Background
Eckert, Ernst R. G. was born on September 13, 1904 in Prague, Czech Republic. Son of Georg and Margarete (Pfrogner) Eckert. came to the United States, 1945, naturalized, 1955.
physicist university professor Aerospace engineer
Eckert, Ernst R. G. was born on September 13, 1904 in Prague, Czech Republic. Son of Georg and Margarete (Pfrogner) Eckert. came to the United States, 1945, naturalized, 1955.
Diploma in Ing., German Institute of Technology, Prague, 1927. Doctorate in Ing., German Institute of Technology, Prague, 1931. Doctorate in habilitatus, Institute Technology, Danzig, 1938.
Dozent, Institute Technological, Braunschweig, Germany, 1940. Doctorate (honorary), Institute of Technology, Munich, 1968. Doctorate (honorary), Purdue University, 1968.
Doctorate (honorary), University Manchester, England, 1968. Doctorate (honorary), University Notre Dame, 1970. Doctorate (honorary), Polytechnic Institute Romania, Jassy, 1973.
Doctorate (honorary), University Minnesota, 1995. Doctorate (honorary), Czech Republic, 1999.
Chief engineer, lecturer, Institute Technology, Danzig, 1934-1938;
section chief thermodynamics, Aero. Research Institute, Braunschweig, 1938-1945;
professor, director, Institute Technology, Prague, 1943-1945;
consultant, United States Air Force, 1945-1949;
consultant, Lewis Flight Propulsion Laboratory, National Aeronautics and Space Administration, 1949-1951;
professor mechanic engineering Department, University Minnesota, 1951-1973;
director thermodynamics and heat transfer and of heat transfer laboratory, University of Minnesota, 1955-1973;
Regents' professor emeritus mechanic engineering, University of Minnesota, since 1973. Former visiting professor Purdue University.
Former consultant General Electric Company, Trane Company. United States representative aerodynamics panel International Committee Flame Radiation.
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Member National Commission Fire Prevention and Control, 1970-1973. Fellow New York Academy of Sciences, American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics. Member American Society of Mechanical Engineers (honorary), National Academy of Engineering (Gold medal and Founders award 1995), Wissenschaftliche Gesellschaft für Luft und Raumfahrt, Sigma Xi, Pi Tau Sigma, Tau Beta Pi.
Married Josefine Binder, January 30, 1931. Children: Rosemarie Christa Eckert Kohler, Elke, Karin Eckert Winter, Dieter.