Background
Bert, Charles Wesley was born on November 11, 1929 in Chambersburg, Pennsylvania, United States. Son of Charles Wesley and Gladys Adelle (Raff) Bert.
educator mechanical and aerospace engineer
Bert, Charles Wesley was born on November 11, 1929 in Chambersburg, Pennsylvania, United States. Son of Charles Wesley and Gladys Adelle (Raff) Bert.
Bachelor of Science in Mechanical Engineering, Pennsylvania State University, 1951. Master of Science, Pennsylvania State University, 1956. Doctor of Philosophy in Engineering Mechanics, Ohio State University, 1961.
Junior design engineer American Flexible Coupling Company, State College, Pennsylvania, 1951-1952. Aeronautical design engineer Fairchild Aircraft division Fairchild Engine and Airplane Corporation, Hagerstown, Maryland, 1954—1956. Principal Mechanical Engineering Battelle Institute, Columbus, Ohio, 1956-1961.
Senior research engineer, 1961-1962. Program director, solid and structural mechanics research, 1962-1963. Consultant, 1964-1965.
Associate professor University Oklahoma, 1963-1966, professor, 1966—2004. Benjamin H. Perkinson Chair professor engineering School Aerospace and Mechanical Engineering, 1978—2004. George L. Cross research professor University Oklahoma, 1981—2004, professor emeritus, since 2004.
Instructor engineering mechanics Ohio State University, Columbus, 1959-1961. Dir.Sch. Aerospace and Mechanical Engineering University Oklahoma, 1972-1977, 90-95. Visiting scholar University California, San Diego, 1996.
Consultant in field; chairman Midwestern Mechanics Conference, 1973-1975. Honor lecturer Mid-American State Universities Association, 1983-1984. Seminar lecturer Midwest Mechanics, 1983-1984.
Plenary lecturer International Conference on Composite Structures, Paisley, Scotland, 1987.
1st lieutenant United States Air Force, 1952-1954. Fellow American Association for the Advancement of Science, American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (national technical committee structures 1969-1972, chairman Central Oklahoma section 1966-1967), American Society of Mechanical Engineers (Center Oklahoma section executive committee 1973-1978, 90-95, 99-01, secretary 1990-1991, region X mechanical engineering department heads committee 1972-1977, 90-95, chairman 1975-1977, 10-session symposium named in his honor 1999), American Society Composites (board directors 1996-1998, Distinguished Research award 1999), American Academy mechanics (board directors 1978-1982, president-elect 2001-2002, president 2002-2003), Society Experimental Mechanics (monograph committee 1978-1982, chairman 1980-1982, secretary Mid-Ohio section 1958-1959, chairman 1959-1960, advisory board 1960-1963), Society Engineering Science (board directors 1982-1988). Member National Society of Professional Engineers, Oklahoma Academy of Sciences, Oklahoma Society Professional Engineers, Scabbard and Blade, Pennsylvania State Alumni Association (Outstanding Engineering Alumnus award 1992), Sigma Xi, Sigma Tau, Pi Tau Sigma, Sigma Gamma Tau (Distinguished Engineer award), Tau Beta Pi (Distinguished Engineer award).
Married Charlotte Elizabeth Davis (June 29, 1957). Children: Charles Wesley IV, David Raff.