Fluid Mechanics Prize 2022
Fluid Mechanics Prize 2020
The list of all past recipients of the Fluid Mechanics Prize, can be found here.
New Fluid Mechanics Fellows 2022
Fluid Mechanics Fellows 2020
The list of all past Fluid Mechanics Fellows, can be found here.
Professor Patrick Huerre, Laboratoire d'Hydrodynamique, CNRS / Ecole Polytechnique, Palaiseau, France
For his outstanding achievements in the field of hydrodynamic instabilities, and his major contributions to the European Mechanics community
Prize awarded at: 14th European Fluid Mechanics Conference 13 – 16 September 2022
For his outstanding achievements in the field of hydrodynamic instabilities, and his major contributions to the European Mechanics community
Prize awarded at: 14th European Fluid Mechanics Conference 13 – 16 September 2022
Professor Uriel Frisch, Laboratoire Lagrange, Observatoire de la Côte d’Azur, Nice, France
For his outstanding contribution to the modern theory of hydrodynamic and magnetohydrodynamic turbulence, including seminal work on statistical hydrodynamics, the multifractal formalism, and the numerical simulation of turbulent flows.
Prize awarded at: 14th European Fluid Mechanics Conference 13 – 16 September 2022
For his outstanding contribution to the modern theory of hydrodynamic and magnetohydrodynamic turbulence, including seminal work on statistical hydrodynamics, the multifractal formalism, and the numerical simulation of turbulent flows.
Prize awarded at: 14th European Fluid Mechanics Conference 13 – 16 September 2022
New Fluid Mechanics Fellows 2022
Professor Alessandro Bottaro, Università di Genova, Scuola Politecnica, Dipartimento di Ingegneria Civile, Chimica, e Ambientale, Genova, Italy
For his original contributions to the theory of Görtler instabilities and many other applications of adjoint equations to fluid dynamics, and leading role in forming a new generation of researchers.
Prize awarded at: 14th European Fluid Mechanics Conference 13 – 16 September 2022
For his original contributions to the theory of Görtler instabilities and many other applications of adjoint equations to fluid dynamics, and leading role in forming a new generation of researchers.
Prize awarded at: 14th European Fluid Mechanics Conference 13 – 16 September 2022
Professor Stéphane Popinet, Sorbonne Université & CNRS, Institut Jean Le Rond D’Alembert, Paris, France
For seminal work on the computation of capillary-driven fluid motion, made available worldwide by free software, and for the efficient resolution of bubble, droplet, wave, tsunami and ocean models.
Prize awarded at: 14th European Fluid Mechanics Conference 13 – 16 September 2022
For seminal work on the computation of capillary-driven fluid motion, made available worldwide by free software, and for the efficient resolution of bubble, droplet, wave, tsunami and ocean models.
Prize awarded at: 14th European Fluid Mechanics Conference 13 – 16 September 2022
Professor Olga Shishkina, University of Gottingen, Max Planck Institute for Dynamics and Self-Organization, Göttingen, Germany
For seminal contributions to the understanding of thermally driven turbulent convection, including Rayleigh-Bénard convection, rotating Rayleigh-Bénard convection, and horizontal and vertical convection, both by numerical simulations and by theory.
Prize awarded at: 14th European Fluid Mechanics Conference 13 – 16 September 2022
For seminal contributions to the understanding of thermally driven turbulent convection, including Rayleigh-Bénard convection, rotating Rayleigh-Bénard convection, and horizontal and vertical convection, both by numerical simulations and by theory.
Prize awarded at: 14th European Fluid Mechanics Conference 13 – 16 September 2022
Professor Guido Boffetta, Dipartimento di Fisica, Università degli Studi di Torino, Italy
For his original synthesis of theoretical and numerical analyses that significantly contributed to the advancement of turbulence research, notably regarding two-dimensional turbulence, turbulent transport and predictability of turbulent flows.
Prize awarded at: 14th European Fluid Mechanics Conference 13 – 16 September 2022
For his original synthesis of theoretical and numerical analyses that significantly contributed to the advancement of turbulence research, notably regarding two-dimensional turbulence, turbulent transport and predictability of turbulent flows.
Prize awarded at: 14th European Fluid Mechanics Conference 13 – 16 September 2022
Professor Yoël Forterre, Institut Universitairedes Systèmes Thermiques et Industriels, CNRS Aix-Marseille Université, Marseille, France
For his outstanding contributions in the understanding of granular flows and complex suspensions and for his innovative approach in plant biomechanics, opening up new challenges in fluid and solids mechanics.
Prize awarded at: 14th European Fluid Mechanics Conference 13 – 16 September 2022
For his outstanding contributions in the understanding of granular flows and complex suspensions and for his innovative approach in plant biomechanics, opening up new challenges in fluid and solids mechanics.
Prize awarded at: 14th European Fluid Mechanics Conference 13 – 16 September 2022
Professor Alfredo Soldati, Institute of Fluid Mechanics and Heat Transfer, TU Wien, Austria
For his contribution to the understanding of fundamental processes in multiphase turbulent flows and for his great dedication to the international fluid dynamics community.
Prize awarded at: 14th European Fluid Mechanics Conference 13 – 16 September 2022
For his contribution to the understanding of fundamental processes in multiphase turbulent flows and for his great dedication to the international fluid dynamics community.
Prize awarded at: 14th European Fluid Mechanics Conference 13 – 16 September 2022
