Ira Myron Cohen

Background

Cohen, Ira Myron was born on July 18, 1937 in Chicago, Illinois, United States. Son of Harry Nathan and Esther (Lenchner) Cohen.

Education

B. in Aero. Engineering, Polytechnic University, Brooklyn, 1958; Master of Arts, Princeton University, 1961; Doctor of Philosophy in Aero. Engineering, Princeton University, 1963; Master of Arts (honorary), University Pennsylvania, 1971.

Career

Member technical staff, Sandia laboratories, Albuquerque, summers 1971, 74, 77; assistant professor engineering, Brown U., Providence, 1963-1966; assistant professor mechanic engineering, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, 1966-1967; associate professor, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, 1967-1976; professor, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, since 1976; department chairman, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, 1992-1997. Guest professor Technische Hochschule Aachen, West Germany, 1966. Consultant fluid mechanics related problems to industry, since 1966, attorneys, since 1966.

Member of the board The School in Rose Valley, Moylan, Pennsylvania, 1969-1974.

Achievements

• Ira Myron Cohen has been listed as a noteworthy Aeronautical and mechanical engineering educator by Marquis Who's Who.

Membership

Fellow American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (section secretary 1977-1980, 85-). Member American Association of University Professors, American Society of Mechanical Engineers, American Physical Society, International Microelectronics and Packaging Society, Sigma Xi.

Connections

Married Linda Barbara Einstein, June 12, 1960. Children: Susan Ellen Bolstad, Nancy Beth Cavanaugh.

Father:

Harry Nathan Cohen

Mother:

Esther (Lenchner) Cohen

Spouse:

Linda Barbara Einstein

child:

Nancy Beth Cavanaugh Cohen

child:

Susan Ellen Bolstad Cohen