John L. Lumley

John Leask Lumley
John Leask Lumley
Born	November 4, 1930; Detroit,Michigan
Died	May 30, 2015(aged 84); Ithaca, New York
Nationality	American
Alma mater	Johns Hopkins University
Known for	Fluid turbulence
Awards	Fluid Dynamics Prize(1990)
	Scientific career
Fields	Fluid dynamics
Institutions	Pennsylvania State University; Cornell University
Doctoral advisor	Stanley Corrsin
Doctoral students	William K. George

John Leask Lumley(4 November 1930 inDetroit,Michigan– 30 May 2015 inIthaca, New York) was an American fluid dynamicist and a professor atCornell University.^[1]^[2]He is widely known for his research inturbulence^[3]and is the coauthor ofA First Course in Turbulencealong withHendrik Tennekes.^[1]

Academic career

Lumley received his M.S.E. and Ph.D. degrees fromJohns Hopkins Universityin 1954 and 1957 respectively. His Ph.D. thesis supervisor wasStanley Corrsin.He started his academic career at thePennsylvania State Universitywhere he became Evan Pugh Professor of Aerospace Engineering. He was also in charge of research on turbulence and transition at the Applied Research Laboratory. In 1977 Lumley joined Cornell University where he was the Willis H. Carrier Professor of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering (Emeritus) until his death in May 2015 ofbrain cancer.^[1]^[4] He was an editor of theAnnual Review of Fluid Mechanicsfrom 1977 to 2002.^[5]

Honors and awards

Lumley received the 1990Fluid Dynamics PrizeofAmerican Physical Society,"For his outstanding contributions to the understanding of turbulent flow, in particular, the fundamental structure of turbulent shear flows, the effects of drag-reducing additives, and his widely recognized contributions to the statistical theory of turbulence, and for his personal and intellectual leadership in the international fluid dynamics community, including his educational films and books, and his long active devotion to the Division of Fluid Dynamics of The American Physical Society."^[6]He has also received several other awards, including:

Fluid and Plasma Dynamics Award of the American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics, 1982^[7]
Timoshenko Medal,1993^[8]
Recipient of two honorary doctorate degrees (honoris causa) from the French University System, in Lyon and in Poitiers.
Fellow of theAmerican Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics
Fellow of theAmerican Academy of Arts and Sciences
Member of theNational Academy of Engineering

Books authored

Tennekes, H.and J. L. Lumley,A First Course in Turbulence,MIT Press, Cambridge, MA (1972).ISBN 978-0262200196
Holmes, P.,J. L. Lumley, and G. Berkooz,Turbulence, Coherent Structures, Dynamical Systems and Symmetry,Cambridge University Press (1998).ISBN 978-0-521-63419-9
Lumley, J. L.,Engines: An Introduction,Cambridge University Press, (1999). hbkISBN 0-521-64277-9;pbkISBN 0-521-64489-5
Lumley, J. L.,Still Life with Cars: An Automotive Memoir,McFarland, (2005).ISBN 0-7864-2053-7
Lumley, J. L.,Stochastic Tools in Turbulence,Dover Publications (2007).ISBN 978-0-486-46270-7
Monin, A. S.,A. M. Yaglom,and J. L. Lumley,Statistical Fluid Mechanics - vol 1: Mechanics of Turbulence,The MIT Press (1971).ISBN 978-0-262-13062-2
Lumley, J. L., H. A. Panofsky, "The Structure of Atmospheric Turbulence", John Wiley & Sons, Inc, New York, NY (1964).ISBN 978-0470553657

References

^^a ^b ^c"Turbulent fluid flow expert John Lumley dies at 84".Cornell Chronicle.12 June 2015.Retrieved17 June2015.
^John L. LumleyatCornell University
^Leibovich, Sidney; Warhaft, Zellman (5 January 2018)."John Leask Lumley: Whither Turbulence?".Annual Review of Fluid Mechanics.50(1): 1–23.doi:10.1146/annurev-fluid-122316-044524.ISSN 0066-4189.Retrieved27 March2023.
^Sidney Leibovich(2017).John L. Lumley.National Academies Press.doi:10.17226/24773.ISBN 978-0-309-45928-0.
^Davis, Stephen H.; Moin, Parviz (2018-01-05)."Introduction".Annual Review of Fluid Mechanics.50(1): v–vi.Bibcode:2018AnRFM..50D...5D.doi:10.1146/annurev-fl-50-120617-100001.ISSN 0066-4189.
^1990 Fluid Dynamics Prize Recipient
^Fluid Dynamics Award Past Recipients Archived2008-09-29 at theWayback Machine
^1993 Timoshenko Medal Acceptance Speech by John L. Lumley

[CC-1] "Turbulent fluid flow expert John Lumley dies at 84".Cornell Chronicle.12 June 2015.Retrieved17 June2015.

[2] John L. LumleyatCornell University

[Leibovich-3] Leibovich, Sidney; Warhaft, Zellman (5 January 2018)."John Leask Lumley: Whither Turbulence?".Annual Review of Fluid Mechanics.50(1): 1–23.doi:10.1146/annurev-fluid-122316-044524.ISSN 0066-4189.Retrieved27 March2023.

[4] Sidney Leibovich(2017).John L. Lumley.National Academies Press.doi:10.17226/24773.ISBN 978-0-309-45928-0.

[preface_50-5] Davis, Stephen H.; Moin, Parviz (2018-01-05)."Introduction".Annual Review of Fluid Mechanics.50(1): v–vi.Bibcode:2018AnRFM..50D...5D.doi:10.1146/annurev-fl-50-120617-100001.ISSN 0066-4189.

[6] 1990 Fluid Dynamics Prize Recipient

[7] Fluid Dynamics Award Past Recipients Archived2008-09-29 at theWayback Machine

[8] 1993 Timoshenko Medal Acceptance Speech by John L. Lumley

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