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Features: Feb. 4, 2002
Glicksman, Rusak Named Associate Fellows
of AIAA
Martin Glicksman '57, the John Tod Horton
Professor of Materials Engineering, and Zvi Rusak, professor
of mechanical, aerospace, and nuclear engineering, have
been named associate fellows of the American Institute of
Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA). Glicksman is recognized
for his work in materials research and for crystal growth
experiments in space. Rusak is recognized for his pioneering
research in vortex flows and transonic aerodynamics.
Martin Glicksman '57, the John Tod
Horton Professor of Materials Engineering, and Zvi Rusak,
professor of mechanical, aerospace, and nuclear engineering,
have been named fellows of the American Institute of
Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA).
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Glicksman, who was recently named among
30 research and development "Stars To Watch" by
Industry Week magazine, developed Rensselaer's Isothermal
Dendritic Growth Experiment, featuring a series of microgravity
crystal growth experiments on space shuttle missions in
1994, 1996, and 1997. The results will help improve productivity
in the metals industry.
Glicksman is a fellow of the Metallurgical
Society, the American Society for Materials, and the American
Association for the Advancement of Science. He also is a
member of the American Physical Society and was elected
to the National Academy of Engineering in 1996.
Rusak's work provided the first relatively
complete theory of the vortex breakdown phenomenon, a problem
that had remained unsolved for more than 40 years. His work
has applications in the aerodynamics of high-performance
fighters and large transport airplanes, helicopters, the
design of modern combustion systems, hydrocyclon separators,
chemical mixers, and meteorology.
His work on transonic flows provides new
guidelines for the improved aerodynamic design of modern
transport airplanes, like the sonic cruiser that is currently
under design at Boeing, and of compressors and turbines.
Rusak is a member of the American Physical
Society and has been active on a variety of professional
committees.
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