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This led to the modeling of forces on surfaces such as structural floors and the metal skins of airplane wings, and allowed significant advances in civil and aeronautical engineering. He also conducted important research into the principals of elasticity and the behavior of elastic beams, plates and shells. His father, Hans Jacob Reissner, was a noted aeronautical engineer.<p><b>Father:</b> Hans Jacob Reissner (aeronautical engineer, b. 18-Jan-1874, d. 2-Oct-1967)<br><b>Mother:</b> Josefine Reichenberger Reissner (b. 22-Aug-1881, m. 6-Jun-1906, d. 2-May-1947)<br><b>Sister:</b> Dorothea Gertrud Reissner Wilcken (b. 14-Sep-1915, d. 7-Aug-2003)<br><b>Brother:</b> Edgar Wilhelm Reissner (engineer, d. 1974)<br><b>Sister:</b> Eva Sabine Reissner<br><b>Wife:</b> Johanna Reissner (m. 1938, one daughter, one son)<br><b>Daughter:</b> Eva Reissner Ewing<br><b>Son:</b> John Eric Reissner<br><p> University: BS Applied Mathematics, Berlin Technical University (1935)<br> University: MS Civil Engineering, Berlin Technical University (1936)<br> University: <a href="/edu/487/000068283/">PhD, Massachusetts Institute of Technology (1938)</a><br> Teacher: <a href="/edu/487/000068283/">Mathematics, Massachusetts Institute of Technology (1938-47)</a><br> Professor: <a href="/edu/487/000068283/">Mathematics, Massachusetts Institute of Technology (1947-69)</a><br> Professor: <a href="/edu/562/000068358/">Applied Mechanics and Engineering Sciences, University of California at San Diego (1969-79)</a><br><p> <a href="/honors/485/000032389/">Guggenheim Fellowship</a> 1962<br> <a href="/honors/012/000168505/">ASME Medal</a> 1988<br> <u>Timoshenko Medal</u> 1973<br> <a href="/org/156/000124781/">American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics</a> <br> <a href="/org/811/000055646/">American Academy of Arts and Sciences</a> <br> <a href="/org/865/000117514/">American Society of Civil Engineers</a> <br> <a href="/org/883/000126505/">American Society of Mechanical Engineers</a> <br> <a href="/org/062/000116711/">National Academy of Engineering</a> 1976<br> <a href="/company/597/000053438/">Lockheed</a> Palo Alto Research Laboratory (1956-57)<br> <a href="/gov/003/000162514/">NASA</a> Langley Research Center (1948-55)<br> <a href="/event/582/000051429/">Naturalized US Citizen</a> 1945<br> <a href="/lists/644/000044512/">German Ancestry</a> Paternal<br> <a href="/lists/000/000047856/">Romanian Ancestry</a> Maternal<br> <p> <b>Author of books:</b><br> <i>Elementary Differential Equations</i> (<tt>1961</tt>, with William Martin)<br><i>Selected Works in Applied Mechanics and Mathematics</i> (<tt>1996</tt>)<br><p> <br> <p> <table> <tr> <td align=right valign=middle style="padding-right: 5px;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 22px; font-style: italic; color: #ff3333;">New!</span><br> <a href="http://mapper.nndb.com/" class="fotmlink" style="font-family: Tahoma, sans-serif; font-size: 10px; font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none; color: #dd0000;">NNDB MAPPER</a></td> <td valign=middle align=right style="border-left: 1px solid #bbb; padding-left: 5px;">Create a map starting with</td> <td valign=middle align=right><a href="http://mapper.nndb.com/start/?id=172594"><img src="/man.gif" border=0 style="padding: 2px;"></a></td> <td align=left valign=middle> <a href="http://mapper.nndb.com/start/?id=172594">Eric Reissner</a></td> </tr> </table> <font face="Trebuchet MS, arial, helvetica, sans-serif" size="-2">Requires Flash 7+ and Javascript.</font> <br><br><p> <font size=-1>Do you know something we don't?</font><br> <font size=-1><a href="http://commentary.nndb.com/submit/feedback/?id=172594" rel="nofollow">Submit a correction or make a comment about this profile</a></font><br> <p> <br><br><p><font size=-1>Copyright ©2019 Soylent Communications</font><p> </td></tr></table> </td></tr> </table> </td> <td width=180 align="center" valign="top" style="padding: 0px 0px 8px 25px;"></td></tr> </table> </center> </body> </html>