BIOGRAPHICAL INFORMATION
William K George, recipient of the Freeman Scholar
Present Residence: 25 Skaanegatan 25 Apt 6, SE 41252 Gothenburg, Sweden
Present Corp./University Title: Chalmers University of Technology
Business Address: Dept of Applied Mechanics, Chalmers University, SE 41296 Gothenburg, Sweden
Business Phone: 46 31 772 8361 Home Phone: 46 31 812 534
Fax: 46 31 18 09 76 E-Mail: wkgeorge@chalmers.se
Preferred Mailing Address: Business 0 Home 0x
Higher Education - School, Years, Degrees:
1971 Ph.D. Dept of Mechanics, The Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD
1967 B.E.S Engineering Physics, The Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD
Career – William K George joined the faculty of the Pennsylvania State University in 1968, holding positions in both Aerospace Engineering and the Applied Research Laboratory. In 1974 he moved to the State University of New York at Buffalo Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, where he was promoted to full professor in 1980. He joined the Department of Applied Mechanics of the Chalmers University of Technology in Gothenburg, Sweden in September 2000 as Professor of Turbulence.
He has authored several hundred papers, mostly on turbulence and its many applications. In addition to his work on both theoretical and experimental turbulence, his contributions range from measurements in gas turbines and automotive components to the development of optical flow diagnostic techniques. One of his most important contributions was as the editor and translator of Wind Atlas for Denmark, which became the model for predicting wind generator performance around the world. He has supervised 25 Ph.D. students, all of whom hold responsible positions as professors, researchers, or engineers in leading establishments throughout the world.
Detailed curriculum vita at: http://www.tfd.chalmers.se/~wkgeorge/TRL/index.htm.
Honors received - awards, citations, etc. Please include sources and dates:
2007 Otto Moensted Visiting Professor, Danish Technical University, Lyngby, DK, (April-June)
2006 Best Ph.D. Supervisor (Forskarledare) Prize, Chalmers University of Technology.
2005 Fellow, American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME)
2005 Associate Fellow, America Institute of Astronautics and Aeronautics (AIAA)
2002 ASME International Robert T. Knapp Award for Best Paper on analytical, numerical or laboratory research in 2001 (shared with L. Castillo, RPI and X. Wang, RPI) for:
Castillo, L., George, W.K. and Wang, X. (2001) “Characterizing Strong Adverse Pressure Gradient Boundary Layers with Eventual Separation”, ASME Fluids Engineering Div. Ann. Mtg., New Orleans, LA, June 2001, Symposium on Separated and Complex Flows, S-315 FEDSM 2001-18112.
1998 Burgers Fellowship in Fluid Mechanics, Delft University, Delft, Netherlands
1991 ASEE Distinguished Research Fellow, Naval Research Laboratory, Washington, DC
1988 Fellow, American Physical Society, Division of Fluid Dynamics (APS/DFD)
1988 Fulbright Research Fellowship, Danish Technical Univ., Lyngby, DK
1967 Tau Beta Pi, Johns Hopkins U. chapter.
1966 Pi Tau Sigma, Johns Hopkins chapter
1963 Valedictorian, Cambridge High School, Cambridge, MD
ASME activities:
Fellow (since 2005)
Membership in other professional and scientific societies:
American Physical Society - Fellow (since1988)
American Institute of Astronautics and Aeronautics – Associate Fellow since 2005
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