Theodore von Kármán

Theodore von Kármán
Theodore von Kármán
	Von Kármán in 1957
Born	May 11, 1881; Budapest, Austria-Hungary
Died	May 6, 1963 (aged 81); Aachen, West Germany
Resting place	Hollywood Forever Cemetery; Hollywood, California U.S.
Nationality	Hungarian
Citizenship	Hungary; United States;
Alma mater	Budapest University of Technology and Economics; University of Göttingen;
Known for	See list Kármán vortex street; von Kármán constant; von Kármán swirling flow; von Kármán momentum integral; Kármán–Moore theory; Kármán–Moore solution; Kármán line; Kármán–Howarth equation; Law of the wall; Supersonic and hypersonic airflow characterization; ;
Awards	ASME Medal (1941); John Fritz Medal (1948); Wright Brothers Memorial Trophy (1954); Daniel Guggenheim Medal (1955); Timoshenko Medal (1958); National Medal of Science (1962); Wilhelm Exner Medal (1962); Foreign Member of the Royal Society;
	Scientific career
Fields	Aerospace engineering
Institutions	University of Göttingen; RWTH Aachen; California Institute of Technology; von Karman Institute for Fluid Dynamics;
Thesis	Investigations on buckling strength (1908)
Doctoral advisor	Ludwig Prandtl
Doctoral students	Giuseppe Gabrielli (1926); Wolfgang Klemperer (1926); Richard G. Folsom (1932); Maurice Anthony Biot (1932); Frank Wattendorf (1933); Ernest Sechler (1934); Arthur T. Ippen (1936); Qian Xuesen (1939); Louis Dunn (1940); Frank Malina (1940); Homer J. Stewart (1940); Hu Ning (1943); Guo Yonghuai (1944); Chia-Chiao Lin (1944); Wallace D. Hayes (1947); Frank E. Marble (1947);

Theodore von Kármán (Hungarian: (szőllőskislaki) Kármán Tódor [(søːløːʃkiʃlɒki) ˈkaːrmaːn ˈtoːdor], May 11, 1881 – May 6, 1963) was a Hungarian-American mathematician, aerospace engineer, and physicist who worked in aeronautics and astronautics. He was responsible for crucial advances in aerodynamics characterizing supersonic and hypersonic airflow. The human-defined threshold of outer space is named the "Kármán line" in recognition of his work. Kármán is regarded as an outstanding aerodynamic theoretician of the 20th century.

Theodore von Kármán
Von Kármán in 1957
Born	(1881-05-11)May 11, 1881 Budapest, Austria-Hungary
Died	May 6, 1963(1963-05-06) (aged 81) Aachen, West Germany
Resting place	Hollywood Forever Cemetery Hollywood, California U.S.
Nationality	Hungarian
Citizenship	Hungary United States
Alma mater	Budapest University of Technology and Economics University of Göttingen
Known for	See list Kármán vortex street von Kármán constant von Kármán swirling flow von Kármán momentum integral Kármán–Moore theory Kármán–Moore solution Kármán line Kármán–Howarth equation Law of the wall Supersonic and hypersonic airflow characterization
Awards	ASME Medal (1941) John Fritz Medal (1948) Wright Brothers Memorial Trophy (1954) Daniel Guggenheim Medal (1955) Timoshenko Medal (1958) National Medal of Science (1962) Wilhelm Exner Medal (1962) Foreign Member of the Royal Society
Scientific career
Fields	Aerospace engineering
Institutions	University of Göttingen RWTH Aachen California Institute of Technology von Karman Institute for Fluid Dynamics
Thesis	Investigations on buckling strength (1908)
Doctoral advisor	Ludwig Prandtl
Doctoral students	Giuseppe Gabrielli (1926) Wolfgang Klemperer (1926) Richard G. Folsom (1932) Maurice Anthony Biot (1932) Frank Wattendorf (1933) Ernest Sechler (1934) Arthur T. Ippen (1936) Qian Xuesen (1939) Louis Dunn (1940) Frank Malina (1940) Homer J. Stewart (1940) Hu Ning (1943) Guo Yonghuai (1944) Chia-Chiao Lin (1944) Wallace D. Hayes (1947) Frank E. Marble (1947)