Background
Vilbrandt, Frank Carl was born on August 12, 1893 in Fostoria, Ohio, United States. Son of Ferdinand Albert and Henrietta (Papenfus) Vilbrandt.
Vilbrandt, Frank Carl was born on August 12, 1893 in Fostoria, Ohio, United States. Son of Ferdinand Albert and Henrietta (Papenfus) Vilbrandt.
Bachelor of Arts, Ohio State University, 1915, Master of Arts, 1916, Doctor of Philosophy, 1919, Chemical Engineer, 1935.
Junior chemist United States Bureau Standards, Washington, District of Columbia, 1916-1917. Instructor industrial chemistry, Ohio State University, 1917-1921. Associate Professor industrial chemistry, University of North Carolina, 1921-1927, professor, 1927-1930.
Professor chemical engineering, Iowa State College, and chemical engineer Iowa Engineering Experiment Station, 1930-1935.
Professor chemical engineering Virginia, Polytechnic Institute, Blacksburg, Virginia, since 1935. Councilor Oak Ridge Institute of Nuclear Studies.
Chemical engineer Tallassee Power Company, Badin, North Carolina, 1923-1926. Chemical engineer Virginia Engineering Experiment Station since 1935.
Consultant and plant manager, Division of War Research, 1944.
Consultant on cotton-mill, insulationlumber, waste-gas, chemurgic and industrial waste problems. Designer and superintendent Butane Processing Plant, Good Hope, Louisiana, summers 1932-1933. Chief Bureau Fisheries, Experimental Station, Brunswick, Georgia, 1928.
Profession expert, 3d Service Command.
Plant manager, South.A.M. laboratories, Manhattan Project, 1944.
Member Advisory Council on Virginia Economics, committee industry, 1950-1953. Member American Institute Chemical Engineers, American Society Engineering Education, American Chemical Society (chairman Blue Ridge section), American Association for the Advancement of Science, Virginia Society Professional Engineers, Virginia Academy of Science, Tau Beta Pi, Phi Beta Kappa, Alpha Chi Sigma, Sigma Xi, Phi Kappa Phi, Phi Lambda Upsilon, Omega Chi Epsilon, Golden Triangle.
Married Magdalene J. Ohm, September 7, 1916 (deceased). Children: Charles Franklin, Ruth Eloise (deceased), Mariellyn Ohm, Janet Annual.