Wolfgang Rodi
Wolfgang Rodi (born September 30, 1942 in Schwäbisch Gmünd ) is a German engineering scientist and university professor .
Life
Rodi studied aeronautical engineering at the University of Stuttgart , where he graduated in 1966 as a Dipl.-Ing. from. In 1973 he received his Ph.D. at Imperial College London , where he held a position as research assistant at the Department of Mechanical Engineering from 1968 to 1972. He returned to Germany, where he was the project manager of the Collaborative Research Center 80 at the University of Karlsruhe , where he received his habilitation in 1978 for the work on turbulence models and their application to problems in hydraulic engineering . From 1981 to 2007 Rodi was Professor and Head of the Turbulent Flows Department at the Institute for Hydromechanics in Karlsruhe .
Rodi deals with calculation methods for turbulent flows, with the application of the calculation methods to a wide range of engineering and environmental problems as well as with the supporting experimental investigations of turbulent flows.
Awards
- 1981: Karl Emil Hilgard Hydraulic Prize of the American Society of Civil Engineers
- 1987: Ippen Award from the International Association for Hydraulic Research
- 1981: Karl Emil Hilgard Hydraulic Prize of the American Society of Civil Engineers
- 1991: Max Planck Research Award
- 1997: Hunter Rouse Hydraulic Engineering Lecture Award from the American Society of Civil Engineers
- 1997: Fellowship of the Japan Society for the Promotion of Science
- 2001: Honorary Guest Professor of Tsinghau University Bejing , Tsinghua University , Beijing
- 2006: Fluids Engineering Award from the American Society of Mechanical Engineers
Publications (selection)
- with Ching Jen Chen: Vertical turbulent buoyant jets: a review of experimental data. Oxford, Kronberg i. Taunus 1980: Pergamon Press. ISBN 0-08-024772-5 .
- (Ed.): Turbulent buoyant jets and plumes. Oxford, Kronberg i. Taunus 1982: Pergamon Press. ISBN 0-08-026492-1 .
Web links
- Wolfgang Rodi on the KIT Karlsruhe website
Individual evidence
- ^ A b "Wolfgang Rodi" in Kürschner's German Scholars Calendar Online. Berlin, Boston: De Gruyter. (As of January 23, 2014).
- ↑ a b Rodi website ( Memento from July 4, 2009 in the Internet Archive ) on uni-karlsruhe.de (as of January 23, 2014).
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Rodi, Wolfgang |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German engineering scientist and university professor |
| DATE OF BIRTH | September 30, 1942 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Schwäbisch Gmünd |