Professor
Tony Maxworthy
(
–
)
1933
2013
University of Southern California
;
Los Angeles, CA
Mechanical engineer; Educator
Area
Mathematical and Physical Sciences
Specialty
Engineering and Technology
Elected
2001
He studies the dynamics of fluid motion in general but emphasizes cases that help illuminate the details of flows in nature. His speciality is the conception, design, and implementation of key laboratory experiments that capture the essence of important phenomena. Some examples: coastal upwelling, turbulence and convection in the world's oceans, solitary waves and gravity currents, Jovian atmospheric dynamics, the structure of and waves on concetrated vortices, unsteady aerodynamics and insect flight.
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