Stanley Corrsin

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Stanley Corrsin (born April 3, 1920 in Philadelphia , Pennsylvania , † June 2, 1986 ) was an American engineer who dealt with hydrodynamics and aerodynamics . He was a professor at Johns Hopkins University .

Corrsin graduated from the University of Pennsylvania with a bachelor's degree in 1940 and at Caltech , where he worked at the Guggenheim Aeronautical Laboratory under Theodore von Kármán , received his master’s degree in 1942 and received his doctorate in 1947 under Hans Liepmann on turbulent jet rays. During World War II he was also involved in war projects such as a secret project on laminar airfoils. From 1947 he was Assistant Professor , 1951 Associate Professor and 1955 Professor at Johns Hopkins University in Baltimore . In 1981 he became Theophilus Halley Smoot Professor of Engineering there .

He worked both theoretically and experimentally in hydrodynamics and specifically dealt with turbulence , for example turbulent mixing and interfaces between turbulent and laminar flow. Later he dealt with biological applications of hydrodynamics (aerodynamics of birds such as the albatross, formation flight of birds, blood flow, etc.).

In 1979 he received the Otto Laporte Prize , in 1986 the Von Karman Medal and in 1983 the hydrodynamics prize of the American Physical Society . He was a member of the National Academy of Engineering (1980), Fellow of the American Physical Society and the American Academy of Arts and Sciences (1963). Corrsin was an honorary doctorate from the University of Lyon .

John L. Lumley was one of his PhD students .

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SURNAME Corrsin, Stanley
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American engineer
DATE OF BIRTH April 3, 1920
PLACE OF BIRTH Philadelphia , Pennsylvania
DATE OF DEATH June 2, 1986