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Bird, Robert Byron was born on February 5, 1924 in Bryan, Texas, United States. Son of Byron and Ethel (Antrim) Bird.
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This book is a supplement to the textbook Basic Technical Japanese. It introduces an additional 100 kanji that are important in building vocabulary for reading and translating the Japanese literature on polymer science and engineering. The text offers ten lessons, each of which introduces ten new kanji as well as exercises for mastering them. The new kanji are printed in very large type at the beginning of each chapter so that the reader can see clearly how the characters are structured. The exercises include several kinds of matching, as well as translation of sentences and short paragraphs. Full translations of some exercises allow learners to evaluate their own work. In addition, a list of thirty-five more kanji related to polymer science is provided at the end of the book. Intended for self–study, the book provides a complete on–kun index of all 135 kanji, which enables learners, if they know the pronunciation of a word, to locate the introductory discussion of the corresponding kanji in the book.
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Even if you have had no Japanese-language training, you can learn how to translate technical manuals, research publications, and reference works. Basic Technical Japanese takes you step by step from an introduction to the Japanese writing system through a mastery of grammar and scientific vocabulary to reading actual texts in Japanese. You can use the book to study independently or in formal classes. This book places special emphasis on the kanji (characters) that occur most often in technical writing. There are special chapters on the language of mathematics and chemistry, and vocabulary building and reading exercises in physics, chemistry, biology, and biochemistry. With extensive character charts and vocabulary lists, Basic Technical Japanese is entirely self-contained; no dictionaries or other reference works are needed.
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Bird, Robert Byron was born on February 5, 1924 in Bryan, Texas, United States. Son of Byron and Ethel (Antrim) Bird.
Student, University Maryland, 1941—1943. Bachelor of Science, University Illinois, 1947. Doctor of Philosophy, University Wisconsin, 1950.
Postdoctoral fellow, University Amsterdam, 1950—1951. Doctor of Engineering (honorary), Lehigh University, 1972. Doctor of Engineering (honorary), Washington University, 1973.
Doctor of Engineering (honorary), Technology University Delft, Holland, 1977. Doctor of Engineering (honorary), Colorado School Mines, 1986. Doctor of Science (honorary), Clarkson University, 1980.
Doctor of Science (honorary), The Technion, Israel, 1993. Doctor of Science (honorary), Texas Agricultural and Mechanical University, 1999. Doctor in engineering science (honorary), Eidgenössische Technology Hochschule, Zürich, Switzerland, 1994.
DrEngring (honorary), Kyoto University, Japan, 1996. Doctor of Science (honorary), Iowa State University, 2007.
Assistant professor of chemistry, Cornell Univercity, 1952-1953;
Debye lecturer, Cornell Univercity, 1973;
Julian C. Smith lecturer, Cornell Univercity, 1988;
research chemist, DuPont Experimental Station, summer 1953;
member of faculty, University of Wisconsin, 1951-1952, 53-57;
professor chemical engineering, University of Wisconsin, 1957-1992;
C.F. Burgess distinguished professor chemical engineering, University of Wisconsin, 1968-1972;
John D. MacArthur professor, University of Wisconsin, 1982-1992;
Vilas research professor, University of Wisconsin, 1972-1992;
department chairman, University of Wisconsin, 1964-1968;
emeritus professor, since 1992;
Burgers professor, Technische University Delft, The Netherlands, 1994. Visiting professor University of California, Berkeley, 1977, University Catholique de Louvain, Belgium, 1994. D. L. Katz lecturer University of Michigan, 1971.
W. N. Lacey lecturer California Institute Technology, 1974. K. Wohl Memorial lecturer U. Delaware, 1977. W. K. Lewis lecturer Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1982.
R. H. Wilhelm lecturer, Princeton University, 1991, G. N. Lewis lecturer University of California, Berkeley, 1993. Ascher Shapiro lecturer Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1997. Lecturer Lectures in Science Humble Oil Corporation, 1959, 61, 64, 66.
Lecture tour American Chemical Society, 1958, 75, Canadian Institute Chemistry, 1961, 65. Consultant to industry, 1965-1990. Member of advisory panel engineering science division National Science Foundation, 1961-1964.
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Fellow: American Institute of Chemical Engineers (William H. Walker award 1962, Professional Progress award 1965, Warren K. Lewis award 1974, Founders award 1989, Institute Lecture award 1992 1992), American Academy Arts and Sciences, American Physical Society. Member: National Academy of Engineering, National Academy of Sciences, Royal Flemish Academy Belgium for Scis and Arts (foreign), Royal Dutch Academy of Sciences, Society Rheology, Society Chemical Engineers Japan (honorary), American Chemical Society (chairman Wisconsin section 1966, unrestricted research grant Petroleum Research Fund 1963), American Association Netherlandic Studies, Wisconsin Academy of Sciences, Arts and Letters, American Academy Mechanics, Arts and Letters, Sigma Tau, Omicron Delta Kappa, Phi Kappa Phi, Alpha Chi Sigma (Hall of Fame 2008), Tau Beta Pi, Sigma Xi (vice president Wisconsin section 1959-1960), Phi Beta Kappa.