John D. Buckmaster
John David Buckmaster is an Emeritus Professor of Department of Aerospace Engineering at University of Illinois, specialized in the field of combustion[1] He finished his bachelor's degree from Imperial College London in 1962 and completed PhD under the supervision of Geoffrey S. S. Ludford from Cornell University in 1969.
John D. Buckmaster | |
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| Born | 1941 |
| Alma mater | Imperial College London Cornell University |
| Known for | Buckmaster equation |
| Scientific career | |
| Fields | Combustion Fluid dynamics |
| Institutions | University of Illinois at Urbana–Champaign |
| Thesis | Some Topics in Magnetohydrodynamics (1969) |
| Doctoral advisor | Geoffrey S. S. Ludford |
Books
- John D. Buckmaster, Geoffrey S.S. Ludford (1982). Theory of Laminar Flames. Cambridge University Press. ISBN 978-0521091923.
- John D. Buckmaster, Geoffrey S.S. Ludford (1983). Lectures on Mathematical Combustion. SIAM. ISBN 978-0898711868.
- John D. Buckmaster (1985). The Mathematics of Combustion. SIAM. ISBN 978-0898710533.
- John D. Buckmaster, Tadao Takeno (1987). Mathematical Modeling in Combustion Science. Springer Berlin Heidelberg. ISBN 978-3662136706.
Honors
John Buckmaster was elected as the fellow of American Physical Society in 1986. He won a Guggenheim Fellowship in 1991. He is also fellow of Institute of Physics (1999), Combustion Institute.[2] He is the recipient of Ya. B. Zeldovich Gold Medal (2004) from Combustion Institute,[3] Alexander von Humboldt U.S. Senior Scientist Award, Propellants and Combustion Prize (2002) from AIAA, etc. The Buckmaster equation is named after him.
References
- "Aerospace at Illinois". aerospace.illinois.edu.
- "Fellows of The Combustion Institute - The Combustion Institute". www.combustioninstitute.org. 20 June 2017.
- "Ya. B. Zeldovich Gold Medal - The Combustion Institute". www.combustioninstitute.org. 24 June 2016.