Dean Roden Chapman

Dean Roden Chapman (8 March 1922 – 4 October 1995) was a mechanical engineer at the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) and at Stanford University.

Biography

He played basketball for the oft-maligned CalTech Beavers men's basketball team while he got a B.S. from CalTech. He began his professional career at Ames Aeronautical Laboratory (now the Ames Research Center) in 1948, where he later became Director of Astronautics. He left government service in 1980 to join the faculty at Stanford University. At the time of his death from cancer at age 73, he was Professor Emeritus of the Department of Aeronautics and the Department of Mechanical Engineering at Stanford University. Chapman was internationally known for his research into fluid dynamics, and for pioneering modern computational fluid dynamics. He is also remembered for his research and controversial theories on the origin of tektites.

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gollark: Yes, wojbie, that's actual live code (with some bits removed to make it fit), not an example.
gollark: No evil "class" stuff needed.
gollark: This is an API I run to do some random things.
gollark: ```python#!/usr/bin/env python3from flask import Flask, jsonifyfrom wsgiref.simple_server import make_serverimport subprocessimport randomfrom mpd import MPDClientimport threadingimport timempd_client = MPDClient()mpd_client.connect("localhost", 6600)print("connected, mpd is", mpd_client.mpd_version)app = Flask(__name__)@app.route("/")def index(): return "Hello, World!"@app.route("/fortune/")def fortune(): return subprocess.run(["fortune"], stdout=subprocess.PIPE).stdoutcurrent_song = Nonedef mpd_loop(): print("mpd query loop started") while True: global current_song current_song = mpd_client.currentsong() current_song["status"] = mpd_client.status() time.sleep(0.2)threading.Thread(target=mpd_loop).start()@app.route("/current-song")def get_current_song(): return jsonify(current_song)with make_server('', 1337, app) as httpd: print("Serving HTTP...") httpd.serve_forever()```
gollark: It doesn't require classes. Hold on.
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