] doctorat honoris causa de l'université de Lille[*][[doctorat honoris causa de l'université de Lille |​]] (1953)[14][9] doctor honoris causa (1956)[9] doctorat honoris causa de l'université de Paris[*][[doctorat honoris causa de l'université de Paris |​]] (1957)[15][9] doctor honoris causa por la Universidad de Sevilla[*][[doctor honoris causa por la Universidad de Sevilla |​]] (1958)[9] doctor honoris causa (1960)[9] epitimos didaktor tou Ethnikoù kai Kapodistriakoù Panepistimiou Athinon[*][[epitimos didaktor tou Ethnikoù kai Kapodistriakoù Panepistimiou Athinon |​]] (1961)[9] Medalia Națională pentru Știință a Statelor Unite[*]​ (1962)[9][16] Ordinul de Merit al Republicii Federale Germania în grad de mare cruce[*]​ Timoshenko Medal[*][[Timoshenko Medal (award in recognition of distinguished contributions to the field of applied mechanics (1957–))|​]] (1958)[17] Gran Cruz de la Orden Civil de Alfonso X el Sabio[*][[Gran Cruz de la Orden Civil de Alfonso X el Sabio |​]] (1961) Medalia Wilhelm Exner[*]​ (1962)[18] Josiah Willard Gibbs Lectureship[*][[Josiah Willard Gibbs Lectureship (American mathematics award (1923-))|​]] (1939) National Aviation Hall of Fame[*][[National Aviation Hall of Fame (aviation museum, annual awards ceremony, learning and research center)|​]] (1983) National Inventors Hall of Fame[*][[National Inventors Hall of Fame (award)|​]] (2003)[19] Medalia Carl Friedrich Gauss[*]​ (1960) Fellow of the American Physical Society[*][[Fellow of the American Physical Society (fellowship of the American Physical Society)|​]] Ordinul de Merit al Republicii Federale Germania în grad de mare cruce[*]​ James Watt International Medal[*][[James Watt International Medal (British award for mechanical engineering)|​]] (1961)[20] membru străin al Royal Society[*]​ (9 mai 1946)[21] International Space Hall of Fame[*][[International Space Hall of Fame (Hall of Fame at the New Mexico Museum of Space History)|​]] (1976)[22][23]
Profesor pentru	Hu Ning[*][[Hu Ning (Chinese theoretical physicist (1916–1997))|​]], Qian Xuesen[*][[Qian Xuesen (Chinese rocket scientist (1911-2009))|​]]
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Preşedintele Kennedy acordând un premiul lui Theodore von Kármán

Contribuții

• ecuația Föppl–von Kármán
• ecuația Falkowich-Kármán
• constanta Kármán
• linia Kármán
• ogiva Kármán

Lucrări selectate

• Aerodynamics - Selected Topics in the Light of their Historical Development, Cornell University Press, Ithaca, 1954
• Collected Works, (4 Volumes), Von Karman Institute, Rhode St. Genese, 1975 (limited edition book); also Butterworth Scientific Publ., London 1956. Many papers from volumes 1 and 2 are in German.
• From Low Speed Aerodynamics to Astronautics, Pergamon Press, London, 1961
• The Wind and Beyond - Theodore von Kármán Pioneer in Aviation and Pathfinder in Space, Little Brown, 1967 (with L. Edson)
• Mathematical Methods in Engineering, McGraw Hill, 1944 (with M. A. Biot)