Gemstone Director

Dr. James Wallace Professor of Mechanical Engineering Director, Gemstone Program 0100K Ellicott Hall University of Maryland, College Park, MD 20742 Phone: 301.314.6695 |  Email: wallace@umd.edu

Research Interests

Experimental turbulent fluid flow; social implications of science and technology.

Education

D.Phil., Oxford University, 1969.

Recent Publications

• J. Diorio, D.H. Kelley and J.M. Wallace, "The spatial relationships between
  dissipation and production rates and vortical structures in turbulent
  boundary and mixing layer" Physics of Fluids 19(3), 2007.
• P.S. Bernard and J.M. Wallace, "Turbulent Flow: Measurement, Analysis and
  Prediction," John Wiley & Sons, Inc., New York, 2002.
• Balaras, E., U. Piomelli and J.M. Wallace, “Self-similar States in Turbulent Mixing Layers,” J. Fluid Mechanics, Vol. 446, pp. 1-24, 2001.
• Vincont, J.Y., S. Simoens, M. Ayrault, and J.M. Wallace, “Passive Solar Dispersion in a Turbulent Boundary Layer from a Line Source at the Wall and Downstream of an Obstacle,” J. Fluid Mechanics, Vol. 424, pp. 127-167, 2000.
• Ong, L., and J.M. Wallace, “Joint Probability Density Analysis of the Structure and Dynamics of the Vorticity Field of a Turbulent Boundary Layer,” J. Fluid Mechanics, Vol. 367, pp. 291-328, 1998.
• Wallace, J.M., and J.F. Foss, “The Measurement of Vorticity in Turbulent Flows,” Ann. Rev. of Fluid Mech., Vol. 27, pp. 469-514, 1995.

Scientific and Professional Membership

Chairman, Division of Fluid Dynamics of the American Physical Society (2003).

Honors and Awards

• The Kirwan Undergraduate Education Award of the University of Maryland (2006)
• 2005 Maryland Professor of the Year, The Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching and the Council for Advancement and Support of Education (CASE); Academy of Distinguished Engineering Alumni, Georgia Institute of Technology (1995); Achievement Award for Contribution to Science, University of Maryland Sigma Xi Chapter (1992); Elected Fellow of the American Physical Society (1989); Distinguished Scholar-Teacher, University of Maryland, College Park (1987-88); Distinguished Service Award in the Engineering Sciences, Washington Academy of Sciences (1984)

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