Richard B. Hetnarski Explained

Richard B. Hetnarski
Native Name:(Ryszard Bożysław Hetnarski)
Birth Date:31 May 1928
Birth Place:Stopnica, Poland
Death Place:Naples, Florida, U.S.
Citizenship: Polish
US Naturalized
Nationality:Polish American
Fields:Solid Body Mechanics
Thesis Title:On the Solution of Generalized Wave Equation in Problems of Coupled Thermoelasticity
Thesis Year:1964
Known For:Thermal Stresses Thermoelasticity

Richard B. Hetnarski (May 31, 1928 – June 8, 2024) was a Polish-born American academic and translator who was a professor in the department of mechanical engineering at Rochester Institute of Technology. He was an ASME Fellow since 1983[1] and a New York State Licensed Professional Engineer since 1976.[2] He is best known for his contributions[3] [4] [5] [6] to the fields of Thermal Stresses and Thermoelasticity.

Early life and work

Richard B. Hetnarski was born in Stopnica,[7] Poland. He received a Master of Science degree in mechanical engineering at Gdańsk University of Technology in Poland in 1952; an M.S. degree in mathematics at the University of Warsaw in 1960; and a Doctor of Technical Sciences degree at the Institute of Fundamental Technological Research of the Polish Academy of Sciences in Warsaw in 1964, mostly under the tutelage of Professor Witold Nowacki.[8] [9] In his career he concentrated his research on Solid Body Mechanics.

In Poland, he worked at the Institute of Aviation in Warsaw (1955–1959), and also at the Institute of Fundamental Technological Research of the Polish Academy of Sciences (1959–1969). In the years 1964–1965, he held post-doctorate fellowships at Columbia University in New York and at Northwestern University in Evanston, Illinois.

Immigration to the United States

In 1969, he and his family emigrated from Poland to the United States, and he became Visiting Associate Professor in the Department of Theoretical and Applied Mechanics at Cornell University in Ithaca, New York, for the year 1969–1970. He became a United States naturalized citizen in 1974. From 1970 until 1998, he held positions in the Department of mechanical engineering at Rochester Institute of Technology, first as New York State Science and Technology Foundation Distinguished Visiting Professor[10] (1970–1971), then as Professor (1971–1992), and finally as James E. Gleason Professor (1992–1998).[11] [12] He became a professor emeritus in 1998.[13]

In 1979, he held a summer faculty fellowship at the NASA Lewis Research Center[14] in Cleveland, Ohio. Then, in September 1979, he taught a UNESCO sponsored course at the International Centre for Mechanical Sciences (CISM)[15] in Udine, Italy. Subsequently, he became a NASA employee[16] [17] as an aeronautical engineer, and worked at NASA in Cleveland until the end of January 1980. Later, he spent five months as Visiting Professor at the University of Paderborn in Germany.[18]

Personal life

He was known for his deeply pro-democracy convictions. In 1989, when the Communist government in Poland was collapsing, he gave a number of presentations on the subject at three TV network affiliates of NBC, ABC, and CBS. When Lech Wałęsa, Nobel Peace Prize winner and former president of Poland, visited Rochester Institute of Technology[19] in February 1998, he and Wałęsa discussed the political situation in Poland, later described in the Rochester Democrat and Chronicle,[20] February 22, 1998 edition.

Hetnarski died in Naples, Florida, on June 8, 2024, at the age of 96.[21] [22]

Achievements

He was the founder (with Naotake Noda) and president until 2020 of the International Congresses on Thermal Stresses (ICTS). These Congresses are held every two years consecutively on three continents, that is, in Asia, America, Europe. The first meeting was held June 5–7, 1995 in Hamamatsu, Japan at Shizuoka University[23] and second was held June 8–11, 1997 in Rochester, New York, U.S. at Rochester Institute of Technology.[24] These were titled First and Second International Symposium on Thermal Stresses and Related Topics, respectively. The name International Symposium on Thermal Stresses and Related Topics was changed to International Congress on Thermal Stresses with the meeting in Kraków, Poland at Cracow University of Technology on June 13–17, 1999.[25] In 2002 the International Congresses on Thermal Stresses (ICTS) became an Affiliated Organization of International Union of Theoretical and Applied Mechanics (IUTAM).[26]

