Mechanical Engineering Faculty Profile:

Dr. James Wallace
Professor of Mechanical Engineering
Director, Gemstone Program

Experimental turbulent fluid flow; social implications of science and technology

(301) 314-6695 | wallace@umd.edu | website | Room 0100K, Building 256, Ellicott Hall

Education
D.Phil., Oxford University, 1969

Recent Publications
S. Simoens, M. Ayrault and J.M. Wallace, "The Flow Across a Street Canyon of Variable Width - Part I: Kinematic Description," Atmos. Environ. (2007), 41, 9002-9017.

S. Simoens and J. M. Wallace, "The Flow Across a Street Canyon of Variable Width - Part II: Scalar Dispersion from a Street Level Line Source" Atmos. Environ. (2008), 42, 2489-2503.

J. Diorio, D.H. Kelley and J.M. Wallace, "The Spatial Relationships Between Dissipation and Production Rates and Vortical Structures in Turbulent Boundary and Mixing Layers" Phys. Fluids (2007), 19(3) 035101, 1-8.

P.S. Bernard and J.M. Wallace, "Turbulent Flow: Measurement, Analysis and Prediction," John Wiley & Sons, Inc., New York, (2002).

E. Balaras, U. Piomelli and J.M. Wallace, "Self-similar States in Turbulent Mixing Layers," J. Fluid Mech. (2001), 446, 1-24.

J.-Y. Vincont, S. Simoens, M. Ayrault, and J.M. Wallace, "Passive Scalar Dispersion in a Turbulent Boundary Layer from a Line Source at the Wall and Downstream of an Obstacle," J. Fluid Mech. (2000), 424, 127-167.

L. Ong, and J.M. Wallace, "Joint Probability Density Analysis of the Structure and Dynamics of the Vorticity Field of a Turbulent Boundary Layer," J. Fluid Mech. (1998), 367, 291-328.

J.M. Wallace and J.F. Foss, "The Measurement of Vorticity in Turbulent Flows," Ann. Rev. of Fluid Mech. (1995), 27, 469-514.

Scientific and Professional Membership
Chairman, Division of Fluid Dynamics of the American Physical Society (2003); Member-at-Large of the United States National Committee for Theoretical and Applied Mechanics of the National Research Council (2003-2006).

Honors and Awards
The Kirwan Undergraduate Education Award of the University of Maryland (2006); 2005 Maryland Professor of the Year, The Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching and the Council for Advancement and Support of Education (CASE); University System of Maryland Board of Regents Teaching Award (2004); Academy of Distinguished Engineering Alumni, Georgia Institute of Technology (1995); Achievement Award for Contribution to Science, University of Maryland Sigma Xi Chapter (1992); Elected Fellow of the American Physical Society (1989); Distinguished Scholar-Teacher, University of Maryland, College Park (1987-88); Distinguished Service Award in the Engineering Sciences, Washington Academy of Sciences (1984).

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