Bruce A. Finlayson is an American chemical engineer and applied mathematician. He is currently the Professor Emeritus of Chemical Engineering at the University of Washington, USA.^[1] He is a member of the National Academy of Engineering (NAE).^[2] He is known for his contribution to chemical engineering in general and for the development and application of computational methods engineering problems in particular.

Contents 1 Career 2 Books authored 3 References 4 External links

[edit] Career

Finlayson received his B.S. and M.S. degrees from the Rice University in 1961 and 1963 respectively and Ph.D. degree from the University of Minnesota in 1965; all in chemical engineering. He served for two years as a Lieutenant in the United States Navy, working at the United States Naval Research Laboratory in Washington, D.C.

[edit] Books authored

• The Method of Weighted Residuals and Variational Principles, Academic Press (1972). ISBN 978-0122570506.
• Nonlinear Analysis in Chemical Engineering, McGraw-Hill, (1980). ISBN 978-0070209152.
• Numerical Methods for Problems with Moving Fronts, Ravenna Park Publishing, (1992). ISBN 978-0963176509.
• Introduction to Chemical Engineering Computing, Wiley-Interscience, (2006). ISBN 978-0471740629.

[edit] References

[edit] External links

• Dr. Finlayson's Personal Home Page

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