Prof. J. Tinsley Oden

Short Biography


J. Tinsley Oden is a Member of the U.S.National Academy of Engineering and has held visiting professor positions at universities in the United States, England, and Brazil.

Professor Oden has worked extensively on the mathematical theory and implementation of finite element methods applied to problems in solid and fluid mechanics and, particularly, nonlinear continuum mechanics. He is an author of over 550 scientific publications and the author/editor of over 45 books and monographs.

Among the numerous awards he has received for his work, Professor Oden was awarded the A.C. Eringen Medal, the Worcester Reed Warner Medal, the Lohmann Medal, the Theodore von Karman Medal, the John von Neumann Medal, and the Stephan P. Timoshenko Medal.

Professor Oden serves on the editorial boards of twenty international journals. Presently, he is a U.S. Editor of Computer Methods in Applied Mechanics and Engineering and Associate Editor of the International Journal of Engineering Science.

A Fellow of six international scientific/technical societies: IACM, AAM, ASME, SES, and BMIA, Professor Oden is a Past President of the SES and of the AAM and a Founding Member/ Past-President of both the IACM and the USACM.


Personal Homepage: www.ae.utexas.edu/oden


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