Roshko Memorial Symposium
On Saturday, September 16, 2017, generations of family, friends, colleagues and students gathered for a day-long celebration of the life and work of Anatol Roshko. Hosted by GALCIT and the Division of Engineering and Applied Science, the event featured a symposium on the progress and unanswered questions of fluid dynamics, a field Roshko progressed significantly in his long career.
Audio Presentations
Symposium Schedule
8:45 am |
Continental Breakfast Exterior Ramo Auditorium |
9:15 am |
Welcome Mory Gharib |
9:30 am |
On Being an Anatol Student Mory Gharib |
9:45 am |
From Mixing Layers to Vorticity Transport in Turbulent Shear Flow: A Search for ‘Mechanics’ Garry Brown |
10:15 am |
High-Speed Jet Noise Dimitri Papamoschou |
10:30 am |
Bluff Body and Separated Flows Peter Bearman |
11:00 am |
Structure and Control of Reattaching Flows with Subharmonics of Anatol’s Canadian Roots Lorenz Sigurdson |
11:15 am |
Morning Break Ramo Exterior |
11:30 am |
Anatol Roshko and Gas Dynamics Hans Hornung |
12:00 pm |
Entrainment in Turbulent Shear Flows or Why Does a Turbulent Mixing Layer Grow, and Why at the Rate it Does? Roddam Narasimha |
12:30 pm | Lunch |
2:05 pm |
Anatol and Clouds Bob Breidenthal |
2:20 pm |
Vortex Induced Vibration Anthony Leonard |
2:50 pm |
Unsteady Vortex Dynamics around Olympic Class Sailboats Due to Bodyweight Motions Charles Williamson |
3:05 pm |
Fresh Insight Leading to New Understanding in Classical Problems from Wall Bounded Flows to Bluff-Body Wakes Hassan Nagib |
3:35 pm | Break |
3:50 pm |
Unanswered Questions/Unmatched Challenges Panel Discussion Moderator Garry Brown Panel Parviz Moin Fazle Hussain Beverley McKeon Javier Jimenez |
4:50 pm |
Closing Remarks Ravi Ravichandran |
6:30 pm |
Reception Caltech Athenaeum |
7:30 pm |
Dinner Caltech Athenaeum |