Frederick Gnichtel Hammitt

Background

Hammitt, Frederick Gnichtel was born on September 25, 1923 in Trenton, New Jersey, United States. Son of Andrew Baker and Julia (Stevenson Gnichtel) Hammitt.

Education

Bachelor of Science in Mechanical Engineering, Princeton University, 1944. Master of Science, University Pennsylvania, 1949. Master of Science in Applied Mechanics, Stevens Institute, 1956.

Doctor of Philosophy in Nuclear Engineering, University Michigan, 1958.

Career

Engineer, John A. Roebling Sons Company, Trenton, 1946-1948; Engineer, Power Generators Ltd., Trenton, 1948-1950; project engineer, Reaction Motors Inc., Rockaway, New Jersey, 1950-1953; project engineer, Worthington Corporation, Harrison, New Jersey, 1953-1955; research associate, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, 1955-1957; associate research engineer, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, 1957-1959; associate professor, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, 1959-1961; professor nuclear engineering, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, from 1961; mechanic engineering, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, from 1965; also professor in charge Cavitation and Multiphase Flow Laboratory, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, from 1967. Consultant government and industry. Visiting scholar Electricité de France, Paris, 1967, Société Grenobloise Hydrauliques, Grenoble, France, 1971.

Fulbright senior lecturer French Nuclear Laboratory, Grenoble, 1974. Polish Academy Science lecturer Institute Fluid Mechanics, Gdansk, 1976. Invited lectr.People's Republic China, Japan, 1982.

Achievements

• Patentee in field (5).

Works

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  • Cavitation Performance of a Centrifugal Pump with Water and Mercury
  • Cavitation
  • Cavitation and Multiphase Flow Phenomena by Frederick G. Hammitt (1980-06-01)
  • Cavitation and Multiphase Flow Phenomena

Membership

Served with United States Navy, 1943-1946. Fellow Institute Mechanical Engineers (United Kingdom), American Society of Mechanical Engineers (past chairman cavitation committee fluids division), American Society for Testing and Materials (past chairman cavitation and liquid impingement). Member American Nuclear Society (past chairman Southeast Michigan section), International Association Hydraulic Research (chairman cavitation scale effects committee), Phi Beta Kappa, Sigma Xi, Tau Beta Pi.

Connections

Married Barbara Ann Hill, June 11, 1949. Children: Frederick, Harry, Jane.

Father:

Andrew Baker Hammitt

Mother:

Julia (Stevenson Gnichtel) Hammitt

Spouse:

Barbara Ann Hill

child:

Harry Hammitt

child:

Frederick Hammitt

child:

Jane Hammitt