Olgierd Zienkiewicz
Olgierd Zienkiewicz | |
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| Born | 18 May 1921 Caterham, UK |
| Died | 2 January 2009 (aged 87) Swansea, UK |
| Nationality | Polish–British |
| Education | Imperial College |
| Engineering career | |
| Discipline | Civil engineer, Structural engineer |
| Institutions | Institution of Civil Engineers, Institution of Structural Engineers |
| Significant advance | Finite element method in structural mechanics |
| Awards | IStructE Gold Medal Royal Medal (1990) Timoshenko Medal (1998) |
Olgierd Cecil Zienkiewicz (18 May 1921 – 2 January 2009) 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. 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.