Ferdinand Freudenstein, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Ferdinand Freudenstein

American physicist and engineer

Date of Birth: 05-Dec-1926

Place of Birth: Frankfurt, Hesse, Germany

Date of Death: 30-Mar-2006

Profession: engineer, physicist

Nationality: Germany

Zodiac Sign: Sagittarius

Ferdinand Freudenstein (12 May 1926 – 30 March 2006) was an American physicist and engineer who is considered to be the "Father of Modern Kinematics." Freudenstein made revolutionary contribution applying digital computation to the kinematic synthesis of mechanisms.
In his Ph.D dissertation, Freudenstein developed what is to become the Freudenstein Equation, which uses a simple algebraic method to synthesize planar four-bar function generators.Freudenstein spent his entire career working and teaching in Columbia University as the Higgins Professor of Mechanical Engineering.
Over his life-time, Freudenstein mentored over 500 Ph.D.
students in hundreds of universities across the world.