CURRICULUM VITAE



Eckart H. Meiburg
Professor
Department of Mechanical and Environmental Engineering
University of California at Santa Barbara
Santa Barbara, CA 93106
Tel and fax: (805) 893-5278
Email: meiburg@engineering.ucsb.edu

Education

  • 5/1981 Diplom Ing., Mechanical Engineering, University of Karlsruhe, with distinction.
  • 1981-82 DAAD Fellowship, Department of Chemical Engineering, Stanford University.
  • 12/1985 Ph.D., Mechanical Engineering, University of Karlsruhe, with distinction.
  • Dissertation topic: Numerical Simulation of the Formation of Two- and Three-Dimensional Structures in Shear Layers and Wakes.
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    Academic Positions

  • 1/86-8/87 Postdoctoral Fellow, Department of Chemical Engineering, Stanford University.
  • 9/87-7/90 Assistant Professor, Division of Applied Mathematics, Brown University.
  • 8/90-3/97 Associate Professor, Department of Aerospace Engineering, Univ. of Southern Calif.
  • 3/97-3/00 Professor, Department of Aerospace Engineering, Univ. of Southern Calif.
  • 4/00-present Professor, Department of Mechanical and Environmental Engineering, Univ. of California at Santa Barbara
  • 7/03-present Chair, Department of Mechanical and Environmental Engineering, University of California at Santa Barbara
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    Visiting Appointments

  • 5/94-7/94 Visiting Professor, Institut de Mecanique, Univ. Joseph Fourier, Grenoble, France.
  • 1/97-8/97 Visiting Professor, Institute for Fluid Dynamics, ETH Zurich, Switzerland.
  • 6/97-7/97 Visiting Professor, Ecole Superieure de Physique et de Chimie Industrielles (ESPCI), Paris, France.
  • 5/98-8/98 Visiting Professor, Institute for Fluid Dynamics, ETH Zurich, Switzerland.
  • 6/00 Visiting Professor, Ecole Superieure de Physique et de Chimie Industrielles (ESPCI), Paris, France.
  • 7/00-8/00 Visiting Professor, Institute for Fluid Dynamics, ETH Zurich, Switzerland.
  • 6/02-7/02 Visiting Professor, Ecole Superieure de Physique et de Chimie Industrielles (ESPCI), Paris, France.
  • 8/02 Visiting Professor, Institute for Fluid Dynamics, ETH Zurich, Switzerland.
  • 6/04-7/04 Visiting Professor, Ecole Superieure de Physique et de Chimie Industrielles (ESPCI), Paris, France.
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    Industrial Experience

  • Summer 76, 78 Engineer, Daimler Benz Company, Woerth, West Germany.
  • 9/82-12/85 Research Engineer, DFVLR, Goettingen, West Germany.
  • Summer 84 Research Engineer, Sandia National Laboratories, Livermore, Calif.
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    Professional Societies

  • Member, American Physical Society.
  • Member, Society for Industrial and Applied Mathematics.
  • Member, EUROMECH Society.
  • Member, American Society of Mechanical Engineers.
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    Editorial Boards

  • 1999 - , Editorial Board, Journal of Turbulence
  • 2000-2002, Guest Editor, special issue of the International Journal of Multiphase Flow
  • 2005 - , Associate Editor, European Journal of Mechanics B/Fluids
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    Scholarships, Awards and Honors

  • 1978 Senator-Dr. Koch-Preis of the University of Karlsruhe
  • 1979-81 Scholarship of the "Studienstiftung des deutschen Volkes"
  • 1981-82 Fellowship of the "Deutscher Akademischer Austauschdienst" (DAAD) for one year of graduate studies at Stanford University
  • 1990 Presidential Young Investigator Award (National Science Foundation)
  • 1997,98 Outstanding Teaching Award, School of Engineering, USC
  • 2001 Invited Speaker, Gordon Conference
  • 2001, 2004 Gallery of Fluid Motion, Flow Visualization Award. American Physical Society, Division of Fluid Dynamics
  • 2003 Invited Plenary Speaker, GAMM 2003 Annual Scientific Conference, Padua, Italy
  • 2003 ERCOFTAC Visitor, ETH Zurich, Switzerland
  • 2005 Alexander von Humboldt Foundation Senior Research Award
  • 2005 Elected Fellow of the American Physical Society

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