Professor Emeritus Daniel D. Joseph passed away on May 24, 2011.
He was a world-renowned expert for more than three decades in fluid mechanics,
retiring in 2009. He was a Professor of Aerospace Engineering and Mechanics at
the University of Minnesota since 1963, where he served as the Russell J.
Penrose Professor and Regent's Professor. In addition, he was a Distinguished
Adjunct Professor of Aerospace and Mechanical Engineering at the University of
California, Irvine and an Honorary Professor at Xi'an Jiaotong University of
China. During his career, he authored 10 patents, 400 journal articles and six
books. He was a Guggenheim Fellow; a member of the National Academy of
Engineering, the National Academy of Sciences and the American Academy of Arts
and Sciences; G.I. Taylor Medalist, Society of Engineering Science; a Fellow of
the American Physical Society (APS); and winner of the Timoshenko Medal of the
ASME, the Schlumberger Foundation Award, the Bingham Medal of the Society of
Rheology, Fluid Dynamics Prize of the APS, Professional Achievement Awards from
Illinois Institute of Technology and University of Illinois and the
Distinguished Service Award from the U.S. Army. He was also listed in the
Thompson Scientific-ISI Highly Cited Researchers.
A memorial service will be held in the Department of Aerospace
Engineering and Mechanics at the University of Minnesota for later this fall.
Details will be posted to the AEM web site when they are available.
See the
Minneapolis
Star Tribune obituary for Prof. Joseph
See additional
Mineapolis Star
Tribune obituary article, dated June 8th, for Prof. Joseph
