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The President's National Medal of Science: Recipient Details

Alexandre J. Chorin

Title:

Professor of Mathematics at UC, Berkeley, and Senior Scientist at Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory

Affiliation:

University of California, Berkeley

Department of Mathematics

Berkeley,California 94720 USA

Affiliation:

Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory

1 Cyclotron Road

Berkeley,California 94720 USA

Gender:

Male

Award Discipline:

Mathematics and Computer Sciences

Award Year:

2012

Citation:

"For the development of revolutionary methods for realistic fluid-flow simulation, now ubiquitous in the modeling and design of engines, aircraft wings, and heart valves, and in the analysis of natural flows."

Award presented by President Barack Obama at a ceremony in the East Room of the White House on November 20, 2014.

 

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