Professor K Walters, FRS
Personal Details
Address: Institute of Mathematics, Physics and Computer Science, University of Aberystwyth, Aberystwyth, SY23 3BZ.
Tel: (44) (0)1970 622750 E-mail: kew@aber.ac.uk |
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Ken
Walters was educated at the University of Swansea, where he graduated with 1st
class honours in Applied Mathematics in 1956. He was awarded the MSc degree
in 1957 for research into Atmospheric Diffusion and the PhD degree in 1959
for research into Rheology. His Ph.D.supervisor was
the late Professor J G Oldroyd. After a
year researching and lecturing in the USA, Ken Walters returned to Wales at
the University of Aberystwyth. He was promoted to Senior Lecturer in 1965,
Reader in 1970 and was made Professor in 1973. His current title is
"Distinguished Research Professor". He was awarded the DSc
degree of the University of Wales in 1985 and was elected a Fellow of the
Royal Society in 1991. Between 1974-76, he was
President of the British Society of Rheology and received their Gold Medal in
1984. In 1995, Professor Walters was elected a Foreign Associate of the
National Academy of Engineering of the United States. He was awarded an
Honorary Doctorate by the Université Joseph
Fourier, Grenoble, France, in 1988, by Strathclyde University, Scotland, in 2011, and by Aberystwyth University in 2016. In 2002, he received the Weissenberg Award of the European Society of Rheology. In 2009,
Professor Walters became one of the Founding Fellows of the Learned Society
of Wales From 2010 - 2015, Professor Walters accepted an
invitation to become a member of the Science Advisory Council for Wales
(SACW). In 2014, Professor Walters was elected as a Member of the International Academy of Engineering. Professor
Walters has written 6 books and 150 research papers. He was Executive
Editor of the Journal of Non-Newtonian Fluid Mechanics from its launch in
1976 until the publication of Vol. 100 in 2002. He now has the title
“Founding Editor” and remains a member of the Editorial Board. From 1996-2000, Professor Walters was the
(first) President of the European Society of Rheology and, from 2000 to
2004, he was Chairman of the International Committee on Rheology. |