COLLEGE STATION, Texas - Dr. Sharath Girimaji, a professor in the Department of Aerospace Engineering at Texas A&M University, has been elected fellow of the American Physical Society (APS).

Girimaji's election recognizes his outstanding contributions to fluid dynamics and aerodynamics, including his research in elementary turbulence processes.

Girimaji received his Ph.D. from Cornell University in 1990. He served as a scientist at NASA's Langley Research Center for nine years, where he was associated with Analytical Services and Materials Inc. and the Institute for Computer Applications in Science and Engineering (ICASE).

Girimaji joined the faculty at Texas A&M's Dwight Look College of Engineering in 1999. He was named a Texas Engineering Experiment Station (TEES) Special Research Fellow in 2001, a TEES Fellow and Brockett Professor in 2006, and a Dow Chemical Faculty Fellow in 2007. Girimaji serves on the editorial advisory board for Theoretical and Computational Fluid Dynamics. He is a member of APS and the American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA).

He is the principal investigator of a Texas A&M team of researchers leading a $5 million multidisciplinary, multi-university research (MURI) effort on hypersonic flight that could lead to new technologies and faster aircraft. The five-year project is funded by the U.S. Department of Defense.

For more information, contact

Reporter: Jessica R. Hendrix
jessicahendrix@tees.tamus.edu

News Story 1672, January 8, 2008

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