John W. Miles | |
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| Born | (1920-12-01)1 December 1920 |
| Died | 20 October 2008(2008-10-20) (aged 87) |
| Alma mater | California Institute of Technology |
| Known for | wind-wave growth model |
| Awards | Timoshenko Medal of theAmerican Society of Mechanical Engineers (1982) Otto Laporte Award (1983) |
| Scientific career | |
| Fields | Fluid mechanics |
| Institutions | Massachusetts Institute of Technology Lockheed Aircraft Corporation UCLA (1945–1961) Scripps Institution of Oceanography,University of California, San Diego (1964–2008) |
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John Wilder Miles (December 1, 1920 – October 20, 2008) was a researchprofessor emeritus ofapplied mechanics andgeophysics atScripps Institution of Oceanography,University of California, San Diego. He was well regarded for his pioneering work in theoretical fluid mechanics, and made fundamental contributions to understanding how wind energy transfers towaves.[1]
The first 20 years of Miles' research was devoted toelectrical andaeronautical engineering. He turned his mathematical abilities to geophysical fluid dynamics when he joined Scripps, and made numerous contributions to many aspects offluid dynamics, includingsupersonic flow, oceantides, the stability of currents andwater waves and their nonlinear interactions, as well as extensive work in the application of mathematical methods.
Throughout his career, he wrote more than 400 publications. He has the unique distinction of being one of the few fluid mechanics researchers to have published more than hundred scientific research articles (117) inJournal of Fluid Mechanics.[2]
A postdoctoral fellowship has been established in his honor at theScripps Institution of Oceanography.[3]
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