Edward L. Wilson

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Edward L. Wilson
BornSeptember 5, 1931 (1931-09-05)
Ferndale, California
Education University of California, Berkeley, B.S. 1955), M.S. (1959), D.Eng.(1963)
OccupationEngineer
Engineering career
Discipline structural engineering, earthquake engineering
Institutions University of California, Berkeley
AwardsNational Academy of Engineering, John von Neumann Award

Edward L. Wilson (born 1931) is an American civil engineer and academic known for his contributions to the development of finite element method. He was the T. Y. and Margaret Lin Professor in Engineering at the University of California, Berkeley and is professor emeritus, civil and environmental engineering, UC Berkeley. [1] [2] Wilson is a member of the National Academy of Engineering [3] and a recipient of the John von Neumann Award. [4]

Wilson is considered to be one of the early pioneers in the field of finite element analysis and its applications. [5] He is credited with having written the first widely accepted computer package for structural analysis (SAP) [6] and co-authored the widely cited book in FEM, "Numerical Methods in Finite Element Analysis", with Klaus-Jurgen Bathe. [7]

Born September 5, 1931, in Ferndale, California, Wilson received his B.S., M.S., and D.Eng. degrees from the University of California, Berkeley in 1955, 1959, and 1963, respectively. He earned the master's and a doctoral degree under Ray W. Clough. [8]

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