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consultant Mechanical engineering educator

Herbert Deresiewicz, Czech mechanical engineering educator, consultant. University fellow, Columbia University, 1949-1950. Served with Army of the United States, 1946-1947.

Background

Deresiewicz, Herbert was born on November 5, 1925 in Brno, Czechoslovakia. Arrived in United States, 1939. Son of William and Lotte (Rappaport) Deresiewicz.

Education

BME, City College of New York, 1946. Master of Science, Columbia University, 1948. Doctor of Philosophy, Columbia University, 1952.

Career

Senior staff engineer, Applied Physics Laboratory, Johns Hopkins University, 1950-1951; member of faculty, Columbia University, New York City, since 1951; professor mechanic engineering, Columbia University, New York City, 1962-1994; department chairman mechanic engineering, Columbia University, New York City, 1981-1987, 90-93; emeritus, Columbia University, New York City, since 1994. Consultant stress analysis, vibrations, elastic contact, wave propagation, mechanics granular and porous media., Fulbright senior research scholar, Italy, 1960-1961, Fulbright lecturer, Israel, 1966-1967. Visiting professor, Israel, 1973-1974.

Achievements

  • Herbert Deresiewicz has been listed as a noteworthy Mechanical engineering educator by Marquis Who's Who.

Membership

Served with Army of the United States, 1946-1947.

Connections

Married Evelyn Altman, March 12, 1955. Children: Ellen, Robert, William.

Father:
William Deresiewicz

Mother:
Lotte (Rappaport) Deresiewicz

Spouse:
Evelyn Altman

child:
Ellen Deresiewicz

child:
William Deresiewicz

child:
Robert Deresiewicz