L. Gary Leal
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Leslie Gary Leal is the Warren & Katharine Schlinger Professor of Chemical Engineering at the University of California, Santa Barbara
. He is known for his research work in the dynamics of complex fluids
. Leal was born in Bellingham, Washington
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in 1965, M.S. degree from the Stanford University
in 1968, and Ph.D. degree from the Stanford University
in 1969; all in chemical engineering. His Ph.D. thesis advisor was Andreas Acrivos
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Leal started his academic career in 1970 as an Assistant Professor in chemical engineering at California Institute of Technology
. He became Full Professor in 1978. During 1986-1989, he was Chevron Distinguished Professor of Chemical Engineering. In 1989, Leal joined University of California, Santa Barbara as Professor and Chair in the Department of Chemical Engineering. He is currently the Warren and Katharine Schlinger Professor of Chemical Engineering at UCSB
.
of the equations of motion, applied on a boundary-fitted orthogonal curvilinear coordinate system, inside and outside the drop. Leal has published more than 250 papers on fluid dynamics
. He has directed 55 Ph.D. thesis in various topics in fluid dynamics.
University of California, Santa Barbara
The University of California, Santa Barbara, commonly known as UCSB or UC Santa Barbara, is a public research university and one of the 10 general campuses of the University of California system. The main campus is located on a site in Goleta, California, from Santa Barbara and northwest of Los...
. He is known for his research work in the dynamics of complex fluids
Complex fluids
Complex fluids are binary mixtures that have a coexistence between two phases: solid–liquid , solid–gas , liquid–gas and liquid–liquid . They exhibit unusual mechanical responses to applied stress or strain due to the geometrical constraints that the phase coexistence imposes...
. Leal was born in Bellingham, Washington
Bellingham, Washington
Bellingham is the largest city in, and the county seat of, Whatcom County in the U.S. state of Washington. It is the twelfth-largest city in the state. Situated on Bellingham Bay, Bellingham is protected by Lummi Island, Portage Island, and the Lummi Peninsula, and opens onto the Strait of Georgia...
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Career
Leal received his B.S. degree from the University of WashingtonUniversity of Washington
University of Washington is a public research university, founded in 1861 in Seattle, Washington, United States. The UW is the largest university in the Northwest and the oldest public university on the West Coast. The university has three campuses, with its largest campus in the University...
in 1965, M.S. degree from the Stanford University
Stanford University
The Leland Stanford Junior University, commonly referred to as Stanford University or Stanford, is a private research university on an campus located near Palo Alto, California. It is situated in the northwestern Santa Clara Valley on the San Francisco Peninsula, approximately northwest of San...
in 1968, and Ph.D. degree from the Stanford University
Stanford University
The Leland Stanford Junior University, commonly referred to as Stanford University or Stanford, is a private research university on an campus located near Palo Alto, California. It is situated in the northwestern Santa Clara Valley on the San Francisco Peninsula, approximately northwest of San...
in 1969; all in chemical engineering. His Ph.D. thesis advisor was Andreas Acrivos
Andreas Acrivos
Andreas Acrivos is the Albert Einstein Professor of Science and Engineering, Emeritus at the City College of New York. He is also the Director of the Benjamin Levich Institute for Physicochemical Hydrodynamics.-Education and career:...
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Leal started his academic career in 1970 as an Assistant Professor in chemical engineering at California Institute of Technology
California Institute of Technology
The California Institute of Technology is a private research university located in Pasadena, California, United States. Caltech has six academic divisions with strong emphases on science and engineering...
. He became Full Professor in 1978. During 1986-1989, he was Chevron Distinguished Professor of Chemical Engineering. In 1989, Leal joined University of California, Santa Barbara as Professor and Chair in the Department of Chemical Engineering. He is currently the Warren and Katharine Schlinger Professor of Chemical Engineering at UCSB
University of California, Santa Barbara
The University of California, Santa Barbara, commonly known as UCSB or UC Santa Barbara, is a public research university and one of the 10 general campuses of the University of California system. The main campus is located on a site in Goleta, California, from Santa Barbara and northwest of Los...
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Research
Leal's research covers a wide range of topics in fluid dynamics, including dynamics of complex fluids, such as polymeric liquids, emulsions, polymer blends, and liquid crystalline polymers. He also works on large-scale computer simulation of complex fluid flows. Leal and his coworkers made pioneering contribution to study of drop deformation under different flow conditions. They have developed a scheme based on a finite difference approximationFinite difference method
In mathematics, finite-difference methods are numerical methods for approximating the solutions to differential equations using finite difference equations to approximate derivatives.- Derivation from Taylor's polynomial :...
of the equations of motion, applied on a boundary-fitted orthogonal curvilinear coordinate system, inside and outside the drop. Leal has published more than 250 papers on fluid dynamics
Fluid dynamics
In physics, fluid dynamics is a sub-discipline of fluid mechanics that deals with fluid flow—the natural science of fluids in motion. It has several subdisciplines itself, including aerodynamics and hydrodynamics...
