The Fluid Dynamics Prize is a prize that has been awarded annually by the
American Physical Society
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(APS) since 1979. The recipient is chosen for "outstanding achievement in
fluid dynamics
In physics, physical chemistry and engineering, fluid dynamics is a subdiscipline of fluid mechanics that describes the flow of fluids – liquids and gases. It has several subdisciplines, including (the study of air and other gases in motion ...
research". The prize is currently valued at . In 2004, the
Otto Laporte Award
The Otto Laporte Award (1972–2003) was an annual award by the American Physical Society (APS) to "recognize outstanding contributions to fluid dynamics" and to honour Otto Laporte (1902–1971). It was established as the Otto Laporte Memorial L ...
—another APS award on fluid dynamics—was merged into the Fluid Dynamics Prize.
Recipients
The Fluid Dynamics Prize has been awarded to:
* 2023:
Elisabeth Guazzelli
* 2022:
Elisabeth Charlaix
* 2021:
* 2020:
Katepalli Sreenivasan
* 2019:
Alexander Smits
Alexander John Smits (born December 25, 1948) is an Australian-American engineer and academic who is the Eugene Higgins Professor of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, Emeritus, at Princeton University. He is also the director of the Gas dyn ...
* 2018:
Keith Moffatt
Henry Keith Moffatt, FRS FRSE (born 12 April 1935) is a British mathematician with research interests in the field of fluid dynamics, particularly magnetohydrodynamics and the theory of turbulence. He was Professor of Mathematical Physics at ...
* 2017:
Detlef Lohse
* 2016:
Howard A. Stone
* 2015:
Morteza Gharib
* 2014:
Geneviève Comte-Bellot
Geneviève Comte-Bellot (born 29 July 1929) is a French physicist specialising in fluid dynamics. She is known for her work on turbulence and aeroacoustics.
Biography
Comte-Bellot was born on 29 July 1929. After obtaining her diploma from the U ...
* 2013:
Elaine Surick Oran
* 2012:
John F. Brady
* 2011:
Tony Maxworthy
* 2010:
E. John Hinch
* 2009:
Stephen B. Pope
* 2008:
Julio M. Ottino
* 2007:
* 2006:
Thomas S. Lundgren
* 2005:
Ronald J. Adrian
* 2004:
* 2003:
* 2002:
Gary Leal
* 2001:
Howard Brenner
* 2000:
* 1999:
Daniel D. Joseph
* 1998:
Fazle Hussain
* 1997:
Louis Norberg Howard
Louis Norberg Howard (March 12, 1929 – June 28, 2015) was an American mathematician who was professor emeritus of mathematics at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology
The Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) is a Private univer ...
* 1996:
Parviz Moin
* 1995:
Harry L Swinney
* 1994:
Stephen H. Davis
Stephen Howard Davis (September 7, 1939 – November 12, 2021) was an American applied mathematician working in the fields of fluid mechanics and materials science. Davis served as McCormick School Institute Professor and Walter P. Murphy Profes ...
* 1993:
Theodore Yao-tsu Wu
* 1992:
William R. Sears
William Rees Sears (March 1, 1913 – October 12, 2002) was an American aeronautical engineer and educator who worked at Caltech, Northrop Aircraft, Cornell University (as the J. L. Given Professor of Engineering), and the University of Arizona. ...
* 1991:
Andreas Acrivos
Andreas Acrivos (13 June 1928 – 17 February 2025) was a Greek-American physicist who was the Albert Einstein Professor of Science and Engineering at the City College of New York. He was also the director of the Benjamin Levich Institute for Ph ...
* 1990:
John L. Lumley
* 1989:
* 1988:
* 1987:
Anatol Roshko
Anatol Roshko (15 July 1923 – 23 January 2017) was a Canadian-born physicist and engineer. He was the Theodore von Kármán Professor of Aeronautics, Emeritus, at the California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, CA.
Roshko is known for his con ...
* 1986:
Robert T. Jones
* 1985:
Chia-Shun Yih
Chia-Shun Yih (; July 25, 1918 – April 25, 1997) was the Stephen P. Timoshenko Distinguished University Professor Emeritus at the University of Michigan. He made many significant contributions to fluid mechanics. Yih was also a seal artist.
B ...
* 1984:
George Carrier
* 1983:
Stanley Corrsin
Stanley Corrsin (3 April 1920 – 2 June 1986) was an American physicist, fluid dynamicist, and Theophilus Halley Smoot Professor of Engineering at the Johns Hopkins University. He was known for his contributions in the field of fluid dynamics in ...
* 1982:
Howard W. Emmons
* 1981:
* 1980:
Hans Wolfgang Liepmann
* 1979:
Chia Chiao Lin
See also
*
List of physics awards
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References
External links
Fluid Dynamics Prize American Physical Society
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Awards established in 1979
Awards of the American Physical Society