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Home   |   Programs   |   Prizes, Awards and Fellowships   |   Prizes   |   Fluid Dynamics Prize

Fluid Dynamics Prize

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To recognize and encourage outstanding achievement in fluid dynamics research. The prize consists of $10,000, an allowance for travel to the meeting at which the prize is awarded, and a certificate citing the contributions made by the recipient. It will be presented annually.

Establishment & Support

This prize was established in 1979 with support from the Office of Naval Research. In 2004, the Otto Laporte award was combined with the Fluid Dynamics Prize so that the Division of Fluid Dynamics would have a single major prize - the Fluid Dynamics Prize. The prize is now supported by the Division of Fluid Dynamics, friends of Otto Laporte and the American Institute of Physics journal, Physics of Fluids.

Rules & Eligibility

This prize is awarded for outstanding contributions to fundamental fluid dynamics research. The prize shall ordinarily be awarded to one person but may be shared when all the recipients have contributed to the same achievement. The award of the prize to a previous recipient of the Fluid Dynamics Prize or of the Otto Laporte Award must be justified by outstanding contributions that are different from those for which the previous award was given. This prize is awarded solely for valuable contributions made in the field of Fluid Dynamics with no restrictions placed on a candidate's citizenship or country of residence. Nominations are active for three years.

Nomination & Selection Process

This year’s deadline has passed.  Please check back soon for next year’s nomination information and deadline.

2008 Selection Committee: Martin Maxey, Gareth McKinley, Guenter Ahlers, Daniel Lathrop, Moshe Matalon, Charles Meneveau, Laurette Tuckerman

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2007 Fluid Dynamics Prize Recipient:
Guenter Ahlers
University of California, Santa Barbara

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Past Recipients:

2006: Thomas S. Lundgren
2005: Ronald J. Adrian
2004: George M. (Bud) Homsy
2003: Jerry Gollub
2002: Gary Leal
2001: Howard Brenner
2000: Friedrich Hermann Busse
1999: Daniel D. Joseph
1998: Fazle Hussain
1997: Louis Norberg Howard
1996: Parviz Moin
1995: Harry L Swinney
1994: Stephen H. Davis
1993: Theodore Yao-tsu Wu
1992: William R. Sears
1991: Andreas Acrivos
1990: John L. Lumley
1989: William W. Willmarth
1988: Galen B. Schubauer
1987: Anatol Roshko
1986: Robert T. Jones
1985: Chia-Shun Yih
1984: George Carrier
1983: Stanley Corrsin
1982: Howard W. Emmons
1981: Philip S. Klebanoff
1980: Hans Wolfgang Liepmann
1979: Chia Chiao Lin
 
 
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