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Wright, Thomas Wilson was born on October 23, 1933 in Fergus Falls, Minnesota, United States. Son of Thomas Clarke and Catharine (Wilson) Wright.
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Thomas Wilson Wright, American Mechanical engineer. Achievements include discovery of laws for regular shock reflections in solids, evolution of wave fronts in nonlinear elastic solids, research in wave propagation, penetration mechanics, material instability, adiabatic shear bands.
M C. Cooperative fellow National Science Foundation, 1963-1964, Research fellow Secretary of Army, 1974-1975, 90-91; recipient Presidential Citation, 1977.
Education
Bachelor of Civil Engineering, Cornell University, 1956. Master of Civil Engineering, Cornell University, 1957. Doctor of Philosophy, Cornell University, 1964.
Career
Senior engineer, Aircraft Armaments, Cockeysville, Maryland., 1959-1961;
assistant professor, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, 1964-1967;
mechanic engineer, Ballistic Research Laboratory, Aberdeen Proving Ground, Maryland., 1967-1990;
senior research scientist, Ballistic Research Laboratory, Aberdeen Proving Ground, Maryland., since 1990. Member of advisory board Society Engineering Science, 1988-1991, mathematics science institute Cornell Univercity, Ithaca, New York, 1985-1986, 88, department applied mathematics and statistics State University of New York, Stony Brook, since 1992. Part-time lecturer, professor Johns Hopkins University, 1980, 85, 87, 89, 92.
Referee many journals of mechanics.
Achievements
Membership
First lieutenant United States Army, 1957-1959. Fellow American Society of Mechanical Engineers. Member American Academy Mechanics, Society for Natural Philosophy.
Connections
Married Margaret Jean Parkinson, August 27, 1955. Children: Andrew Fearon, Charles Townsend, Katharine McClellan.
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Democrat
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