Robert F. Landel
Robert F. Landel is a Jet Propulsion Laboratory physical chemist noted for his contribution to development of the Williams–Landel–Ferry equation,[1] and for a particular form of hyperelastic energy function, the form.
Education[]
Robert F. Landel, MA 1951 & BA 1950 from the University of Buffalo.[2] He completed postdocal research under Prof. John D. Ferry.
Career[]
Landel worked for Jet Propulsion Lab on solid rocket propellants as a physical chemist. He holds six patents.
Honors and awards[]
Robert F. Landel was elected vice president of the Society of Rheology in 1984.[3]
In 2006, he won the Charles Goodyear Medal, bestowed by the American Chemical Society, Rubber Division to individuals who "have been the principal inventor(s), innovator(s), or developer(s) of a significant change or contribution to the rubber industry".[4]
References[]
- ^ Landel, Robert F. (2006). "A Two-Part Tale: The WLF Equation and Beyond Linear Viscoelasticity". Rubber Chemistry and Technology. 79 (3): 381–401. doi:10.5254/1.3547943.
- ^ "UB Today, classnotes". University of Buffalo. Archived from the original on 14 October 2013. Retrieved 14 Oct 2013.
- ^ "Society of Rheologists elects Landel as vice president". Physics Today. 37 (1): 77. January 1984. doi:10.1063/1.2916053.
- ^ "Landel to receive Charles Goodyear Medal". Lippincott & Peto, Inc. Retrieved 28 Sep 2014.
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