Norman Zabusky
Norman J. Zabusky | |
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Beer Sheva, Israel | |
Alma mater | City College of New York Massachusetts Institute of Technology California Institute of Technology |
Known for | Theory and simulation of solitons; visiometrics |
Awards | 2003: Otto Laporte Award of the American Physical Society, Division of Fluid Dynamics, "For pioneering and enduring contributions in nonlinear and vortex physics and computational fluid dynamics, including: the soliton; contour dynamics and V-states for 2D flows; vortex projectiles for accelerated inhomogeneous flows; and visiometrics for reduced modeling.”[1] 1986: Potts Medal of the Franklin Institute for the discovery of the
soliton.[2] |
Scientific career | |
Fields | Fluid dynamics and Waves; Computational fluid dynamics |
Institutions | Weizmann Institute of Science, Rutgers University, New Jersey, USA, Emeritus |
Doctoral advisor | Milton S. Plesset and Leverett Davis |
Norman J. Zabusky was an American physicist, who is noted for the discovery of the
Biography
He was born in
In 1965, Zabusky and Kruskal pioneered the use of computer simulations to gain analytical insights into non-linear equations, and in the process, discovered the soliton solutions to the
Zabusky worked at
In 1988, he left Pittsburgh to become the State of New Jersey Professor of Computational Fluid Dynamics in the Rutgers University in the Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering. After receiving the Jacobs Chair in Applied Physics (2000–2005) at Rutgers University he became interested in science and art and organized the 4th international Science and Art Symposium ScArt4.[8] He retired from Rutgers as Emeritus Professor in 2006 and then was a visitor at the Dept. of Physics of Complex Systems at the Weizmann Institute of Science.
During his career, Zabusky was active in supporting
References
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- ^ "Norman J. Zabusky". The Franklin Institute. January 15, 2014.
- ^ "Norman J. Zabusky: A Nonlinear Odyssey". Dynamical Systems.
- ^ N. J. Zabusky and M. D. Kruskal, Phys. Rev. Lett. 15 (1965) 240. DOI:https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevLett.15.240
- ^ F. Bitz, N. J. Zabusky, Comput. Phys., November‐December 1990, p. 603.
- ^ Zabusky, N. J., ed. (June 16, 1968). Topics in Nonlinear Physics: Proceedings of the Physics Session, International School of Nonlinear Mathematics and Physics. A NATO Advanced Study Institute Max-Planck-Institute for Physics and Astrophysics (Munich, 1966). Springer-Verlag – via www.springer.com.
- ^ "John Simon Guggenheim Foundation | Norman J. Zabusky".
- ^ "Science and Art Flow Together in Upcoming Conference". www.aps.org.
- ^ "Who We Are". concernedscientists.org. Retrieved 7 February 2018.
- ^ "SOVIET EXPELS U.S. PROFESSOR WHO TALKED WITH DISSIDENTS". The New York Times. November 5, 1983.