Background
Eppler, Richard was born on June 28, 1924 in Ulm, Germany. Son of Richard and Hildegard (Dieterich) Eppler.
Engineering mechanics educator
Eppler, Richard was born on June 28, 1924 in Ulm, Germany. Son of Richard and Hildegard (Dieterich) Eppler.
Diploma in mathematics, Technische Hochschule, Stuttgart, Federal Republic Germany, 1949. Doctor Natural Sciences, Technische Hochschule, Stuttgart, Federal Republic Germany, l95l.
Assistant Technische Hochschule, 1949-1955. Mathematician, head mathematics and computing department Boelkow-Entwicklungen KG, Stuttgart, 1956-1959. Head research section, head research and development section Messerschmitt-Boelkow-Blohm GmbH, Munich, 1959-1967.
Professor engineering mechanics University Stuttgart, 1968-1989. Retired
Consultant National Aeronautics and Space Administration Langley Research Center, Hampton, Virginia, l978, 79.
With German Luftwaffe, l943-45. Member Gesellschaft für Wirtschafts- und Sozialkybernetic (president 1975-1980), Gesellschaft für Angewissenschaften Mathematique und Mechanik, Deutsche Gesellschaft für Luft-und Raumfahrtechnik.
Married Margarete N. Pfeiffer, August 29, l950. Children: Reinhold, Ursula, Rolf.