Kenneth Breuer

Kenneth Breuer
Born	New Brunswick, New Jersey
Other names	Kenny Breuer
Education	Brown University Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Occupation(s)	Professor of Engineering Professor of Ecology, Evolution and Organismal Biology
Website	https://sites.brown.edu/breuerlab/

Kenneth Breuer is an American academic. He is a Professor of Engineering and Professor of Ecology, Evolution, and Organismal Biology at Brown University and the director of the Center of Fluid Mechanics at Brown University. ^[1] Breuer is a fellow of the American Physical Society (APS), American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), and Associate Fellow of the American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA), and a Society of Integrative and Comparative Biology member. ^{[2] [3] [4]}

Early life and education

Breuer was born in New Brunswick, New Jersey. He grew up in London before moving back to the United States in 1976. Breuer earned his Bachelor of Science in Mechanical Engineering from Brown University in 1982 and a PhD in Aeronautics and Astronautics from MIT in 1988 under the supervision of Märten Landahl and Joseph Haritonidis. ^[5] His doctoral dissertation was titled "The Development of a Localized Disturbance in a Boundary Layer". ^[6]

Career

After completing his Ph.D., Breuer became a postdoctoral fellow in applied mathematics at Brown University with Lawrence Sirovich. He later joined MIT as a faculty member in the Department of Aeronautics and Astronautics, where he worked for nine years before returning to Brown University in 1999. ^[7] He is currently co-director of the Center for the Mechanics of Undersea Science and Engineering (MUSE). ^{[1] [8]}

He was a visiting professor at the University of Queensland in 2005, Harvard University in 2008, Paris Tech in 2015, Imperial College and Tel Aviv University in 2019 and the University of Colorado in 2022. ^[9]

His research focuses on various topics in fluid mechanics, animal locomotion, and turbulent flows. ^[10] His work examines bat and bird flight, fluid-structure interactions, vortex dynamics, renewable energy harvesting, bio-inspired engineering, and micro-scale bio-fluid mechanics. ^[11]

He holds patents related to Kinetic energy harvesting, ^[12] Sensing and control of flows over membrane wings, ^[12] and Free streamline airfoils, ^[12] issued by the European Patent Office and United States Patent and Trademark Office. ^[13]

Breuer was co-author of Multimedia Fluid Mechanics (Camb. Univ. Press) ^[14] and co-editor of A Gallery of Fluid Motion (Camb. Univ. Press). ^[15]

Awards and honors

• Harold and Esther Edgerton Chair at MIT (1996–1998) ^[16]
• Chair American Physical Society, Division of Fluid Dynamics (2012) ^{[17] [2]}
• Associate Fellow, American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (2013) ^{[18] [4]}
• Fellow, American Physical Society (2010) ^{[17] [19] [2]}
• Fellow, The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (2013) ^{[20] [3]}
• Dean's Award for Excellence in Mentoring in Engineering, Brown University (2020) ^[21]
• Director, Center for Fluid Mechanics, Brown University (2020-Present) ^{[22] [1]}

References

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13. "Kenneth Breuer Inventions, Patents and Patent Applications - Justia Patents Search". patents.justia.com. Retrieved August 29, 2024.
14. Bridges, Richard (July 16, 2001). "Multi-media fluid mechanics, by G. M. Homsy, H. Aref, K. S. Breuer, S. Hochgreb, J. R. Koseff and B.R. Munson. 2000. £14.95 (US $19.95) CD-ROM ISBN 0 521 78748 3 (Cambridge University Press)" . The Mathematical Gazette. 85 (503): 380–381. doi:10.2307/3622079. JSTOR   3622079 – via Cambridge University Press.
15. Samimy, M.; Breuer, K. S.; Leal, L. G.; Steen, P. H. (November 16, 2004). A Gallery of Fluid Motion. Cambridge University Press. doi:10.1017/CBO9780511610820. ISBN   978-0-521-82773-7.
16. "Three appointed to CD Chairs". MIT News. Massachusetts Institute of Technology. February 16, 1994. Retrieved August 29, 2024.
17. "The 64th Annual DFD Meeting - American Physical Society". yumpu.com. Retrieved February 1, 2025.
18. "AIAA Associate Fellows" (PDF). AIAA. Retrieved February 1, 2025.
19. "2012 Division of Fluid Dynamics". yumpu.com. Retrieved February 1, 2025.
20. "The American Society of Mechanical Engineers" (PDF). ASME. Retrieved February 1, 2025.
21. "Bower, Breuer named Dean's Awards Winners for Excellence in Engineering Teaching, Mentoring". Brown University. Retrieved February 1, 2025.
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