Fazle Hussain
AKM Fazle Hussain (born January 20, 1943 in Dhaka , Bangladesh ) is an American engineering scientist .
Hussain studied mechanical engineering at the Pakistan University of Engineering and Technology with a bachelor's degree in 1963 and then at Stanford University , where he earned his master's degree in mechanical engineering in 1966 and received his doctorate in 1970. In 1971 he became Assistant Professor and 1976 Professor at the University of Houston (from 1989 Cullen Distinguished Professor ).
Hussain did his BS in Mechanical Engineering from Bangladesh University of Engineering and Technology. Following his MS and Ph.D. in Mechanical Engineering at Stanford University in 1966 & 1969 under the guidance of William C. Reynolds, Hussain was a post-doctoral fellow at the Johns Hopkins University with Leslie SG Kovasznay and Stanley Corrsin.
He dealt with various areas of hydrodynamics, both theoretically and experimentally. Among other things, turbulence, chaos, vortex dynamics, aerodynamics and aeroacoustics, hydrodynamic stability, jets, boundary layers, biological applications of hydrodynamics.
In 1998 he received the hydrodynamics award from the American Physical Society , in 2000 the Fluids Engineering Award from the American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME) and in 2002 the Fluid Dynamics Award from the American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics . He is a member of the National Academy of Engineering and the Third World Academy of Sciences . He is a Fellow of the American Physical Society and ASME:
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- ↑ Life data according to American Men and Women of Science , Thomson Gale 2004
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Hussain, Fazle |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | American engineer |
| DATE OF BIRTH | January 20, 1943 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Dhaka , Bangladesh |