William Craig Reynolds Explained

William C. Reynolds
Birth Date:	March 16, 1933
Birth Place:	Berkeley, California
Death Place:	Los Altos, California
Fields:	Fluid mechanics
Workplaces:	Stanford University
Alma Mater:	Stanford University
Doctoral Advisor:	William M. Kays^[1] Stephen J. Kline
Doctoral Students:	Fazle Hussain Parviz Moin

William Craig Reynolds (March 16, 1933 – January 3, 2004) was a fluid physicist and mechanical engineer who specialized in turbulent flow and computational fluid dynamics.^[2]

Reynolds completed his undergraduate degrees, as well as his doctorate, all at Stanford University, in 1954, 1955, and 1957, respectively, after which he joined the faculty. He was chairman of the Mechanical Engineering Department from 1972 to 1982 and again from 1989 to 1992.

Reynolds was one of the pioneers in Large eddy simulation for fluid modeling.^[2] He was elected to the National Academy of Engineering in 1979.^[2] He won the Fluid Engineering Award of the American Society of Mechanical Engineers in 1989^[3] and the Otto Laporte Award by the American Physical Society in 1992.^[4]

Notes and References

1. Reynolds. William Craig. September 1957. Ph.D Dissertation: Heat Transfer in the Turbulent Incompressible Boundary Layer with Constant and Variable Wall Temperature. Stanford University. i–iii.
2. Moin . Parviz . Homsy . G.M. . An Appreciation of the Life and Work of William C. Reynolds (1933–2004) . Annual Review of Fluid Mechanics . 3 January 2017 . 49 . 1 . 1–21 . 10.1146/annurev-fluid-122414-034434 . 27 March 2023 . en . 0066-4189. free .
3. Web site: Fluids Engineering Award . American Society of Mechanical Engineers . 27 March 2023 . en.
4. Web site: Prize Recipient . American Physical Society . 27 March 2023 . en.