• Skip to primary navigation
  • Skip to main content
  • Skip to footer
Logo for the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering at the University of Michigan
  • Giving
  • News and Events
  • Contact

  • About
    • History
    • Strategic Directions
    • Diversity, Equity and Inclusion
      • CEE DEI Committee
      • DEI Resources
      • Have a concern?
    • Alumni
      • CEE Friends Association
        • CEEFA Board
      • Award Winners
    • Giving
      • Giving Legacy
    • Leadership and Governance
    • Faculty Search
      • Faculty Position in Environmental Engineering
      • Faculty Position in Intelligent Systems
    • Contact
      • Student Services Contacts
      • Master’s Advising Contacts
      • Undergraduate Advising Contacts
  • Undergraduate Studies
    • BSE Degree in Civil Engineering
    • BSE Degree in Environmental Engineering
    • Minor in Civil Engineering
    • Minor in Environmental Engineering
    • FocusCEE
      • Community Policy and Planning
      • Smart Cities
      • Sustainability
    • Undergraduate Opportunities
      • Undergraduate Externship
      • Student Research and Employment
        • CEE SURE/SROP Projects 2023
    • Schedule an Advising Appointment
    • Declare Your Major
    • Careers in CEE
      • What is a Civil or Environmental Engineer?
      • Career Pathways
      • Employers of CEE Graduates
      • How to Recruit CEE Graduates
    • Undergraduate Student Advisory Council
    • Student Life
  • Graduate Studies
    • Master’s Programs
    • PhD Programs
      • PhD Mentoring Framework
      • PhD Candidate Roster
    • Pelham Scholars Program
    • Online Learning
      • Construction Engineering and Management MasterTrack™
    • Admissions Information
      • International Applicants
      • Sequential Undergraduate/Graduate Studies (SUGS) Applicants
    • Graduate Handbook
    • Graduate Student Advisory Council
    • Student Life
  • People
    • Faculty
      • Affiliated Faculty
      • Core Faculty
      • Emeritus Faculty
    • Postdocs
    • Researchers
    • Staff
      • Administrative
      • Finance
      • Human Resources
      • IT & Web
      • Laboratory Technicians
      • Purchasing
      • Student Services
  • Research
    • New Grants
    • Civil Infrastructure Systems
      • Construction Engineering and Management
      • Geotechnical Engineering
      • Intelligent Systems
      • Next Generation Transportation Systems
      • Structural and Materials Engineering
    • Environment and Water Resources
      • Ecohydrology and Hydraulic Engineering
      • Energy and Clean Technology
      • Environmental Chemistry and Soil Physics
      • Environmental Microbiology and Biotechnology
    • Smart Infrastructure Finance
    • Urban Collaboratory
    • Facilities
      • Advanced Materials Research
      • Cementitious Composites
      • Center of Excellence in Bridges and Structures
      • Computational Community Resilience
      • Computational Structural Simulation
      • Construction Engineering Lab
      • Geotechnical Engineering Labs
      • Intelligent Structural Technology
      • Next Generation Infrastructure
      • Next Generation Transportation Systems Research Facilities
      • Pavement Research Center of Excellence
      • Structural Engineering Lab
  • Resources
    • Shipping
    • Purchasing
      • Purchasing Frequently Asked Questions
    • Reimbursement
    • IT Resources
    • Lab Safety
      • Lab Safety Basics
      • Minimum Training Requirements
    • Lab Requests and Procedures
    • Room Requests
    • Faculty Intranet
    • Giving
    • News and Events
    • Contact
Portrait of Benjamin Wylie

Benjamin Wylie

home_outline/People/Faculty/Emeritus Faculty/Benjamin Wylie

Emeritus Professor

Contact

ebw@umich.edu(734) 763-8750

Location

183 EWRE

Primary Website

Benjamin Wylie

  • Education
  • Biography
  • Research Interests
  • Awards
  • Publications

Education

  • Ph.D., University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, 1964
  • M.S., University of Colorado, Boulder, CO, 1955
  • B.S., University of Denver, Denver, CO, 1953

Research Interests

From 1963 to 1999, Professor Streeter and I led a research and educational program that shaped much of the current practice on unsteady flow in pipeline systems. Various editions of their textbooks on fluid mechanics and fluid transients have been standard references for engineers and researchers throughout the world. 

Since retirement from normal teaching and research, my technical interests have centered on being a good-will messenger in the area of Fluid Transients in Engineering Systems. This has manifested itself in teaching seminars and short courses for industries and professional societies; in consulting with industries, public service entities, governmental agencies and institutes; in reviewing and evaluating proposals and potential publications; in making presentations at technical conferences and in interacting with technical personnel on topics of mutual interest.

In engineering practice there are many unfortunate failures in systems due to inadequate design and improper operation of essential components. Not all of these are physical catastrophes – many are operating inefficiencies, inadequate achievement of full design capacity, etc. It is my belief that awareness of potential issues is better achieved through education than through on-the-job unfortunate experiences.

Professional Service

  • Instructor: My working-life research topic, dominant teaching area and passion-for-life carries on during retirement through offering short courses on one-dimensional hydraulic transients. Currently the Professional Society, ASCE, offers the course “Water Hammer in Transmission and Distribution Systems” twice yearly at various locations. Dr. Jim C.P. Liou is the Co-Instructor for these two-day continuing education seminars. 
  • Fellow, American Society of Mechanical Engineers
  • Fellow, American Society of Civil Engineers

Awards

  • Stephen Attwood Excellence in Engineering Award, U of M College of Engineering, 1996
  • Chi Epsilon Excellence in Teaching Award, Great Lakes District, 1995-96
  • Engineer-of-the-Year, ASCE-Ann Arbor Branch, 1990
  • Visiting Erskine Scholar, Univ. of Canterbury, NZ, Winter, 1986
  • Excellence in Research Award, U of M College of Engineering, Dec. 1985
  • Invited visiting lecturer, Hohai Univ., Nanjing, China, May, 1982

publications

  • Wylie, E. B. and Streeter, V. L. (1993), FLUID TRANSIENTS IN SYSTEMS, Prentice Hall, New York, 463 pp.
  • Streeter, V. L., and Wylie, E. B. (1998), FLUID MECHANICS, 9th edition (with K.W. Bedford), McGraw-Hill Co., New York, 740 pp.(also: 8th ed., 1985, 7th ed. 1979, 6th ed. 1975).
  • Wylie, E. B. (2000), “Steady State in Hydraulic Systems by Marching Methods,” 8th International Conference on Pressure Surges, BHR group, UK, The Hague, Netherlands, pp. 351-361.
  • Wylie, E. B. (1999), “Simple Device to Demonstrate Vaporization”, ASME Fluids Eng. Conf., San Francisco, CA, 8 pp.
  • Wylie, E. B. (1992), “Low Pressure Transients in Two-Component Two-Phase Systems,” 11th International Conference on Offshore Mechanics and Arctic Engineering, ASME, Calgary, Alberta, Canada, pp. 479-483.


Footer

Logo for Michigan Engineering at the University of Michigan

  • Giving
  • News and Events
  • Contact
  • Sign up for our newsletter
  • U-M Engineering Home
  • Strategic Vision
  • Graduate and Professional
  • Undergraduate
  • U-M Engineering Research News
  • U-M Home

  • Giving
  • News and Events
  • Contact
  • Sign up for our newsletter

© 2023 The Regents of the University of Michigan Ann Arbor, MI 48109 USA Privacy Policy | Non-Discrimination Policy | Campus Safety

  • Facebook
  • Instagram
  • LinkedIn
  • Twitter
  • YouTube