Award Year
2000
Graduation Year
1961
Department
Mechanical, Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering
Award Category
Academy of Distinguished Engineers
Biography
After graduation from OSU, Ronald Hanson went on to earn MS and PhD degrees at Arizona Sate and Stanford, respectively, and chose academia as his career. His research has been in the area of laser diagnostics and sensors, shock waves, chemical kinetics, and combustion. He is currently the Clarence J. and Patricia R. Woodard Professor and Chair of the Department of Mechanical Engineering at Stanford University. He was the first recipient of the Aerodynamic Measurement Technology Award in 1996. He has been honored with Fellow designation by both the Optical Society of America and the American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics.
Degrees
- B.S. Mechanical Engineering, 1961