T. Paul Torda

Background

Torda, T. Paul was born on September 22, 1911 in Budapest, Hungary. Son of Joseph and Ilona (Varga) Torda. came to the United States, 1946.

Education

Engineer's degree, Technology University Berlin, 1936. Doctor of Philosophy, Polytech. Institute, Brooklyn, 1949.

Career

Naval architect, Ganz & Company, Budapest, 1936-1938; mechanic engineer, Melbourne, Australia, 1939; aircraft design engineer, Commonwealth Aircraft Corporation, Melbourne, 1939-1944; production manager, Winton Manufacturing Company, Melbourne, 1944-1945; chief engineer, Tecalemit A'Asia, Ltd., Melbourne, 1945-1946; research associate senior grade, Polytech. Institute, Brooklyn, 1946-1949; associate professor aeronautical engineering, University of Illinois, Urbana, 1949-1950; professor, University of Illinois, Urbana, 1950-1955; professor mechanic engineering, Polytech. Institute, Brooklyn, 1955-1959; director research, Armour Research Foundation, Chicago, 1959-1962; professor mechanics, mechanic and aerospace engineering, Illinois Institute Technology, Chicago, 1962-1977; emeritus professor mechanics, mechanic and aerospace engineering, Illinois Institute Technology, Chicago, since 1977; senior science adviser, Triodyne, Inc., Niles, Illinois, 1979-1981.

Consultant to federal government private industry, since 1946. Director Edition and Experience in Engineering Program, 1971-1977. President Thorae Corporation, Washington, since 1986.

Member science and engineering advisory board Emeritus Foundation, 1990-1995.

Achievements

• T. Paul Torda has been listed as a noteworthy educator by Marquis Who's Who.

Membership

Board of directors Joint Board on Science and Engineering Education, Washington, 1986-1990. Fellow American Society of Mechanical Engineers (co-founder technical and society division, chairman education in transition committee since 1973), American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (associate). Member Senior Scientists and Engineers/American Association for the Advancement of Science (vice chairman education 1990-1994, member education committee since 1994), Combustion Institute (founder Control State section 1966), Sigma Xi.

Connections

Married Florence Juran, 1954. Children: Phyllis, Roger.

Father:

Joseph Torda

Mother:

Ilona (Varga) Torda

Spouse:

Florence Juran

child:

Phyllis Torda

child:

Roger Torda