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.