Morteza (Mory) Gharib () (born December 9, 1952) is the Hans W. Liepmann Professor of

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and

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.Measurement of Large Scale Bubbly Flows
/ref> Gharib was elected a member of the

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in 2015 for contributions to fluid flow diagnostics and imagery, and engineering of bioinspired devices and phenomena.

Research

Professor Gharib's research interests cover a range of topics in conventional fluid dynamics and aeronautics. These include

vortex dynamics In continuum mechanics, vorticity is a pseudovector (or axial vector) field that describes the local spinning motion of a continuum near some point (the tendency of something to rotate), as would be seen by an observer located at that point and t ...

, active and passive flow control, nano/micro fluid dynamics, bio-inspired wind and hydro energy harvesting, as well as advanced flow imaging diagnostics.Morteza Gharib
at Gharib Research Group In addition, Professor Gharib is heavily involved in the bio-mechanics and medical engineering fields. His research activities in these fields can be categorized into two main areas: the fluid dynamics of physiological machines (such as the human circulatory system and aquatic breathing/ propulsion), and the development of medical devices (such as

heart valve A heart valve is a biological one-way valve that allows blood to flow in one direction through the chambers of the heart. A mammalian heart usually has four valves. Together, the valves determine the direction of blood flow through the heart. Hea ...

s, cardiovascular health monitoring devices, and

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Awards and honors

Professor Gharib is the recipient of the 2016 G. I. Taylor Medal from the Society of Engineering Science and he received the American Physical Society's Fluid Dynamics award in 2015. He's a Member of the

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and the

; and he's a Fellow (Charter) of the

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, the

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, the

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, the American Society of Mechanical Engineering and the

International Academy of Medical and Biological Engineering The International Academy of Medical and Biological Engineering (IAMBE) is a non-profit society of distinguished scholars engaged in medical and biological engineering research to further the field of biomedical engineering or bioengineering. The ...

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Gharib, Morteza American people of Iranian descent American mechanical engineers Fluid dynamicists Iranian expatriate academics Living people California Institute of Technology alumni University of Tehran alumni 1952 births Fellows of the American Physical Society