Leslie Smith | |
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Born | Leslie Morgan Smith August 15, 1961 |
Academic background | |
Education | Harvard University (AB) Massachusetts Institute of Technology (PhD) |
Thesis | An upper bound with correct scaling laws for turbulent shear flows (1989) |
Doctoral advisor | Willem Malkus |
Academic work | |
Discipline | Mathematics Engineering Physics |
Sub-discipline | Mechanical engineering Fluid dynamics Engineering physics |
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Leslie Morgan Smith (born August 15, 1961)[1] is an American applied mathematician, mechanical engineer, and engineering physicist whose research focuses on fluid dynamics and turbulence. She is a professor of mathematics and of engineering physics at the University of Wisconsin.