Edward L. Wilson (born 1931) is an American civil engineer and academic known for his contributions to the development of finite element method.
[1][2] Wilson is a member of the National Academy of Engineering[3] and a recipient of the John von Neumann Award.
[4] Wilson is considered to be one of the early pioneers in the field of finite element analysis and its applications.
[5] He is credited with having written the first widely accepted computer package for structural analysis (SAP)[6] and co-authored the widely cited book in FEM, "Numerical Methods in Finite Element Analysis", with Klaus-Jurgen Bathe.
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