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 Valanis-Landel 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

  1. ↑ 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.
  2. ↑ "UB Today, classnotes". University of Buffalo. Retrieved 14 Oct 2013.
  3. ↑ "Society of Rheologists elects Landel as vice president". Physics Today 37 (1): 77. January 1984. doi:10.1063/1.2916053. Retrieved 28 Sep 2014.
  4. ↑ "Landel to receive Charles Goodyear Medal". Lippincott & Peto, Inc. Retrieved 28 Sep 2014.


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