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Geneviève Comte-Bellot
Born (1929-07-29) 29 July 1929 (age 95)
AwardsCommander of the Legion of Honour (2013)
Fluid Dynamics Prize (APS) (2014)
Scientific career
FieldsFluid dynamics
InstitutionsÉcole centrale de Lyon

Geneviève Comte-Bellot (born 29 July 1929) is a French physicist specialising in fluid dynamics. She is known for her work on turbulence and aeroacoustics.

Biography

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Comte-Bellot was born on 29 July 1929.[1] After obtaining her diploma from the Université Grenoble Alpes in 1953, she earned her master's degree at the École normale supérieure in Paris the following year.[2] She taught at a high school in Chalon-sur-Saône from 1954 to 1956, before joining the French National Center for Scientific Research as a Senior Research Associate; Comte-Bellot remained in this position until 1967.[1] In 1963, Comte-Bellot completed her dissertation "Turbulent Flow between two parallel walls", and was awarded a PhD by the Université Grenoble Alpes.[2] She became a postdoctoral researcher and joined Stanley Corrsin's team at Johns Hopkins University as a Fulbright scholar in 1963, where she oversaw his "Velvet wind-tunnel".[1][2]

Comte-Bellot joined the École centrale de Lyon (ECL) in 1967 as a Maître de Conférences (lecturer) and became a professor in 1971, before her promotion to Professeur de Classe exceptionnelle in 1982.[1] At this university, she began researching aeroacoustics[2] and founded the acoustics department in 1980. She served as director of the training and research unit (UER) of mechanics at Claude Bernard University Lyon 1 from 1977 to 1982.[1] On 2 April 1990, Comte-Bellot was appointed as a corresponding member of the French Academy of Sciences.[3] Following her retirement, she became emeritus professor at the ECL in 1998.[1]

In 2005, Comte-Bellot was appointed as a Foreign Associate of the National Academy of Engineering for contributions in fluid mechanics and acoustics.[4] She is also a member of the French Academy of Technologies.[2]

She was appointed Commander of the Legion of Honour in 2013.[5] The American Physical Society awarded her with their Fluid Dynamics Prize in 2014.[2]

References

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  1. ^ a b c d e f "Geneviève Comte-Bellot" (in French). French Academy of Technologies. Retrieved 14 October 2018.
  2. ^ a b c d e f "Recipient: Genevieve Comte-Bellot". American Physical Society. 2014. Retrieved 14 October 2018.
  3. ^ "Geneviève Comte-Bellot" (in French). French Academy of Sciences. Retrieved 14 October 2018.
  4. ^ "Celebrating Manufacturing Technology". The Bridge. 35 (1). National Academy of Engineering: 47. Spring 2005. Retrieved 14 October 2018.
  5. ^ "Geneviève Comte-Bellot commandeur de la Légion d'honneur" (in French). École centrale de Lyon. 21 February 2013. Retrieved 14 October 2018.
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