Kenneth Walters was a British mathematician and rheologist.
11 Facts About Kenneth Walters
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Kenneth Walters was a Distinguished Research Professor at the Institute Of Mathematics, Physics and Computer Science of the Aberystwyth University.
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Kenneth Walters's thesis was entitled Some Elastico-Viscous Liquids with Continuous and Discrete Relaxation Spectra.
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Kenneth Walters made advances in two major areas: the measurement of rheological properties, and the numerical solution of complex flows.
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Kenneth Walters's book, Rheometry, is a standard work of reference and the book Numerical Simulation of Non-Newtonian Flow, of which he is joint author, is an influential text in this field of research.
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Kenneth Walters was recognized extensively for his contributions to the rheological community by being awarded the Gold Medal from the British Society of Rheology in 1984 and the Weissenberg Award from the European Society of Rheology in 2002.
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Kenneth Walters was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society in 1991.
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Kenneth Walters was an active member of the rheological community for many years.
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Kenneth Walters served as President of the British Society of Rheology from 1974 to 1976, President of the European Society of Rheology from 1996 to 2000, and the Chairman of the International Committee on Rheology from 2000 to 2004.
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Kenneth Walters was a founding fellow of the Learned Society of Wales.
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In 1961, Kenneth Walters began dating Mary Eccles, an Aberystwyth student who had been Student 'Rag Queen' before they met.