Olgierd Zienkiewicz

Olgierd Zienkiewicz
Born(1921-05-18)18 May 1921
Caterham, UK
Died2 January 2009(2009-01-02) (aged 87)
Swansea, UK
NationalityPolish–British
EducationImperial College
OccupationEngineer
Engineering career
DisciplineCivil engineer, Structural engineer
InstitutionsInstitution of Civil Engineers, Institution of Structural Engineers
Significant advanceFinite element method in structural mechanics
AwardsIStructE Gold Medal
Royal Medal (1990)
Timoshenko Medal (1998)

Olgierd Cecil Zienkiewicz CBE FRS FREng (18 May 1921 – 2 January 2009)[1][2] was a British academic of Polish descent, mathematician, and civil engineer. He was born in Caterham, England. He was one of the early pioneers of the finite element method.[3] Since his first paper in 1947 dealing with numerical approximation to the stress analysis of dams, he published nearly 600 papers and wrote or edited more than 25 books.[4]

  1. ^ Owen, D. R. J. (2009). "Olgierd (Olek) Cecil Zienkiewicz CBE. 18 May 1921 – 2 January 2009". Biographical Memoirs of Fellows of the Royal Society. 55: 337–359. doi:10.1098/rsbm.2009.0008. S2CID 62704828.
  2. ^ Stein, E. (2009). "Olgierd C. Zienkiewicz, a pioneer in the development of the finite element method in engineering science". Steel Construction. 2 (4): 264–272. doi:10.1002/stco.200910036. S2CID 121773972.
  3. ^ 10th European Simulation Symposium (ESS ’98): Keynote lecturer, bio notes
  4. ^ Swansea University: Awards news Archived 30 April 2008 at the Wayback Machine