Joseph Katz (professor)

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Joseph Katz
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Born
Israel
NationalityAmerican
TitleWilliam F. Ward Sr. Distinguished Professor
Academic background
Alma mater California Institute of Technology
Doctoral advisor Allan J. Acosta
Website me.jhu.edu/faculty/joseph-katz/

Joseph Katz [1] is an Israel-born American fluid dynamicist, known for his work on experimental fluid mechanics, cavitation phenomena and multiphase flow, turbulence, turbomachinery flows and oceanography flows, flow-induced vibrations and noise, and development of optical flow diagnostics techniques, including Particle Image Velocimetry (PIV) and Holographic Particle Image Velocimetry (HPIV). As of 2005, he is the William F. Ward Sr. Distinguished Professor at the Department of Mechanical Engineering of the Whiting School of Engineering at the Johns Hopkins University.

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Education

1982: Ph.D. Mechanical Engineering, California Institute of Technology

1978: M.S. Mechanical Engineering, California Institute of Technology

1977: B.S. Mechanical Engineering, Tel-Aviv University

Career and research

Awards, honors, societies and journal editorships

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