. "Sechler, Ernest Edwin"@en . "Ernest Edwin Sechler was an aerospace engineer and scientist who specialized in thin-shell structures. He earned his doctorate in 1934 at Caltech as one of the early students of Theodore von K\u00E1rm\u00E1n with a dissertation on the mechanics of thin-plate compression. He continued in this line of work, which had broad and deep applications in the structural aspects of aircraft and missiles."@en . "1905-11-17Z"^^ . . . "1979-08-14Z"^^ . "1979Z"^^ . "Ernest Sechler"@en . "1905Z"^^ . . . "American aerospace engineer" .