John Trevor Stuart
Encyclopedia
John Trevor Stuart is a mathematician working in theoretical fluid mechanics
, hydrodynamic stability of fluid flows and nonlinear partial differential equation
s.
Currently Senior Research Investigator at Imperial College London
, he was awarded the Otto Laporte Award
in 1985, the Senior Whitehead Prize
in 1983, and is Fellow of the Royal Society.
He also holds honorary D.Sc. degrees from Brown University
and the University of East Anglia
.
Fluid mechanics
Fluid mechanics is the study of fluids and the forces on them. Fluid mechanics can be divided into fluid statics, the study of fluids at rest; fluid kinematics, the study of fluids in motion; and fluid dynamics, the study of the effect of forces on fluid motion...
, hydrodynamic stability of fluid flows and nonlinear partial differential equation
Partial differential equation
In mathematics, partial differential equations are a type of differential equation, i.e., a relation involving an unknown function of several independent variables and their partial derivatives with respect to those variables...
s.
Currently Senior Research Investigator at Imperial College London
Imperial College London
Imperial College London is a public research university located in London, United Kingdom, specialising in science, engineering, business and medicine...
, he was awarded the Otto Laporte Award
Otto Laporte Award
The Otto Laporte Award was an annual award by the American Physical Society to "recognize outstanding contributions to fluid dynamics" and to honour Otto Laporte . It was established as the Otto Laporte Memorial Lectureship by the APS Division of Fluid Dynamics in 1972, and became an APS award in...
in 1985, the Senior Whitehead Prize
Senior Whitehead Prize
The Senior Whitehead Prize of the London Mathematical Society is currently awarded in odd numbered years in memory of John Henry Constantine Whitehead, president of the LMS between 1953 and 1955. The Prize is awarded to mathematicians normally resident in the United Kingdom on 1 January of the...
in 1983, and is Fellow of the Royal Society.
He also holds honorary D.Sc. degrees from Brown University
Brown University
Brown University is a private, Ivy League university located in Providence, Rhode Island, United States. Founded in 1764 prior to American independence from the British Empire as the College in the English Colony of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations early in the reign of King George III ,...
and the University of East Anglia
University of East Anglia
The University of East Anglia is a public research university based in Norwich, United Kingdom. It was established in 1963, and is a founder-member of the 1994 Group of research-intensive universities.-History:...
.
External links
- http://www3.imperial.ac.uk/people/t.stuart
- http://www3.imperial.ac.uk/people/t.stuart/honoursandawards