Louis Landweber Explained

Louis Landweber should not be confused with Lawrence Landweber.

Louis Landweber (8 January 1912, New York City – 19 January 1998, Iowa City, Iowa), was a leading ship hydrodynamicist,[1] known for Landweber iteration.

Education and career

Landweber received in 1932 a bachelor's degree in mathematics from the City College of New York. After graduation, he became a physicist at the United States Experimental Model Basin at the Washington Navy Yard. He received a master's degree in physics from George Washington University. Starting in 1940, he led a research group for mine-sweeping and other war-related activities. He received a Ph.D. in physics from the University of Maryland and was promoted to the head of the hydrodynamics division of the David Taylor Model Basin in Carderock, Maryland, before leaving for a professorship at the University of Iowa. There he was a research engineer at the Iowa Institute of Hydraulic Research as well as a professor of mechanics and hydraulics at the University of Iowa, where he remained until his retirement in 1982.[1]

He was married and had two sons,[1] including mathematician Peter Landweber.[2] [3] [4]

Awards and honors

Notes and References

  1. Web site: UI engineering professor Louis Landweber dies Jan. 19. University of Iowa News Services. 21 January 1998.
  2. http://www.josephbellows.com/artists/victor-landweber/bio/ Victor Landweber, Joseph Bellows Gallery
  3. http://www.landweber.com Victor Landweber: A photographer responds to a larger world of art, landweber.com
  4. http://www.montclair.edu/profilepages/view_profile.php?username=landweberj Julia Landweber, Montclair State University
  5. Web site: NAE Website - Dr. Louis Landweber. nae.edu. 2017-10-23.