Robert Byron Bird
Robert Byron Bird | |
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| Born | February 5, 1924 Bryan, Texas, U.S. |
| Died | November 13, 2020 (aged 96) |
| Alma mater | University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign (BS) University of Wisconsin (PhD) |
| Known for | FENE-P model |
| Scientific career | |
| Fields | Transport phenomena, Non-Newtonian fluids, Rheology, Polymers |
| Institutions | University of Wisconsin-Madison |
| Thesis | Intermolecular forces and the virial equation of state (1950) |
| Doctoral advisor | Joseph O. Hirschfelder |
| Doctoral students | Arnold Fredrickson Pierre Carreau Robert C. Armstrong |
Robert Byron Bird (February 5, 1924 – November 13, 2020) was an American chemical engineer and professor emeritus in the department of chemical engineering at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. He was known for his research in transport phenomena of non-Newtonian fluids, including fluid dynamics of polymers, polymer kinetic theory, and rheology. He, along with Warren E. Stewart and Edwin N. Lightfoot, was an author of the classic textbook Transport Phenomena. Bird was a recipient of the National Medal of Science in 1987.