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AbstractImportant DatesOccupationPlacesSubjectsRelationships
PeopleInstitutionsS. B. Pope
Dates
November 26, 1949 – present
Authorized Form of Name
Pope, S. B.
Additional Forms of Names
Pope, Stephen Bailey
Biography
Abstract
Stephen Pope is Sibley College Professor at the Sibley School of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering at Cornell University (1998-present). Other institutional affiliations include Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), California Institute of Technology, and Imperial College London. His research is in the areas of modeling and simulation of turbulent flow and turbulent combustion.
Important Dates
November 26, 1949Birth, Nottingham (England).
1967 – 1968Engineering Apprentice, Mather & Platt Ltd.
1971Obtained BSc, Imperial College London, London (England).
1972Obtained MSc, Imperial College London, London (England).
1976Obtained PhD in Mechanical Engineering, Imperial College London, London (England).
1977 – 1978Research Fellow in Aeronautics, California Institute of Technology.
1978 – 1981Assistant Professor of Mechanical Engineering (1978-1981) and Associate Professor of Mechanical Engineering (1981), Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT).
1982 – presentAssociate Professor (1982-1987), Professor (1987-1998) and Sibley College Professor (1998-present), Sibley School of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, Cornell University, Ithaca (N.Y.).
2007Chair, Division of Fluid Dynamics, American Physical Society.
2009Awarded Fluid Dynamics Prize, American Physical Society.
Occupation
Mechanical engineer.
Places
Birth
Undergraduate Education
Graduate Education
Employment
Subjects
Relationships
People
Colleagues
Both employed at California Institute of Technology.
Collins, Samuel C. (Samuel Cornette)
Both employed at Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT).
DuBridge, Lee A. (Lee Alvin), 1901-1994
Both employed at California Institute of Technology.
Both employed at Cornell University.
Liepmann, H. W. (Hans Wolfgang), 1914-
Both employed at California Institute of Technology.
Lumley, John L. (John Leask), 1930-
Both employed at Cornell University.
Both employed at California Institute of Technology.
Institutions
Major Positions
California Institute of Technology. Division of Physics, Mathematics and Astronomy
Research Fellow in Aeronautics.
Cornell University. College of Engineering
Associate Professor; Professor; and Sibley College Professor of Mechanical Engineering.
Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Department of Mechanical Engineering
Assistant Professor of Mechanical Engineering and Associate Professor of Mechanical Engineering.
Professional Activities & Affiliations
Chair, Division of Fluid Dynamics and received 2009 Fluid Dynamics Prize.
Imperial College. London
Obtained BSc (1971), MSc (1972) and PhD (1976) in Mechanical Engineering.