James O Wilkes

James O. Wilkes is Professor Emeritus of Chemical Engineering at the University of Michigan, where he served as department chairman and assistant dean for admissions. From 1989 to 1992, he was an Arthur F. Thurnau Professor. Wilkes coauthored "Applied Numerical Methods" (Wiley, 1969) and "Digital Computing and Numerical Methods" (Wiley, 1973). He received his bachelor(TM)s degree from the University of Cambridge and his M.S. and Ph.D. in chemical engineering from the University of Michigan. His...See more

James O. Wilkes is Professor Emeritus of Chemical Engineering at the University of Michigan, where he served as department chairman and assistant dean for admissions. From 1989 to 1992, he was an Arthur F. Thurnau Professor. Wilkes coauthored "Applied Numerical Methods" (Wiley, 1969) and "Digital Computing and Numerical Methods" (Wiley, 1973). He received his bachelor(TM)s degree from the University of Cambridge and his M.S. and Ph.D. in chemical engineering from the University of Michigan. His research interests involve numerical methods for solving a wide variety of engineering problems. See less