Professor Datta Gaitonde Elected ASME Fellow

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The Board of Governors of the American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME) has elected Professor Datta Gaitonde to ASME Fellow status. Gaitonde, a member of the Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering faculty since 2010, is also the Principal Investigator for the Collaborative Center for Aeronautical Sciences (CCforAS), which was established in 2013.

The citation for Gaitonde's ASME Fellow designatinon notes, "Dr. Datta V. Gaitonde is a world leader in the field of advanced computational methods and their application to turbulent flows. Over the course of 25 years, first as a researcher and team leader at the Air Force Research Laboratory, and now as John Glenn professor at The Ohio State University, his pioneering research has provided unique insight into jet noise, shock/turbulent boundary layer interactions and flow control with advanced plasma-based techniques. His methods are being used worldwide by industry and academia for direct and large-eddy simulations. His vision has benefitted numerous national review panels and advisory boards."

Gaitonde, who is also a Fellow of the American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics and the Air Force Research Laboratory and member of the American Physical Society, has been a member of ASME for 10 years. In addition to his role with CCforAS, Gaitonde directs the High-Fidelity Computational Multi-Physics Laboratory at Ohio State. In 2010, Gaitonde received the American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics' Thermophysics Award.

About ASME Fellow Membership

The ASME Board of Governors confers the distinction of Fellow grade membership to candidates who have been nominated by their peers, and selected by the Fellow Review Committee with final approval of the Committee of Past Presidents. These individuals are recognized for their distinguished career and engineering achievements.
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