Edward L. Wilson

For the photographer, see Edward Livingston Wilson.

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]

  1. ^ Edward L. Wilson Archived July 22, 2011, at the Wayback Machine at the University of California, Berkeley
  2. ^ "Edward L. Wilson | Hensolt SEAONC Legacy Project". Retrieved May 15, 2023.
  3. ^ "CEE Faculty - Selected Awards". UC Berkeley. Archived from the original on June 17, 2010. Retrieved September 2, 2009.
  4. ^ "Award Recipients". United States Association for Computational Mechanics. Archived from the original on April 20, 2009. Retrieved September 2, 2009.
  5. ^ Anwar Bég, O. (2003). Giants of Engineering Science. Troubador Publishing Ltd. ISBN 9781899293520. Retrieved November 20, 2010.
  6. ^ Jianping Geng; Weiqi Yan; Wei Xu, eds. (2008). Application of the Finite Element Method in Implant Dentistry. Springer. ISBN 978-7-308-05510-9. Retrieved September 2, 2009.
  7. ^ "SLAC Library Catalog". SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory. Archived from the original on September 24, 2015. Retrieved September 2, 2009.
  8. ^ Carrabine, Laura. "Early Masters of the Mesh". ASME International. Archived from the original on September 18, 2008. Retrieved September 3, 2009.