Andreas Acrivos (born 13 June 1928) is the Albert Einstein Professor of Science and Engineering, Emeritus at the

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. He is also the director of the Benjamin Levich Institute for Physicochemical Hydrodynamics.

Education and career

Born in

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, Greece, Acrivos moved to the United States to pursue an engineering education. He received a bachelor's degree from

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in 1950, a master's degree from the

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in 1951, and a Ph.D. from the University of Minnesota in 1954; all in chemical engineering. Acrivos is considered to be one of the leading fluid dynamicists of the 20th century. In 1954 Acrivos joined the faculty at the

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. In 1962, he moved to

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, where he worked with Professor David Mason to build chemical engineering programs. In 1977, he was elected as a member into the

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for contributions in the application of mathematical analysis to the understanding of fundamental phenomena in chemical engineering processes. In 1987 Acrivos joined as the Albert Einstein Professor of Science and Engineering at The City College of the City University of New York, succeeding

Veniamin Levich Veniamin Grigorievich (Benjamin) Levich (russian: Вениами́н Григо́рьевич Ле́вич; 30 March 1917 in Kharkiv, Ukraine – 19 January 1987 in Englewood, New Jersey, United States) was a Soviet dissident, internationally pro ...

. From 1982 to 1997 Acrivos served as the

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of Physics of Fluids.

Awards and honors

National Medal of Science The National Medal of Science is an honor bestowed by the President of the United States to individuals in science and engineering who have made important contributions to the advancement of knowledge in the fields of behavioral and social scienc ...

, 2001 * Fellow of the

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, 1993 *

Fluid Dynamics Prize The Fluid Dynamics Prize is a prize that has been awarded annually by the American Physical Society (APS) since 1979. The recipient is chosen for "outstanding achievement in fluid dynamics research". The prize is currently valued at . In 2004, the ...

, 1991 * G. I. Taylor Medal, Society of Engineering Science, 1988 * Elected as a member into the

, 1977 *Acrivos has been listed as an ISI Highly Cited Author in Engineering by the ISI Web of Knowledge, Thomson Scientific Company.

References

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Acrivos, Andreas 1928 births Living people City College of New York faculty Fluid dynamicists Greek emigrants to the United States 20th-century Greek physicists Members of the United States National Academy of Sciences Members of the United States National Academy of Engineering National Medal of Science laureates Engineers from Athens Stanford University School of Engineering faculty University of Minnesota College of Science and Engineering alumni UC Berkeley College of Engineering faculty Fellows of the American Physical Society Fellows of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences American chemical engineers Fellows of Clare Hall, Cambridge Minnesota CEMS Physics of Fluids editors