Katepalli R. Sreenivasan
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Katepalli R. Sreenivasan is an Indian-American physicist and engineer renowned for his pioneering research in fluid turbulence and contributions to fluid dynamics.
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Indian-American
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academic → engineer → physicist → university professor → |
| awardReceived |
APS Fluid Dynamics Prize
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Honorary doctorates from multiple universities → ICCFD Senior Award → International Prize for Peaceful Uses of Nuclear Energy (as ICTP head, institutional recognition) → Otto Laporte Award → |
| countryOfCitizenship |
India
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United States of America → |
| educatedAt |
Indian Institute of Science
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Yale University → |
| ethnicOrigin |
Indian
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| fieldOfWork |
applied physics
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fluid dynamics → mechanical engineering → nonlinear dynamics → turbulence → |
| gender |
male
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professor
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researcher → university administrator → |
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Academia Europaea
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American Academy of Arts and Sciences → Indian Academy of Sciences → Indian National Science Academy → National Academy of Engineering of the United States of America → National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America → The World Academy of Sciences → |
| notableFor |
contributions to fluid dynamics
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high-Reynolds-number turbulence experiments → intermittency in turbulence → research on fluid turbulence → work on scaling laws in turbulence → |
| notableWork |
research on turbulent convection
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studies of small-scale structure of turbulence → work on universality in turbulent flows → |
| positionHeld |
Dean of the Tandon School of Engineering at New York University
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Director of the International Centre for Theoretical Physics → President of the International Centre for Theoretical Physics → Senior Vice Provost for Science and Technology at New York University → |
| workInstitution |
Abu Dhabi campus of New York University
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Courant Institute of Mathematical Sciences → New York University → Tandon School of Engineering → University of Maryland → Yale University → |
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Fluid Dynamics Prize
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