. He has directed 55 Ph.D. thesis in various topics in fluid dynamics.
Honors and awards
- Distinguished Scholar Lecturer, Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, Arizona State UniversityArizona State UniversityArizona State University is a public research university located in the Phoenix Metropolitan Area of the State of Arizona...
, October 2006 - Fluid Dynamics PrizeFluid Dynamics Prize (APS)The Fluid Dynamics Prize is a prize that has been awarded annually by the American Physical Society since 1979. The recipient is chosen for "outstanding achievement in fluid dynamics research". As of 2007 the prize is valued at $10,000. In 2004, the Otto Laporte Award—another APS award on fluid...
, American Physical SocietyAmerican Physical SocietyThe American Physical Society is the world's second largest organization of physicists, behind the Deutsche Physikalische Gesellschaft. The Society publishes more than a dozen scientific journals, including the world renowned Physical Review and Physical Review Letters, and organizes more than 20...
, 2002 - Highly Cited Researchers, Original Member, 100 Most Highly Cited Researchers in Engineering, ISI Thompson Scientific, 2001.
- Bingham MedalBingham MedalThe Bingham Medal is an annual award for outstanding contributions to the field of rheology. It was instituted in 1948 by the Society of Rheology, commemorating Eugene C. Bingham .-List of Award Winners:*1948 Melvin Mooney*1949 Henry Eyring...
, The Society of Rheology, American Institute of PhysicsAmerican Institute of PhysicsThe American Institute of Physics promotes science, the profession of physics, publishes physics journals, and produces publications for scientific and engineering societies. The AIP is made up of various member societies...
, 2001 - Camille and Henry Dreyfus Foundation Teacher-Scholar Grant, 1975.
- John Simon Guggenheim Foundation Fellow, 1976.
- Allan Colburn Memorial Lectureship, Department of Chemical Engineering, University of Delaware, 1978.
- Allan Colburn Award - National AIChE, 1978.
- Fellow of the American Physical Society, 1984.
- Chevron Distinguished Professor of Chem. Engineering, Caltech, April 1986-July 1989.
- Member of the National Academy of Engineering (elected 1987).
- Stanley CorrsinStanley CorrsinStanley Corrsin was an American physicist, fluid dynamicist, and Theophilus Halley Smoot Professor of Engineering at the Johns Hopkins University. He was known for his contributions in the field of fluid dynamics in general and turbulence in particular. He was a recipient of Fluid Dynamics Prize...
Lectureship in Fluid Mechanics, Dept. of Chem. Eng., The Johns Hopkins University, 1990. - Stanley Katz Memorial Lectureship in Chemical Engineering, Dept. of Chem. Eng., City College of the City University of New York, 1991.
- Reilly Memorial Lectureship in Chemical Engineering, University of Notre Dame, April 1992.
- Texas Distinguished Faculty Lecturer, University of Texas-Austin, March 1993.
- William H. Walker Award for Excellence in Contributions to Chemical Engineering Literature, AIChE 1993.
- Robert Pigford Lecturer, University of Delaware, April 1994.
- Rothschild Visiting Professor, Isaac Newton Institute for Mathematics, University of Cambridge, U. K. January - March, 1996.
- Julian C. Smith Lecturer, School of Chemical Engineering Cornell University April 1996.
- NASA Group Achievement Award for MSL-1 Project Team to L.G. Leal, June 30, 1999
- Rutgers Collaboratus X Lecturer, Dept. of Chem. and Biochemical Eng., Rutgers University, April, 2000.
- George K. Batchelor Lecturer in Fluid Mechanics, Department of Applied Mathematics and Theoretical Physics, University of Cambridge, U.K., May, 2000.
- NCE Cullimore Memorial Lecturer, NJIT, October 2001
- David M. Mason Lecturer, Dept. Chem. Eng., Stanford University, May 2004.
- Pirkey Lectureship in Chemical Engineering, Univ. of Texas, April 2006
- W.N. Lacey Lecturer in Chemical Engineering, California Institute of Technology, April 2008.
- 28th Annual Blue-Green Speaker, Depts. of Chemical Engineering, University of Michigan and Michigan State University, November 2009.
Books
- L. G. Leal, Laminar Flow and Convective Transport Processes, Butterworth-HeinemannButterworth-HeinemannButterworth–Heinemann is a UK-based international publishing company specialized in professional information and learning materials for higher education and professional training, in printed and electronic forms...
, Stoneham, Massachusetts, 740 pages (1992). - L. G. Leal, Advanced Transport Phenomena: Fluid Mechanics and Convective Transport Processes, Cambridge University PressCambridge University PressCambridge University Press is the publishing business of the University of Cambridge. Granted letters patent by Henry VIII in 1534, it is the world's oldest publishing house, and the second largest university press in the world...
, New York (2007).
External links
- Curriculum Vitae of L. Gary Leal