Andreas Acrivos
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Born (1928-06-13) 13 June 1928 (age 90)
Athens, Greece
NationalityUnited States
Alma materSyracuse University
University of Minnesota
AwardsFluid Dynamics Prize (APS) (1991)
National Medal of Science (2001)
Scientific career
FieldsFluid dynamics
InstitutionsUniversity of California, Berkeley
Stanford University
City College of New York
Doctoral advisorNeal Amundson
Doctoral studentsGary Leal
John F. Brady

Andreas Acrivos (born 13 June 1928) is the Albert Einstein Professor of Science and Engineering, Emeritus at the City College of New York. He is also the director of the Benjamin Levich Institute for Physicochemical Hydrodynamics.

Education and career

Born in Athens, Greece, Acrivos moved to the United States to pursue an engineering education. He received a bachelor's degree from Syracuse University in 1950, a master's degree from the University of Minnesota in 1951, and a Ph.D. from the University of Minnesota in 1954; all in chemical engineering.

Acrivos is considered to be one of the leading fluid dynamicists of the 20th century. In 1954 Acrivos joined the faculty at the University of California, Berkeley. In 1962, he moved to Stanford University, where he worked with Professor David Mason to build chemical engineering programs. In 1987 Acrivos joined as the Albert Einstein Professor of Science and Engineering at The City College of the City University of New York, succeeding Veniamin Levich.

Awards and honors

  • National Medal of Science, 2001
  • Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, 1993
  • Fluid Dynamics Prize, 1991
  • G. I. Taylor Medal, Society of Engineering Science, 1988
  • Acrivos has been listed as an ISI Highly Cited Author in Engineering by the ISI Web of Knowledge, Thomson Scientific Company.

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