Andrey Abraham Potter

Andrey (Andy) Abraham Potter (August 5, 1882 – November 5, 1979) was a Russian-American mechanical engineer and educator, and the 52nd president of the American Society of Mechanical Engineers in the year 1933–34. He is known for his work in engineering and scientific education.

Biography Youth and education Potter was born in Vilnius in Russia, now the capital of Lithuania, as son of Gregor Potter and Rivza Potter in 1882. As a child, he was musically gifted and played ocarina. After regular education in Vilna, he emigrated in 1887 at the age of fifteen to the United States, where he would become a U.S. citizen in 1906. and the Cyrus Hall McCormick Gold Medal in 1953.

Selected publications Potter, Andrey Abraham. Farm Motors: Steam and Gas Engines, Hydraulic and Electric Motors, Traction Engines, Automobiles, Animal Motors, Windmills. McGraw-Hill Book Company, 1917. Moyer, James Ambrose, James Park Calderwood, and Andrey Abraham Potter. Elements of engineering thermodynamics. Wiley, 1920. Potter, Andrey Abraham. Engineering Research as a Career. National Research Council, 1925. Hawkins, George Andrew, Harry Leland Solberg, and Andrey Abraham Potter. The viscosity of water and superheated steam. 1935. Potter, Andrey Abraham, Harry Leland Solberg, and George Andrew Hawkins. Researches in High-pressure Steam at Purdue University, 1931–1935. Purdue University, 1935.

Articles, a selection Remmers, H. H., Davenport, K. S., & Potter, A. A. (1946). "The best and worst teachers of engineering." Studies in Higher Education, (57), 3-17.