Milton Maxwell Leven (8 June 1911 — 22 April 1979) was an American engineer. He was an engineering and manager of Experimental Mechanics at Westinghouse Research Laboratories and held numerous service roles in the Society for Experimental Stress Analysis (SESA) (now

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) including as the President of the society from 1956 to 1957. He was born to Jacob Leven and Anna J Leven (born Walters) of Russian descent in Pennsylvania. He went by Milt.

Education

Leven attended

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receiving a BS in

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in 1935 and MS in

mechanics Mechanics (from Ancient Greek: μηχανική, ''mēkhanikḗ'', "of machines") is the area of mathematics and physics concerned with the relationships between force, matter, and motion among physical objects. Forces applied to objects r ...

in 1940. While at

he was an early, and one of the best, students of Max M. Froct.

Research and career

After completing his MS at

Leven continued on as an instructor and research assistant until 1942 when he joined the

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during

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. Leven joined Westinghouse Research Laboratories in

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, PA in 1946 where he was well known for leading a laboratory utilizing photoelastic stress analysis. He employed three dimensional photoelasticity for the development of nuclear reactor vessels and turbo-machinery components. He was promoted to fellow engineer 1954, advisory engineer in 1966 and to manager of experimental mechanics in 1967 until his retirement in 1977. He was the President of the Society for Experimental Stress Analysis (SESA) (now

) from 1956 to 1957. He gave the SESA William M. Murray Lecture in 1972 . He was named the sixth Honorary Member of the Society in 1969, a position held until his death in 1979. When SESA introduced the rank of Fellow, Leven was among the first class of SESA Fellows in 1975 along with the seven other living Honorary Members of the society.

Awards and recognition

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Lecture and Award (1952) *

Honorary Member (1968 to 1990) *

Tatnall Award (1972) * Society for Experimental Mechanics Fellow (1975) *

Lazan Award (1979)

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Leven, Milton 1911 births 1979 deaths American engineers Carnegie Mellon University alumni Fellows of the Society for Experimental Mechanics 20th-century American engineers