Furman Yates Sorrell

Background

Sorrell, Furman Yates was born on July 14, 1938 in Wadesboro, North Carolina, United States. Son of Furman Yates and Julia Lee (Little) Sorrell.

Education

Bachelor of Science, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, 1960. Master of Science, California Institute of Technology, 1961. Doctor of Philosophy, California Institute of Technology, 1966.

Career

Research engineer, Pratt & Whitney Aircraft Corporation, West Palm Beach, Florida, 1961-1962; assistant professor, U. Colorado, Boulder, 1966-1968; member of faculty, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, since 1968; associate professor mechanic engineering, North Carolina State University, 1970-1976; professor, North Carolina State University, since 1976. With Perry Associates (Cons. Engineers), 1974-1975.

Technical director North Carolina Alternate Energy Corporation, 1981-1982 (on leave). Consultant National Aeronautics and Space Administration, Langley Research Center, Babcox & Wilcox, Fram Corporation, International Business Machines Corporation, United States Army Chemical Systems laboratories. Chairman marine waste disposal panel National Oceanographic and Atmospheric Administration Conference Ocean Pollution and Monitoring,1979-1980.

Achievements

• Furman Yates Sorrell has been listed as a noteworthy mechanical engineering educator by Marquis Who's Who.

Membership

Member American Geophysical Union, American Academy Mechanics, American Physical Society, New York Academy of Sciences, American Society of Mechanical Engineers.

Connections

1 daughter, Shannon Lea.

Father:

Furman Yates Sorrell

Mother:

Julia Lee (Little) Sorrell