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Biography
AbstractImportant DatesOccupationPlacesSubjectsRelationships
PeopleInstitutionsG. M. Homsy
Dates
August 29, 1943 – present
Authorized Form of Name
Homsy, G. M. (George M.)
Additional Forms of Names
Homsy, Bud
Homsy, George M.
Homsy, George M., 1943-
Biography
Abstract
George M. “Bud” Homsy is Affiliate Professor at University of Washington (2014-present). Other institutional affiliations include the University of British Columbia and the University of California, Santa Barbara. His research interests include fluid dynamics and interfacial flows.
Important Dates
August 29, 1943Birth, Fresno (Calif.).
1965Obtained BS, University of California, Berkeley, Berkeley (Calif.).
1967Obtained MS, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign, Urbana (Ill.).
1969Obtained PhD, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign, Urbana (Ill.).
1969 – 1970North Atlantic Trade Organization (NATO) Postdoctoral Fellow, Imperial College London.
1970 – 1996Assistant Professor of Chemical Engineering (1970-1976); Associate Professor of Chemical Engineering (1976-1979); Professor of Chemical Engineering (1979-2000); Professor of Petroleum Engineering (by courtesy) (1983-2000); Chair, Department of Chemical Engineering (1987-1990); and Chair, Department of Chemical Engineering (1993-1996), Stanford University, Stanford (Calif.).
1980 – 1987Member (1980-1987) and Chair (1986-1987), Board of Trustees, Universities Space Research Association.
1983 – 1986Member, Science Board, Physics and Chemistry in Space, National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA).
1984 – 1985Member, Executive Committee, Division of Fluid Dynamics, American Physical Society.
1987 – 1991Member, Executive Committee (1987-1991) and Chairs (1989-1990), Division of Fluid Dynamic, American Physical Society.
1992 – 1995Member, United States National Committee on Theoretical and Applied Mechanics.
2001 – 2009Professor of Mechanical and Chemical Engineering (by courtesy) (2001-2009) and Chair, Mechanical Engineering (2007-2008), University of California, Santa Barbara, Santa Barbara (Calif.).
2004Awarded Fluid Dynamics Prize, American Physical Society.
2010 – 2014Professor of Mathematics and Mechanical Engineering, University of British Columbia.
2014 – presentAffiliate Professor, Department of Mechanical Engineering, University of Washington.
Occupation
Fluid mechanics engineer.
Places
Birth
Undergraduate Education
Graduate Education
Employment
Subjects
Relationships
People
Advisors & Collaborators
Gramlich, Carolyn M.
Advised by Homsy at University of California, Santa Barbara, "Some interfacial creeping flows."
Hudson, J. L.
PhD advisor at University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign, "Centrifugally driven thermal convection and gravitational instabilities in bounded rotating fluids."
Siddavaram, Vikram K.
Advised by Homsy at University of California, Santa Barbara, "The effects of gravity modulation on fluid mixing."
Xu, Xiumei
Advised by Homsy at University of California, Santa Barbara, "Electrohydrodynamic flow and chaotic mixing inside drops."
Colleagues
Both employed at Stanford University.
Both employed at University of California, Santa Barbara.
Institutions
Major Positions
Stanford University. Department of Chemical Engineering
Assistant Professor of Chemical Engineering; Associate Professor of Chemical Engineering; Professor of Chemical Engineering; Professor of Petroleum Engineering (by courtesy); Chair, Department of Chemical Engineering; and Chair, Department of Chemical Engineering.
University of British Columbia. Department of Mathematics
Professor.
University of British Columbia. Department of Mechanical Engineering
Professor.
University of California, Santa Barbara. Department of Chemical and Nuclear Engineering
Professor (by courtesy).
University of California, Santa Barbara. Department of Mechanical Engineering
Professor of Mechanical and Environmental Engineering (by courtesy) and Department chair.
University of Washington. Department of Mechanical Engineering
Affiliate Professor.
Professional Activities & Affiliations
Member, Executive Committee and Chair, Division of Fluid Dynamics and received 2004 Fluid Dynamics Prize.
Imperial College. London
North Atlantic Trade Organization (NATO) Postdoctoral Fellow.
U.S. National Committee on Theoretical and Applied Mechanics
Member.
United States. National Aeronautics and Space Administration
Member, Science Board, Physics and Chemistry in Space.
Universities Space Research Association
Member, Board of Trustees and Chair, Board of Trustees.
University of California, Berkeley. Department of Chemical Engineering
Obtained BS (1965).
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering
Obtained MS (1967) and PhD in Chemical Engineering (1969).