Background
Wicks, Charles Edward was born on July 9, 1925 in Prineville, Oregon, United States. Son of Clarence E. and Ruth E. (Rawlings) Wicks.
Emeritus Professor Chemical Engineers of Oregon
Wicks, Charles Edward was born on July 9, 1925 in Prineville, Oregon, United States. Son of Clarence E. and Ruth E. (Rawlings) Wicks.
Bachelor of Science in Chemical Engineering, Oregon State University, 1950. Master of Science in Chemical Engineering, Carnegie-Mellon University, 1952. Doctor of Philosophy in Chemical Engineering, 1954.
Postgraduate, University Wisconsin, 1961.
His focus throughout his career has been mass transfer, and important aspect of chemical engineering along with momentum transfer and heat transfer. He continued his studies at Carnegie Institute of Technology in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, receiving his Master of Science in 1952 and Doctor of Philosophy in 1954. He then joined the faculty in the Department of Chemical Engineering at Oregon State University.
He spent 34 years as a professor and adviser, the last 17 of which he was the department chair until his retirement in 1987.
This textbook is still a bestseller and used at universities worldwide. He was active in American Institute of Chemical Engineers and Chemical Engineers of Oregon, serving as president 1973-1974.
He was elected into the Oregon State Engineering Hall of Fame in 1999. Wicks died on July 29, 2010 of natural causes in Corvallis, Oregon.
His life was celebrated at Oregon State University in a standing room only event on September 17, 2010.
Member of Phi Delta Theta, American Society Engineering Education, American Institute Chemical Engineers.
Married Miriam Eloise Day, September 7, 1948. Children: Kenneth Lee, Roger Curtis, Julie Kathryn.