John David Buckmaster is an
Emeritus Professor
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of Department of Aerospace Engineering at
University of Illinois
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, specialized in the field of
combustion
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He finished his bachelor's degree from
Imperial College London
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in 1962 and completed PhD under the supervision of
Geoffrey S.S. Ludford from
Cornell University
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in 1969.
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Honors
John Buckmaster was elected as the fellow of
American Physical Society
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in 1986. He won a
Guggenheim Fellowship
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in 1991. He is also fellow of
Institute of Physics
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It was founded in 1874 and has a worldwide membership of over 20,000. The IOP is the Physica ...
(1999),
Combustion Institute
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. He is the recipient of
Ya. B. Zeldovich Gold Medal (2004) from
Combustion Institute
The Combustion Institute is an educational non-profit, international, scientific and engineering society whose purpose is to promote research in combustion science. The institute was established in 1954, and its headquarters are in Pittsburgh, Penn ...
,
Alexander von Humboldt U.S. Senior Scientist Award, Propellants and Combustion Prize (2002) from
AIAA
The American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA) is a professional society for the field of aerospace engineering. The AIAA is the U.S. representative on the International Astronautical Federation and the International Council of ...
, etc. The
Buckmaster equation is named after him.
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1941 births
Living people
University of Illinois faculty
Cornell University alumni
Fluid dynamicists
Fellows of The Combustion Institute
Fellows of the American Physical Society