Robert D. Moser is an American Professor of engineering, noted for his studies of

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, turbulence, and

uncertainty quantification Uncertainty quantification (UQ) is the science of quantitative characterization and reduction of uncertainties in both computational and real world applications. It tries to determine how likely certain outcomes are if some aspects of the system a ...

. He is the W. A. “Tex” Moncrief Jr. Chair in Computational Engineering and Sciences and is professor of mechanical engineering in thermal fluid systems at the University of Texas at Austin. Before coming to The University of Texas at Austin, he was a research scientist at the

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and then a professor of

theoretical and applied mechanics Applied mechanics is the branch of science concerned with the motion of any substance that can be experienced or perceived by humans without the help of instruments. In short, when mechanics concepts surpass being theoretical and are applied and e ...

at the University of Illinois. In 2009, he was appointed deputy director of the PECOS center (Center for Predictive Engineering and Computational Sciences) at the University of Texas. Currently he is the director of PECOS and the deputy director of the

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. He received his undergraduate degree from MIT and his Ph.D. under

Parviz Moin Parviz Moin ( fa, پرویز معین ''Parviz Mo'in'' born October 23, 1952, Valandan, Shahreza, Iran) is a fluid mechanics, fluid dynamicist. He is the Franklin P. and Caroline M. Johnson Professor of Mechanical Engineering at Stanford Universit ...

in 1984 from

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. He is a recipient of the NASA Medal for Exceptional Scientific Achievement. He is a fellow of the

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.APS Fellowship citation
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