Background
Schellin, Thomas Erling was born on July 31, 1939 in Hamburg, Germany. Son of Karl Wilhelm Kurt and Ruth (Paulsen) Schellin.
Schellin, Thomas Erling was born on July 31, 1939 in Hamburg, Germany. Son of Karl Wilhelm Kurt and Ruth (Paulsen) Schellin.
Bachelor of Science, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Troy, New York, 1962. Master of Science, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, 1964. Doctor of Philosophy, Rice University, 1971.
Teaching assistant Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1962-1964. Mechanical engineer Shell Development Company, Houston, 1964-1968. Research assistant Rice University, 1968-1971.
Design engineer The Offshore Company, 1971-1972. Research science Göteborgs Kungliga Segelsällskap-Forschungszentrum, Geesthacht, Germany, 1972-1975. Deputy head department hydromechanics Germanischer Lloyd, Hamburg, 1976—2004, retired, 2004.
Visiting professor department aerospace and ocean engineering Virginia Polytechnic Institute University, Blacksburg, 2004. Lecturer Berlin Technology University, since 2005. Consultant in field.
Active Round Table service organization, Hamburg, 1972-1980. Fellow American Society of Mechanical Engineers (Achievement award 1993). Member Society Naval Architects and Marine Engineers, Schiffbautechnische Gesellschaft, International Association Classification Societies Ltd.
(member working party on mooring and anchoring 1983-2004), 14th and 15th International Ship and Offshore Structures Congress (member technical committee I.2 loads 1998-2003), Peer Gynt Deutschland.
Married Andrea Bielfeldt, April 11, 1984. Children: Nathalie, Friedrich.