Hetnarski was active in teaching, research, publishing, translating, and editing. He is the author of many papers on Mechanics and Mathematics. His latest paper, on Constant Force Spring System with a Spiral[27] was published in the ASME Journal of Mechanisms and Robotics in 2020 when he was 92 years old.

Books

He was a co-author of five graduate-level textbooks:

Editor and translator work

In 1978, he founded the Journal of Thermal Stresses,[29] and he was its editor-in-chief for 40 years[30] [31] (1978-2018), and is now its Honorary Editor. He served (1988-1991) as an Associate Editor of Applied Mechanics Reviews.

He was Editor of the 11-volume Encyclopedia of Thermal Stresses,[32]

Notes and References

  1. https://www.asme.org/getmedia/9faec63b-9349-4b3f-ad9f-3c8edf856c2e/fellows-all-updated-2020_7.pdf#page=29 ASME
  2. NYS Professional Engineer License. 12 Mar 1976
  3. Web site: Richard B. Hetnarski's research while affiliated with Rochester Institute of Technology and other places.
  4. http://facta.junis.ni.ac.rs/macar/macar98/macar98-33.pdf YUGOSLAV
  5. Semantic Scholar - R. Hetnarski
  6. Ireland, C., "Three physicists glow in Rochester". Democrat and Chronicle [<nowiki/>[[Rochester, New York|Rochester, NY]]] p. 1B & 4B, 2 Aug. 1998.
  7. [:pl:Plik:Stopnica, rynek ca 1936 (67215621).jpg|Stopnica, Main Square (rynek) at the end of the market day ca. 1936]
  8. Professor Witold Nowacki Assessment. 11 June 1969
  9. "Assessment of Dr. Ryszard B. Hetnarski's scientific activities". Polish Academy of Science. 14 June, 1969
  10. "Hetnarski Research on Aerospace Stress". R·I·T NEWS & EVENTS. 20 Mar, 1980. p. 3., Vol.12, No.11
  11. "Prof to Co-chair International Symposium". R·I·T NEWS & EVENTS. 19 Mar, 1998. Page 5., Vol.30, No.10
  12. "Dr. Hetnarski Named RIT's Jeames E. Gleason Professor", The Rochester Engineer. Oct. 1992 p. 30
  13. RIT Professor Emeritus Appointment. 8 Sept 1998
  14. Cetificate of Recognition, NASA Summer Faculty Fellowship Program, Summer 1979
  15. CISM Invitation. 23 Jan 1979
  16. NASA Employee Service Statement, 9 Oct 1979 - 1 Feb 1980
  17. NASA Notification of Personnel Action, 9 Oct 1979 - 1 Feb 1980
  18. https://drive.google.com/uc?export=view&id=1vD4KTVfqDuVvpWUhtW8ohz3QkkYUf9KW Visiting Professor Invitation. University of Paderborn, 26 April 1979
  19. "RIT's latest in-the-news stories". R·I·T NEWS & EVENTS. 17 May 1995. p. 5, Vol.26, No.18
  20. https://drive.google.com/uc?export=view&id=10vERu2GDW3pRgyJ3yPtoInpwxmzYls_5 "Reader Q & A"
  21. Web site: Richard B. Hetnarski . Fuller Funeral Home-Cremation Service . 14 June 2024.
  22. Web site: Richard Bozylaw Hetnarski Obituary . Democrat and Chronicle . 14 June 2024.
  23. First International Symposium on Thermal Stresses and Related Topics
  24. Second International Symposium on Thermal Stresses and Related Topics
  25. Third International Congress on Thermal Stresses
  26. https://iutam.org/wp-content/uploads/OldSite/Annual_Report_2002.pdf#page=88 IUTAM
  27. Hetnarski, R. B. (August 11, 2020). "Constant Force Spring System With a Spiral." ASME. J. Mechanisms Robotics. December 2020; 12(6): 061018.
