Olgierd Cecil Zienkiewicz was a British academic of Polish descent, mathematician, and civil engineer.
11 Facts About Olgierd Zienkiewicz
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Olgierd Zienkiewicz was one of the early pioneers of the finite element method.
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Olgierd Zienkiewicz's school education took place in Poland, where his father was a judge of the Katowice district.
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Olgierd Zienkiewicz was awarded the PhD degree in 1945 with his thesis title "Classical theories of gravity dam design in the light of modern analytical methods".
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Olgierd Zienkiewicz was notable for having recognized the general potential for using the finite element method to resolve problems in areas outside the area of solid mechanics.
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Olgierd Zienkiewicz founded the first journal dealing with computational mechanics in 1968, which is still the major journal for the field of Numerical Computations.
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Olgierd Zienkiewicz became a lecturer at the Department of Engineering, University of Edinburgh, UK before becoming Professor of Structural and Civil Engineering at Northwestern University, Illinois, USA.
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Olgierd Zienkiewicz received over 30 honorary degrees from Ireland, Belgium, Norway, Sweden, China, Poland, Scotland, Wales, France, England, Italy, Portugal, Hungary and the United States.
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Olgierd Zienkiewicz was elected to a number of learned societies, including:.
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Olgierd Zienkiewicz has been the recipient of many honours, awards, and medals.
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Olgierd Zienkiewicz was instrumental in setting up the association of computational mechanics in engineering for the United Kingdom in 1992 and was the honorary president for the association for the rest of his life.