O.Univ.Prof. Dipl.-Ing. Dr.techn. Alfred Kluwick

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Getreidemarkt 9 (E322)

1060 Vienna

 

Tel.: +43 1 58801 32220; Fax: +43 1 58801 32299

Curriculum vitae

1942

born in Vienna.

1965

Dipl.-Ing. (mech. engg.), TH Vienna

06.02.70

Dr. techn., TH Vienna

23.01.74

Habilitation, TH Vienna

26.06.75

A.o. Professor, TU Vienna

07.75—08.76

Visiting Professor, Department of Aerospace and Ocean Engineering, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, Blacksburg

03.80—08.80

Visiting Professor, Department of Aerospace Engineering, The University of Michigan, Ann Arbor

01.83—08.83

Visiting Professor, Department of Engineering Science and Mechanic, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, Blacksburg

09.84—08.86  

Head of the Department/Institute of Fluid Mechanics and Heat Transfer, TU Vienna

01.03.86

O. Professor, TU Vienna

07.87—08.87

Visiting Professor, Department of Aerospace Engineering, The University of Michigan, Ann Arbor

09.87—08.91

Dean of Mechanical Engineering

10.94—12.98

Head of the Department/Institute of Fluid Mechanics and Heat Transfer, TU Vienna

04.95—04.00

Member, Council of the Austrian Science Foundation FWF

04.96

Erwin Schrödinger Prize, Austrian Academy of Sciences

03.98

Chairman of the Faculty of Mechanical Engineering, TU Vienna

04.98

41. Ludwig-Prandtl-Memorial-Lecture

04.00

Corresponding Member of the Austrian Academy of Sciences

01.03

Head of the Department/Institute of Fluid Mechanics and Heat Transfer, TU Vienna

05.03

Member of the Austrian Academy of Sciences

06.03—06.10

Chairman, Council of the Faculty of Mechanical and Industrial Engineering, TU Vienna

06.10

Viktor Kaplan medal, Faculty of Mechanical and Industrial Egineering, TU Vienna

30.09.10

retirement (emeritus)

06.11

Johann Joseph Ritter von Prechtl medal, TU Vienna

Publications

More than 300 publications in the field of perturbation analysis, wave-propagation phenomena, transonic flow and boundary layer theory. Original research papers and review articles on kinematic waves, nonlinear waves in dense gases, the analytical method of characteristics and laminar and turbulent interacting boundary layers. Editor of books on Nonlinear Waves in Real Gases and Recent Advances in Boundary Layer Theory.

A full list of publications is available from a publication database.

Scientific and Professional Societies

Chair, European Mechanics Society (EUROMECH) Fluid Mechanics Prize and Fellow Committee (08—13)
Chair, Austrian National Committee for Theoretical and Applied Mechanics (10—13)
Member, EUROMECH Congress Committee (01.01.02—31.12.07)
Member, Society of Applied Mathematics and Mechanics (GAMM), Board Council (01—07), Richard von Mises Prize Committee (06—13)
Member, American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA)
Member, International Society for the Interaction of Mechanics and Mathematics (ISIMM)
Member, International Union of Theoretical and Applied Mechanics (IUTAM) General Assembly (01.11.89—31.10.10)
Member, IUTAM Congress Committee (01.11.01—31.10.10)
Member, International Centre for Mechanical Sciences (CISM), Scientific Council (10— )
Officer, Bureau of IUTAM (01.11.04—31.10.08)
Reporter, Austrian Science Fund (FWF) Board, Natural and Technical Sciences Local Committee (96—99)

Editorship for Journals

Member, Advisory board of Acta Mechanica (10/1991-)
Member, Editorial board of ZAMP (01/1995-)