Elizabeth B. Dussan V.

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Elizabeth B. Stein Dussan V, who was born in 1946, [1] is an American applied mathematician, condensed matter physicist, and chemical engineer. Her research involves fluid dynamics, and she is known for her work on wetting, porous media, and fluid-fluid interfaces. [2] [3] [4]

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Education and career

Dussan completed her undergraduate degree in applied mathematics from Stony Brook University [5] in 1967. Furthermore, she completed her Ph.D. from Johns Hopkins University in 1972. Her dissertation, On the Motion of a Line Common to Three Different Materials, was supervised by applied mathematician Stephen H. Davis. [6] , and was a part of her work while studying for her Ph.D.

She is retired as a Scientific Advisor for the Schlumberger-Doll Research Center, [7] [2] [3] as well as having taught chemical engineering at the University of Pennsylvania. [8] [6]

Recognition

Dussan became a Guggenheim Fellow in 1984, honoring her for the work and research in "spreading of liquids on solid surfaces". [8] Following this achievement, she then became a Fellow of the American Physical Society in 1985 "for her deep insights into the mechanisms and the realistic modeling of phenomena involving fluid-fluid interfaces, particularly in situations in which moving contact lines and mutual fluid displacement occur". [2]

She was elected to the National Academy of Engineering in 2004 "for innovative contributions to the wetting of solids and complex flows in porous media". [3] In 2009, she became one of the inaugural Fellows of the Society for Industrial and Applied Mathematics for her actions and contributions in wetting and flow in porous media. [4]

In 1985, Stony Brook University awarded her their Distinguished Alumni Award as a result of her work as a Guggenheim Fellow of the American Physical Society. [9]

References

  1. ↑ Birth year from WorldCat Identities, retrieved 2019-01-19.
  2. 1 2 3 APS Fellows Nominated by the Division of Fluid Dynamics in the year 1985, American Physical Society , retrieved 2019-01-19
  3. 1 2 3 "Dr. Elizabeth B. Dussan V.", Members, National Academy of Engineering , retrieved 2019-01-19
  4. 1 2 All SIAM Fellows, Society for Industrial and Applied Mathematics , retrieved 2019-01-19
  5. ↑ "Elizabeth B. Dussan V. – John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation…" . Retrieved 2024-09-06.
  6. 1 2 Elizabeth B. Dussan V. at the Mathematics Genealogy Project
  7. ↑ "Dr. Elizabeth B. Dussan". NAE Website. Retrieved 2024-09-06.
  8. 1 2 "Eight Guggenheims for Penn" (PDF), Almanac, 30 (29), University of Pennsylvania: 1, April 10, 1984
  9. ↑ "Distinguished Alumni Awards – Past Recipients", Stony Brook University News, January 29, 2012, retrieved 2019-01-19
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