Frank E. Marble | |
Birth Date: | 21 July 1918 |
Birth Place: | Cleveland, Ohio |
Citizenship: | American |
Field: | Aerospace Engineering Combustion |
Work Institutions: | California Institute of Technology |
Alma Mater: | Case Institute of Technology California Institute of Technology |
Thesis Title: | The Rotational Motion of an Ideal Fluid and Application to the Three-Dimensional Flow through Axial Turbomachinery |
Thesis Year: | 1948 |
Doctoral Advisor: | Theodore von Kármán Hans W. Liepmann[1] |
Doctoral Students: | |
Known For: | Marble–Adamson problem |
Frank Earl Marble (July 21, 1918 – August 11, 2014) was an American scientist who worked in the field of aerodynamics and combustion. He obtained his Bachelor's degree in Mechanical Engineering in 1940 and Master's degree in Applied Mathematics in 1942, both from Case Institute of Technology. He obtained an engineer's degree in 1947 and PhD in 1948 under the supervision of Theodore von Kármán and Hans W. Liepmann from California Institute of Technology.[2] [3] [4] [5]
Marble worked at Caltech until his retirement in 1989. He was an elected member of National Academy of Engineering (1974)[6] and National Academy of Sciences (1989).[7]