Leendert van Wijngaarden#
| Membership Number: | 1771 |
| Membership type: | ORDINARY |
| Section: | PHYSICS & ENGINEERING SCIENCES |
| Elected: | 1997 |
| Main Country of Residence: | THE NETHERLANDS |
| Homepage(s): | http://pof.tnw.utwente.nl |
Present and Previous Positions
- Since 1997 Emeritus Professor, University of Twente
- 1966 - 1997 Full Professor of Fluid Mechanics, University of Twente, Enschede, the Netherlands
- 1962 - 1966 Research Associate Marine Research Institute Netherlands, Wageningen, the Netherlands
- 1962 Ph.D. Engineering Science, Technical University Delft
Fields of Scholarship
- Fluid mechanics
- Two-phase flow
- Acoustics
- Gravity waves
Honours and Awards
- Knight in the “Order of the Dutch Lion” (Orde van de Nederlandse Leeuw)
- Member of the Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences
- Member of the “ Hollandsche Maatschappij der Wetenschappen”
- Member–at-Large of the General Assembly of IUTAM ( International Union of Theoretical and Applied Mechanics)
- Honorary Member of EUROMECH (EUropean MECHanics Society)
- Member of Academia Europaea
