April 29, 2004

Davis elected to National Academy of Sciences

Stephen Davis

Stephen H. Davis, a leading expert in fluid dynamics and Walter P. Murphy Professor of Engineering Sciences and Applied Mathematics and Mechanical Engineering, has been elected to the prestigious National Academy of Sciences.

Election to membership in the academy is considered one of the highest honors that can be accorded a U.S. scientist or engineer.

The academy is dedicated to the advancement of science and its use for the general welfare. It was established in 1863 by a congressional act of incorporation, signed by Abraham Lincoln, which calls on the academy to act as an official adviser to the federal government in any matter of science or technology.

Davis’ work focuses on the area of interfacial dynamics and stability and impacts a variety of fields that seem unrelated but are based on similar mathematical principles. His contributions include improving coatings, such as automobile paint, that protect materials from hostile environments and developing the process that is used to grow silicon crystals.

The author of more than 200 refereed technical papers, Davis is included on ISIHighlyCited .com, a comprehensive list of preeminent individual researchers who have demonstrated great influence in their field as measured by citations to their work.

Davis is a member of the National Academy of Engineering and the American Academy of Arts and Sciences.