Robert Ecke | |
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Born | Robert Everett Ecke February 4, 1953 Los Angeles, California, United States |
Alma mater | University of Washington |
Known for | Rayleigh-Bénard convection, Two-Dimensional Turbulence, Chaos, Granular Material |
Awards | Fellow of American Physical Society, Fellow of American Association for the Advancement of Science, Los Alamos National Laboratory Fellow's Prize, Los Alamos National Laboratory Fellow |
Scientific career | |
Fields | Statistical Physics, Experimental Fluid Dynamics, Soft Matter Physics |
Institutions | Los Alamos National Laboratory, University of Washington |
Academic advisors | J. Gregory Dash |
Website | Ecke Website |
Robert Everett Ecke is an American experimental physicist who is a laboratory fellow and director emeritus of the Center for Nonlinear Studies (CNLS) at Los Alamos National Laboratory[1] and Affiliate Professor of Physics at the University of Washington.[2] His research has included chaotic nonlinear dynamics, pattern formation, rotating Rayleigh-Bénard convection, two-dimensional turbulence, granular materials, and stratified flows.[1] He is a Fellow of the American Physical Society (APS)[3] and of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS),[4] was chair of the APS Topical Group on Statistical and Nonlinear Physics,[5] served in numerous roles in the APS Division of Fluid Dynamics, and was the Secretary of the Physics Section of the AAAS.