Emerita Professor Flügge-Lotz (16 July 1903–22 May 1974)
- Publisher
- Elsevier Science
- Year
- 1975
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 467 KB
- Volume
- 11
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0005-1098
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✦ Synopsis
EMERITA Professor Irmgard Fliigge-Lotz, internationally known for her theoretical studies in aerodynamics and automatic controls, died 22 May 1974 at Stanford following a lengthy illness. She was 70.
A Professor of Aeronautics, Astronautics and Applied Mechanics, she taught at Stanford from 1949 until her retirement in 1968. She and her engineer husband, Emeritus Professor Wilhelm Fliigge, both remained active in research.
Fliigge-Lotz received the 1970 achievement award of the Society of Women Engineers for her distinguished career in research and teaching. She was cited for her "significant contributions in the field of fluid mechanics, in particular wing theory and boundary layer theory".
She was selected-to give the 1971 Von Karman Lecture by AIAA on the topic "Trends in the Field of Automatic Control in the Last Two Decades".
She was the author of more than 50 scientific papers, including a 1931 computation on wing lift that was a major contribution to modern aircraft design. She was also author of two books on Discontinuous Control which include many contributions she made with her students to this important class of theoretical and practical control problems.