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Klaus-Jürgen Bathe
Klaus-Jürgen Bathe is a civil engineer, professor of mechanical
Klaus-Jürgen Bathe
engineering at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, and founder of
ADINA R&D, who specializes in computational mechanics.[2] Bathe is
considered to be one of the pioneers in the field of finite element analysis
and its applications.[3]

Contents
Early life and education
Career Klaus-Jürgen Bathe in 2016 [1]
Major contributions Born 1943
Honors and awards Berlin, Germany
Editorial activities Nationality German
Klaus-Jürgen Bathe Leadership Program
Alma mater University of Cape
Books Town
Video Courses on Finite Element Methods University of Calgary
References University of
External links California, Berkeley
Known for Finite element method
Subspace iteration
Early life and education method
Born in Berlin, Bathe had his high school education in Oldenburg i. O. in MITC elements
the Federal Republic of Germany. He then went to South Africa, where he Bathe time integration
earned his graduate degree in Civil Engineering and Engineering ADINA software
Mechanics from the University of Cape Town in 1967. Bathe received his Scientific career
M.Sc. degree in Civil Engineering from the University of Calgary, Canada in Fields Computational
1969. Thereafter, he received his Ph.D. in Civil Engineering from the mechanics
University of California, Berkeley in 1971.[4] His thesis was on numerical Finite element method
solution of large eigenvalue problems, where he developed the subspace
Institutions Massachusetts
iteration method.
Institute of Technology
Doctoral Edward L. Wilson
Career advisor
During his time as a post-doctoral fellow (1972–1974) at UC Berkeley,
Bathe participated in the development of the finite element programs SAP IV and NONSAP,[5] which have been used
by thousands of individuals and organizations in research and practice and had a major impact in advancing the finite
element method. In 1974 he started the development of the ADINA system. Soon after, he joined the department of
mechanical engineering at MIT.

In 1986, he founded ADINA R&D, Inc.[6]

Major contributions
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Bathe has made fundamental contributions in the finite element analysis of structures, heat transfer, field problems,
CFD, and fluid-structure interactions. These contributions are widely used in commercial software codes. Specifically,
the following contributions for reliable, accurate and efficient finite element analyses are widely employed:[7]

Formulation of plate and shell finite elements (the MITC elements).

Formulations of large deformations of solids (the Total and Updated Lagrangian formulations).
Solution techniques for large eigenvalue problems (the Bathe subspace iteration method).
Solution techniques for contact problems (the constraint-function method).
Time integration schemes for the dynamic analysis of structures and fluid-structure interactions (the Bathe
method).
Schemes for fully coupled fluid-structure interactions and multi-physics problems.
Mathematical analysis of finite element schemes.
The book "Finite Element Procedures" used as a standard reference text in academia and industry.[8][9][10]
Bathe is widely recognized to bridge the worlds of academia and industry in computational mechanics.[11]

Honors and awards

Bathe has received many honorary doctorates from institutions around the world: Slovak Academy of Sciences and
Technical University of Zilina, Slovakia; Technical University of Darmstadt, Germany; Technical University of
Rzeszow, Poland; Universidad Politécnica de Madrid, Spain; University of Bucharest, Romania; University of Miskolc,
Hungary; University of Buenos Aires, Argentina; University of Cape Town, South Africa; and Sorbonne Universités -
Université de Technologie de Compiègne, France.[2][11]

Bathe has been listed as an ISI Highly Cited Author in Engineering by the ISI Web of Knowledge, Thomson Scientific
Company.[12]

Editorial activities
Bathe currently serves as the Co-Editor of the Journal of Computers & Structures.[13] He is also the editor of the
Springer's book series on Computational Fluid and Solid Mechanics.[14] He has organized the twelve bi-yearly
conferences "Nonlinear Finite Element Analysis and ADINA", at M.I.T., 1977–1999, and the seven bi-yearly
conferences "Computational Fluid and Solid Mechanics" [15] at M.I.T., 2001-2013.

Klaus-Jürgen Bathe Leadership Program

The Klaus-Jürgen Bathe Leadership Programme was established at the University of Cape Town in 2014 through a gift
donated by Professor Klaus-Jürgen Bathe. It is awarded annually to University of Cape Town students with at least 2
years of study left, from any of the six university faculties.[16] The goal of this Program is to produce graduates coming
from any faculty of the University of Cape Town, South Africa with outstanding leadership qualities and a strong sense
of social justice, who will go on to play leading and significant roles in business, government, industry and civil society
in South Africa and on the African continent.[17]

Books
K.J. Bathe and E.L. Wilson, "Numerical Methods in Finite Element Analysis", Prentice-Hall, 1976.
K.J. Bathe, "Finite Element Procedures in Engineering Analysis", Prentice-Hall, 1982.
K.J. Bathe, "Finite Element Procedures", 1st Edition, Prentice Hall, 1996; 2nd Edition, Watertown, MA: Klaus-
Jürgen Bathe, 2014.
D. Chapelle and K.J. Bathe, "The Finite Element Analysis of Shells – Fundamentals", 1st Edition, Springer, 2003;
2nd edition, Springer, 2011.
M. Kojic and K.J. Bathe, "Inelastic Analysis of Solids and Structures", Springer, 2005.
K.J. Bathe, "To Enrich Life", Amazon.com, 2007.

