Rate My Professor Katepalli Sreenivasan

Sreenivasan's distinguished career spans several institutions. At Yale University from 1979 to 2002, he served as Harold W. Cheel Professor of Mechanical Engineering, Chair of the Mechanical Engineering Department (1987-1992), and held joint appointments in physics, applied physics, and mathematics. He directed the International Centre for Theoretical Physics in Trieste, Italy, from 2003 to 2009 and was Distinguished University Professor and Director of the Institute for Physical Science and Technology at the University of Maryland. At NYU, he was Executive Vice Provost for Engineering and Applied Sciences, President and Dean of the Tandon School of Engineering (2013-2018). His primary research expertise is fluid mechanics and turbulence, extending to complex fluids, nonlinear dynamics, nonequilibrium phenomena, and cryogenic helium. Notable publications include 'The phenomenology of small-scale turbulence' (1997, 1537 citations), 'Simple multifractal cascade model for fully developed turbulence' (1987, 1317 citations), 'The multifractal nature of turbulent energy dissipation' (1991, 1121 citations), and 'Small-scale universality in fluid turbulence' (2014). Major awards encompass the Otto Laporte Memorial Award (American Physical Society, 1995), Guggenheim Fellowship (1989), AAAS Award for International Scientific Cooperation (2009), Leo P. Kadanoff Prize (2022), ASME Medal (2022), and election to the National Academy of Sciences, National Academy of Engineering, and American Academy of Arts and Sciences. His contributions have profoundly shaped the field of turbulence research.