Fluid Dynamics Award Past Recipients

Philippe Spalart, 2006
In recognition of contributions to applied turbulence modeling and of pioneering work in the direct simulation of turbulent boundary layers and in merging fluid dynamics concepts and aero-acoustic models for aircraft-related noise predictions.

Jay Boris, 2005
For pioneering and seminal contributions to the fields of computational fluid dynamics, reacting flows, and atmospheric contaminant transport.

Alexander Smits, 2004
For innovative experimental research in turbulent flows.

William S. Saric, 2003
For pioneering work on flow instabilities, their understanding, prediction and their control for the betterment of aeronautical products.

Fazle Hussain, 2002
For his seminal contributions towards the understanding of turbulence through quantitative analyses of coherent structures and insights into their consequences to the aerodynamic context.

Israel J. Wygnanski, 2001
For his fundamental contributions to our understanding of organized motion in free and bound shear flows and for his pioneering leadership in active flow control.

Roddam Narasimha, 2000
For new insights into many branches of fluid dynamics, including transition and the interface between laminar and turbulent flows, turbulent shear flows and the atmospheric surface layer, and rarefied gas dynamics, as well as for his exceptional leadership in aeronautics research and teaching.

William C. Reynolds, 1999
For pioneering contributions in turbulence physics and applications through innovative experimental, analytical, and computational research, and in chemical equilibrium analysis of complex multi-phase systems.

Anatol Roshko, 1998
For research and teaching in gas dynamics and turbulence, particularly separated flow, bluff-body aerodynamics, and the structure of turbulent flow.

Milton Van Dyke, 1997
For pioneering contributions in perturbation methods and profound influence on the use of analytical methods in aeronautics through the text 'Perturbation Methods in Fluid Mechanics.'

Robert W. MacCormack, 1996
For pioneering work in Computational Fluid Dynamics and the development of numerical algorithms which are used all over the world.

Philip Saffman, 1995
For pioneering contributions to the understanding of vortex dynamics and turbulence.

Peter Bradshaw, 1994
For contributions to the understanding and prediction of turbulent flow, with special reference to aeronautical applications; and for contributions to experimental techniques in aerodynamics.

Antony Jameson, 1993
In recognition of numerous contributions to computational fluid dynamics and the development of many widely used computer programs which have immeasurably improved the capability to analyze and understand complex flows.

Julian Cole, 1992
For outstanding and pioneering contributions in perturbation theory, computational transonic aerodynamics, and hypersonic flow theory that have provided the foundation for numerous advances in aeronautics.

Under The Fluid & Plasmadynamics Award

Dennis M. Bushnell, 1991
For exceptional leadership and inventiveness in turbulence control for drag reduction and for supersonic low-disturbance wind tunnels, and for significant pioneering work in high Mach number turbulent boundary layers, slot injection, and turbulence modeling.

Hans W. Liepmann, 1990
For contributions to the theory and practice of compressible flows; for his insight into the fundamental phenomena of transition and turbulence; and for his educational activities that produced leaders in fluid dynamics.

R. Thomas Davis, 1989
Fo pioneering contribution coupling theoretical analysis and computational techniques for the solution high Reynolds number viscous flow applications from low speed to hypersonic flight conditions.

Harold Mirels, 1988
For outstanding personal innovation and technical leadership that established key guidelines for the modeling and scaling of plasma physics and chemical lasers.

Gino Moretti, 1987
For pioneering work in computational fluid dynamics, and the application of innovative numerical techniques to complex problems in gas dynamics. By stressing the need for consistency between computational models and fluid physics, he has set a standard for all those involved in CFD.

Steven A. Orszag, 1986
For pioneering research in conceiving and developing new methods for the numerical simulation of fluid flows, and his unique contributions toward understanding the nonlinear behavior of fluids in motion.

Edward T. Gerry, 1985
For inventiveness and leadership in the development of the CO2 gas-dynamic laser and for his many contributions to revealing the relevant physics.

Tuncer Cebeci, 1984
For outstanding contributions to the understanding and numerical computation of aerodynamic flows, in particular the problems of two and three dimensional laminar and turbulent boundary layers.

Seymour M. Bognonoff, 1983
For outstanding contributions to the understanding of two-and-three-dimensional shock wave-turbulent boundary layer interactions and shock induced separation, hypersonic blunt body flow, the hypersonic merged layer and leading edge problem, and hypersonic wake flows.

John L. Lumley, 1982
For outstanding contributions to the understanding, analysis,and experimental techniques in turbulence, polymer, additives, and particle motions in fluids.

Arthur Kantrowitz, 1981
For leadership and profound influence in broad areas of science and technology through the inspired application of fluid and plasma dynamics to the disciplines of atomic and molecular physics, electromagnetics, optics and medicine.

Eli Reshotko, 1980
For outstanding contribution to the understanding of the behavior of liquids and gases in motion and of the physical properties and dynamical behavior of matter in the plasma state as related to needs in aeronautics and astronautics.

Charles H. Kruger, 1979
For outstanding contributions to nonequilibrium high temperature flows as related to needs in aeronautics and astronautics.

Charles E. Treanor, 1978
For innovative research in nonequilibrium gas flows. His work in molecular energy transfer kinetics and numerical modeling methods has provided major theoretical bases for analyzing gas dynamic lasers. His scientific leadership has been clearly manifested through technical publications, research management activities and service to his profession.

Harvard Lomax, 1977
For outstanding contributions to the theoretical analysis of supersonic aerodynamics by small perturbation theory and to the computer stimulation of aerodynamic problems by pioneering research in the development of numerical methods with application to computational fluid dynamics.

Mark Morkovin, 1976
For outstanding personal contributions in basic and applied research on transition and turbulent flow, and for many years of service as a stimulating and stabilizing influence on research in this field.

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