John Dabiri
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John Oluseun Dabiri[1] is a Nigerian-American aeronautics engineer and the Centennial Chair Professor at the California Institute of Technology (Caltech), with appointments in the Graduate Aerospace Laboratories (GALCIT) and Mechanical Engineering.[2] His research focuses on unsteady fluid mechanics and flow physics, with particular emphasis on topics relevant to biology, energy, and the environment. He is best known for his research of the hydrodynamics of jellyfish propulsion and the design of a vertical-axis wind farm adapted from schooling fish. He is the director of the Biological Propulsion Laboratory,[3] which examines fluid transport with applications in aquatic locomotion, fluid dynamic energy conversion, and cardiac flows, as well as applying theoretical methods in fluid dynamics and concepts of optimal vortex formation.
John O. Dabiri | |
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Born | Toledo, Ohio |
Citizenship | United States |
Alma mater | Princeton University (B.S.E.) California Institute of Technology (Ph.D.) |
Known for | Vortex formation Reverse engineering of jellyfish Applications to wind turbines |
Awards | PECASE (2008) MacArthur Fellow (2010) Alan T. Waterman Award (2020) |
Scientific career | |
Fields | Aeronautics Bioengineering Mechanical engineering |
Institutions | California Institute of Technology Stanford University |
Doctoral advisor | Morteza Gharib |
In 2010, Dabiri was awarded a MacArthur Fellowship for his theoretical engineering work.[4] He established the Caltech Field Laboratory for Optimized Wind Energy (FLOWE) in 2011,[5] a wind farm which investigates the energy exchange in an array of vertical-axis wind turbines. His honors include a Young Investigator Award from the Office of Naval Research, a Presidential Early Career Award for Scientists and Engineers (PECASE),[3] and being named as one of Popular Science magazine's "Brilliant 10" scientists in 2008.[6] Bloomberg Businessweek magazine listed him among its 2012 Technology Innovators.[7] Since 2021, he has been a member of the President’s Council of Advisors on Science and Technology (PCAST).[8]