John L. Lumley

John L. Lumley is Professor Emeritus, Graduate Professor of Mechanical Engineering and Aerospace Engineering at Cornell University. He is widely known for his research in turbulence and is the coauthor of A First Course in Turbulence along with Hendrik Tennekes.

Academic career

Lumley received his M.S.E. and Ph.D. degrees from The Johns Hopkins University in 1954 and 1957 respectively. He started his academic career at the Pennsylvania State University where he became Evan Pugh Professor of Aerospace Engineering. He was also in charge of research on turbulence and transition at the Applied Research Laboratory. In 1977 Lumley joined Cornell University where he is now the Professor Emeritus of Mechanical Engineering and Aerospace Engineering.

Honors and Awards

• Fluid and Plasma Dynamics Award of the American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics, 1982
• Fluid Dynamics Prize, 1990
• Timoshenko Medal, 1993
• Fellow of the American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics
• Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences
• Member of the National Academy of Engineering
• Recipient of two honorary doctorate degrees (honoris causa) from the French University System, in Paris and in Poitiers.

Books authored

• Tennekes, H. and J. L. Lumley, A First Course in Turbulence, MIT Press, Cambridge, MA (1972).
• Holmes, P., J. L. Lumley, and G. Berkooz, Turbulence, Coherent Structures, Dynamical Systems and Symmetry, Cambridge University Press (1998). ISBN 978-0521634199
• Lumley, J. L., Engines: An Introduction, Cambridge University Press, (1999).
• Lumley, J. L., Still Life with Cars: An Automotive Memoir, McFarland, (2005).
• Lumley, J. L., Stochastic Tools in Turbulence, Dover Publications (2007). ISBN 978-0486462707
• Monin, A. S., A. M. Yaglom, and J. L. Lumley, Statistical Fluid Mechanics - vol 1: Mechanics of Turbulence, The MIT Press (1971). ISBN 978-0262130622