Background
Williams, Forman Arthur was born on January 12, 1934 in New Brunswick, New Jersey, United States. Son of Forman J. and Alice (Pooley) Williams.
( Combustion Theory delves deeper into the science of com...)
Combustion Theory delves deeper into the science of combustion than most other texts and gives insight into combustions from a molecular and a continuum point of view. The book presents derivations of the basic equations of combustion theory and contains appendices on the background of subjects of thermodynamics, chemical kinetics, fluid dynamics, and transport processes. Diffusion flames, reactions in flows with negligible transport and the theory of pre-mixed flames are treated, as are detonation phenomena, the combustion of solid propellents, and ignition, extinction, and flamibility pehnomena.
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Engineering science educator combustion theorist
Williams, Forman Arthur was born on January 12, 1934 in New Brunswick, New Jersey, United States. Son of Forman J. and Alice (Pooley) Williams.
Biosystems Engineering, Princeton University, 1955. Doctor of Philosophy, California Institute of Technology, 1958. Doctorate (honorary), Polytechnic University Madrid, 2002.
Assistant professor Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts, 1958-1964. Professor University California-San Diego, 1964-1981. Robert H. Goddard professor Princeton University, New Jersey, 1981-1988.
Professor department mechanical and aerospace engineering University California, San Diego, since 1988, predsidential chair in Energy and Combustion Research, since 1994. Adjunct professor Yale University, New Haven, since 1997.
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Fellow American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics, American Physical Society. Member Combustion Institute, Society for Industrial and Applied Mathematics, National Academy Engineering, National Academy Engineering Mexico (foreign correspondent member), Sigma Xi.
Married Elsie Vivian Kara, June 15, 1955 (divorced 1978). Children: F. Gary, Glen A., Nancy L., Susan D., Michael S., Michelle K. Married Elizabeth Acevedo, August 19, 1978.