Stanley Corrsin
Stanley Corrsin (3 April 1920 – 2 June 1986) was an
American physicist, fluid dynamicist, and Theophilus Stanley Corrsin
Halley Smoot Professor of Engineering at the Johns Born 3 April 1920
Hopkins University.[1] He was known for his Died 2 June 1986 (aged 66)
contributions in the field of fluid dynamics in general Nationality American
and turbulence in particular. He was a recipient of
Alma mater University of Pennsylvania
Fluid Dynamics Prize in 1983.[2] Corrsin died of
California Institute of
cancer on 2 June 1986 at the age of 66.[3]
Technology
Known for Turbulence
Education and career Corrsin equation
Awards Otto Laporte Award (1979)
Corrsin was born on 3 April 1920 in Philadelphia, Fluid Dynamics Prize (1983)
Pennsylvania. [4] He received his B.S. from the Scientific career
University of Pennsylvania in 1940. He entered the
Fields Fluid dynamics
California Institute of Technology for his graduate
studies and worked in the Guggenheim Aeronautical Institutions Johns Hopkins University
Laboratory under Theodore von Kármán. After Doctoral Hans Liepmann
receiving his M.S. degree in 1942, Corrsin joined the advisor
Ph.D. program under the supervision of Hans Doctoral John Lumley
Liepmann and obtained the degree in 1947. His thesis students Mohamed Gad-el-Hak
work was on the flow of a turbulent jet and he was the Stavros Tavoularis
first advisee of Liepmann. Corrsin joined the
department of aeronautics at Johns Hopkins University in 1947 as an assistant professor. He became an
associate professor in 1951 and then was named professor of mechanical engineering in 1955. He served
as department chair of mechanical engineering from 1955 to 1960. He was at various times affiliated with
the departments of biomedical engineering, chemical engineering, and mechanics and materials science.
In 1979, he helped found the department of chemical engineering. In 1981, he became the first
Theophilus Halley Smoot Professor of Engineering at Johns Hopkins.[3]
Principal works
Corrsin worked in both experimental and theoretical fluid dynamics. He made a number of fundamental
contributions to the study of turbulence, enhancing the understanding of turbulent mixing and the
interfaces between turbulent and nonturbulent fluid. In later years, Corrsin developed an interest in
various medical and biological problems, including human locomotion, blood flow in the human body,
arterial flutter, and the aerodynamics of the albatross and of formation flying in bird flocks.[5] During his
40 years career, Corrsin had published about a hundred research articles and supervised 25 Ph.D.
students.[3]
Awards and honors
Corrsin was a recipient of 1983 Fluid Dynamics Prize of The American Physical Society. The citation
reads: "In recognition of his contributions to the understanding of turbulent transport, through ingenious
experiment and physical insight; his unique experimental approach and critical view of fluid mechanics
have touched a legion of students and associates."[2]
In 1986, just before his death, the Engineering Mechanics divisions of the American Society of Civil
Engineers awarded him the Theodore von Kármán Medal for his contributions to the study of
turbulence.[5] In addition, in 2011, in order "to recognize and encourage a particularly influential
contribution to fundamental fluid dynamics", the American Physical Society established the Stanley
Corrsin Award.[6] Corrsin was a Member of National Academy of Engineering.[7]
In memory of Professor Stanley Corrsin, the Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering at
Johns Hopkins has established the "Stanley Corrsin Lecture in Fluid Mechanics".[1]
References
1. "The Stanley Corrsin Memorial Lecture" (http://www.jhu.edu/chembe/seminar-series/corrsin.
html). Johns Hopkins University - Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering.
Retrieved 28 July 2010.
2. "1983 Fluid Dynamics Prize Recipient" (http://www.aps.org/programs/honors/prizes/prizereci
pient.cfm?name=Stanley%20Corrsin&year=1983). American Physical Society. Retrieved
28 July 2010.
3. Liepmann, Hans W. (1989). Memorial Tributes: National Academy of Engineering, Volume 3
– STANLEY CORRSIN (http://books.nap.edu/openbook.php?record_id=1384&page=95).
National Academy of Sciences. pp. 94–99. doi:10.17226/1384 (https://doi.org/10.17226%2F
1384). ISBN 978-0-309-03939-0. Retrieved 28 July 2010.
4. "Array of Contemporary American Physicists – Stanley Corrsin" (http://www.aip.org/history/a
cap/biographies/bio.jsp?corrsins). American Institute of Physics. Retrieved 28 July 2010.
5. "Physics Today – Stanley Corrsin" (http://scitation.aip.org/getpdf/servlet/GetPDFServlet?filet
ype=pdf&id=PHTOAD000040000002000126000001&idtype=cvips&prog=normal&bypassSS
O=1). Retrieved 7 July 2010.
6. "Stanley Corrsin Award" (http://www.aps.org/programs/honors/prizes/corrsin.cfm). American
Physical Society. Retrieved 2023-12-07.
7. "Dr. Stanley Corrsin" (http://nae.edu/nae/naepub.nsf/91f35c42eee900a385256958005083d
d/bb3709cf1700c32286257552006b3644?OpenDocument). National Academy of
Engineering. Retrieved 28 July 2010.
P.A. Davidson, Y. Kaneda, K. Moffatt, and K.R. Sreenivasan (eds, 2011). A Voyage Through
Turbulence, chapter 7, pp 238–75, Cambridge University Press ISBN 978-0-521-19868-4
External links
Stanley Corrsin (https://mathgenealogy.org/id.php?id=65164) at the Mathematics Genealogy
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STANLEY CORRSIN: 1920–1986 – Annual Review of Fluid Mechanics (http://arjournals.ann
ualreviews.org/doi/abs/10.1146/annurev.fluid.35.101101.161055)
A Photograph of Stanley Corrsin (https://books.google.com/books?id=g0VvFhhPrf8C&pg=P
A347)
Video recording of the J.J. Riley's lecture on life and work of Stanley Corrsin (https://web.arc
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