  28. https://asmedigitalcollection.asme.org/appliedmechanicsreviews/article-standard/54/4/B71/465081/Thermal-Stresses Applied Mechanics Reviews, vol. 54, no 4, July 2001, pages B71-B72
  29. "Our Faculty: In the Forefront of the Field." RIT M·E·R·I·T, Spring 1987. p. 2
  30. https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/01495739.2018.1527611 Special
  31. https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/01495739808956143 Ignaczak
  32. https://drive.google.com/file/d/1THCUp1fBZ5TOMinWhe2-i4HrAQQGpEly/view?usp=sharing Picture
  33. Bahar, Leon Y. (1987). [<nowiki/>[[doi:10.1080/01495738708927019|Review of “Thermal Stresses I]]” Vol. 1 of the Second Series: Thermal Stresses Edited by Richard B. Hetnarski A Series of Handbooks in Mechanics and Mathematical Methods, North-Holland, Amsterdam, 1986, pp. viii + 547]. Journal of Thermal Stresses Volume 10, 1987 - Issue 4, p. 367.
  34. https://encyclopedia2.thefreedictionary.com/Iliushin%2c+Aleksei+Antonovich Iliushin, A.A.
  35. [Gustav Doetsch|Doetsch, Gustav.]
  36. [Parry Moon|Moon, P.]
  37. https://publicwashington.bitbucket.io/08-isaac-bernhard/9785484010226-mechanics-of-elastic-plastic-fracture-jundamenta-.pdf Parton, V.Z. and Morozov, E.M., Mechanics of Elastic-Plastic Fracture
  38. Nowacki, W. (1975). Dynamic Problems of Thermoelasticity (translation from Polish). Edited by R.B. Hetnarski and P. Francis. Noordhoff International Publishing, 1975, 436 pages.
  39. Parton, V.Z. and Boriskovsky, V.G. (1989). Dynamic Fracture Mechanics, vol. 1 (translation from Russian). Edited by R.B. Hetnarski. Hemisphere Publishing, New York, NY, 322 pages.
  40. Parton, V.Z. and Morozov, E.M. (1989). Mechanics of Elastic-Plastic Fracture (translation from Russian). Edited by R.B. Hetnarski. Hemisphere Publishing, New York, NY, 522 pages.
  41. Frolov, K.V., Izrailev, Yu.L., Makhutov, N.A., Morozov. E.M. and Parton, V.Z. (1991). Thermal Stresses and Strength of Turbines (translation from Russian). Hemisphere Publishing, New York, NY, 379 pages.
  42. Skrzypek J. (1993). Plasticity and Creep. Edited by R.B. Hetnarski. Begell House Publishing, New York, NY, and CRC Press, Boca Raton, FL, 542 pages.
  43. Maugin, Gérard A. (2015). [<nowiki/>[[doi:10.1080/01495739.2015.1010428|Review of Encyclopedia of Thermal Stresses]], edited by Richard B. Hetnarski LXXXIII (11 vols., 6643 pp., 3269 illus., 1141 illus. in color), Springer, Dordrecht, Holland, 2014. ISBN 978-9400727380]. Journal of Thermal Stresses Volume 38, 2015 - Issue 2, pp. 271-275.[32] 6643 pages, Springer, 2014. Also, he was Editor of the five-volume Thermal Stresses[33] handbook which was published by Elsevier in Amsterdam and by Lastran Corp. in Rochester, New York, in the years 1986–1999.

    Hetnarski translated or co-translated three books into Polish from Russian,[34] from German,[35] and from English,[36] and one from Russian into English.[37] He edited five books on Mechanics.[38] [39] [40] [41] [42]

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