Background
SHAPIRO, Ascher Herman was born on May 20, 1916 in New York City. Son of Bernard Shapiro and Jennie (Kaplan) Shapiro.
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- The Dynamics and Thermodynamics of Compressible Fluid Flow Vol. I 1953, Vol. II 1954, Physical Measurements in Gas Dynamics and Combustion (Contrib. to) 1954, Shape and Flow: The Fluid Dynamics of Drag 1961, Handbook of Fluid Dynamics (Contrib. to) 1961. And numerous tech, articles in fields of thermodynamics, propulsion, gas dynamics, fluid mechanics, educational.
Ascher Herman SHAPIRO
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Education
Massachusetts Institute of Technology.
Career
Professor, of Engineering 1962-1975, Chair, of Faculty 1964-1965, Head of Department, of Mechanical Engineering 1965-1974, Institute Professor since 1975. Visiting Professor, Cambridge University 1955-1956. Founder and Chairman National Committee Fluid Mechanics Films since 1962.
Chairman 1982-1987; Consultant to Government, and Industry in propulsion, compressors and turbines, fluid dynamics, bioengineering, fluid machinery. Patentee: fluid metering equipment, combustion chamber, propulsion apparatus and gas turbines, magnetic disc storage devices, vacuum pump, low density wind tunnels, recipe-conversion calculator. Fellow, American Academy, of Arts and Sciences, A.S.M.E., A.I.A.A.
Works
Other Work
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The Dynamics and Thermodynamics of Compressible Fluid Flow Vol. I 1953, Vol. II 1954, Physical Measurements in Gas Dynamics and Combustion (Contrib. to) 1954, Shape and Flow: The Fluid Dynamics of Drag 1961, Handbook of Fluid Dynamics (Contrib. to) 1961. And numerous tech, articles in fields of thermodynamics, propulsion, gas dynamics, fluid mechanics, educational.
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Membership
Teaching Faculty Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Ford. United States.A.F. Scientific Advisory Board 1964-1966. Editorial Board Journal Applied Mech.
1955-1956, Editorial Committee Annual Review of Fluid Mech. 71, Editorial Board Massachusetts Institute of Technology Press since 1977. Board of Governors, Israel Institute of Technology.
N.A.S., National Academy, of Engineering.
Connections
Married 1st Sylvia Helen Charm in 1939, 2nd Regina Julia Lee in 1961, 3rd Kathleen Larke Crawford in 1985.
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