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M.L. Bucalem, K.J. Bathe, "The Mechanics of Solids and Structures – Hierarchical Modeling and the Finite
Element Solution", Springer, 2011.

Video Courses on Finite Element Methods

MIT Video Lectures: "Finite Element Procedures for Solids and Structures - Linear Analysis".[18]
MIT Video Lectures: "Finite Element Procedures for Solids and Structures - Nonlinear Analysis".[19]

References
1. "K.J. Bathe Leadership Programme, 2016 Introduction Dinner" (http://www.kjbatheleadership.uct.ac.za/bathelead
ership/album/dinner2016).
2. "K.J. Bathe at Massachusetts Institute of Technology" (http://meche.mit.edu/people/faculty/index.html?id=10).
3. Anwar Bég, O. (2003). Giants of Engineering Science (https://books.google.com/books?id=S2OiZVmf1ccC&pg=P
A68&dq=Klaus-Jurgen+Bathe). Troubador Publishing Ltd. ISBN 978-1-899293-52-0.
4. Klaus-Jürgen Bathe (2008). To Enrich Life. Klaus-Jürgen Bathe. ISBN 0979004926.
5. "Comments by E.L. Wilson on the research in the early 1970s by K.J. Bathe in Connections (2017)" (http://web.mi
t.edu/kjb/www/Other/Connections_EL_Wilson.pdf) (PDF).
6. "ADINA Finite Element Analysis Software" (http://www.adina.com/index.shtml). adina.com.
7. J.W. Tedesco and J. Walczak, Preface, Computers & Structures, 81: 455-462, 2003 (http://web.mit.edu/kjb/www/P
rincipal_Publications/Preface_in_Computers_&_Structures.pdf)
8. Klaus-Jürgen Bathe (2014). Finite Element Procedures (2nd ed.). Klaus-Jürgen Bathe. ISBN 978-0-9790049-2-6.
9. Klaus-Jürgen Bathe (2014). Finite Element Procedures, Download (2nd ed.) (http://web.mit.edu/kjb/www/Books/F
EP_2nd_Edition_4th_Printing.pdf) (PDF).
10. Klaus-Jürgen Bathe (2014). Finite Element Procedures, Solutions Manual, Download (2nd ed.) (http://web.mit.ed
u/kjb/www/Principal_Publications/FEP_solutions.pdf) (PDF).
11. "Bridging the world of academia and industry" (http://www.uct.ac.za/dailynews/?id=8528). University of Cape
Town News.
12. "ISI Highly Cited Author, K.J Bathe, 2001 HCR as of September 8 2015" (http://hcr.stateofinnovation.thomsonreut
ers.com/page/archives).
13. "K.J. Bathe Co-Editor of Journal of Computers & Structures" (http://www.elsevier.com/wps/find/journaleditorialboar
d.cws_home/359/editorialboard). Retrieved 2009-10-16.
14. "K.J. Bathe Editor of the Springer's book series on Computational Fluid and Solid Mechanics" (https://www.spring
er.com/series/4449?detailsPage=titles). Retrieved 2009-10-19.
15. "Seventh MIT Conference on Computational Fluid and Solid Mechanics" (http://www.seventhmitconference.org/).
16. "Scholarships | Klaus-Jürgen Bathe Leadership Programme" (http://www.kjbatheleadership.uct.ac.za/batheleader
ship/scholarships). www.kjbatheleadership.uct.ac.za. Retrieved 2018-01-03.
17. "Klaus-Jürgen Bathe Leadership Program" (http://kjbatheleadership.uct.ac.za/).
18. "MIT Video Lectures: Finite Element Procedures for Solids and Structures - Linear Analysis" (http://ocw2.mit.edu/r
esources/res-2-002-finite-element-procedures-for-solids-and-structures-spring-2010/linear/).
19. "MIT Video Lectures: Finite Element Procedures for Solids and Structures - Nonlinear Analysis" (http://ocw2.mit.e
du/resources/res-2-002-finite-element-procedures-for-solids-and-structures-spring-2010/nonlinear/).

External links
Special issue on K. J. Bathe's 60th birthday anniversary, preface in Computers & Structures (http://web.mit.edu/kj
b/www/Principal_Publications/Preface_in_Computers_&_Structures.pdf)
Founder of ADINA R&D, Inc. (http://www.adina.com/company.shtml)

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