| American National Biography Online (2171 words) |
 | Encouraged by a professor of engineering and hydraulics, Donat Banki, Kármán investigated the problem of clatter in engine valves and predicted the necessary mechanical modifications to prevent it. |
| In 1906 Kármán received a fellowship from the Hungarian Academy of Sciences and chose to study at the University of Göttingen in Germany, where his professors included Felix Klein in applied mechanics, Ludwig Prandtl in fluid mechanics, and mathematician David Hilbert. |
| Using a large hydraulic press donated by arms manufacturer Alfried Krupp, Kármán determined the nature of buckling in columns of large structures and derived the associated mathematical equations. |
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