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John V. Wehausen 1913-2005
John V. Wehausen 1913-2005
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YEUNG, SARAH WIKANDER, AND J raNdolPH PaUlliNg JoHN VroMaN WeHaUseN, professor of engineering science, emeritus, at the University of california, Berkeley, and a world leader in the field of marine hydrodynamics, died peacefully at the Kaiser Oakland Medical Center on October 6, 2005, at the age of 92.
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He was an advocate of systematic theoretical analysis based on rational mechanics principles. in an era when engineers are building container ships with capacities of 10,000 containers, floating offshore oil production systems for operation in water depths exceeding 2,000 meters, and marine vehicles that travel at extreme speeds in high sea states, his visionary approach based on first principles has become all the more important.
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He was a member of the National academy of engineering and a life fellow of the society of Naval architects and Marine Engineers, which awarded him the Kenneth Davidson Medal for outstanding scientific accomplishment in research. Among the many other honors he earned throughout his career was an honorary doctorate degree from the Joseph fourier University in grenoble, france, where he had taught during a sabbatical leave.
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