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Re-scaling of properties in wall-bounded turbulent flows
May 31 @ 3:30 PM - 5:00 PM
Max Plank is supposed to have said that Science progresses one funeral at a time. Prof. Sreenivasan will discuss the conventional wisdom of wall-bounded turbulent flows while keeping in mind the modified thought that even funerals are sometimes not enough.
Speaker: Prof. K.R. Sreenivasan
Biography: Prof. Katepalli R. Sreenivasan is currently the Satish Dhawan Visiting Professor at IISc. He is a University Professor at New York University (NYU), a distinguished title conferred upon him for his interdisciplinary work that reflects exceptional breadth. He holds Eugene Kleiner Chair Professorship for Innovation with affiliations to NYU’s Physics Department, Courant Institute of Mathematical Sciences, and Tandon School of Engineering. He was the Dean of the NYU Tandon School of Engineering. Prior to joining NYU, he was the Director of the International Centre for Theoretical Physics in Trieste, Italy, and professor at University of Maryland and Yale. He is also a Distinguished Alumnus of IISc. Prof. Sreenivasan is an expert in fluid dynamics and turbulence, and his research spans across a few other areas of applied physics. He has held several administrative positions, won a number of prestigious international awards, and is an elected member of numerous academies across the globe including the US National Academy of Sciences and the Indian Academy of Sciences.