Harindra J. Fernando#
| Membership Number: | 2643 |
| Membership type: | FOREIGN |
| Section: | EARTH & COSMIC SCIENCES |
| Elected: | 2009 |
| Main Country of Residence: | UNITED STATES |
| Homepage(s): | https://ceees.nd.edu/profiles/hfernando http://www3.nd.edu/~dynamics/group.html |
Present and Previous Positions
- 2010 Wayne and Diana Murdy Professor, Department of Civil Engineering and Geological Sciences, University of Notre Dame
- 1994-2009 Director, Center for Environmental Fluid Dynamics (EFD), Arizona State University (1994-2007 – EFD Program; 2008 - Arizona Board of Regents’ Center)
- 1992 Professor, Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, Arizona State University (2009 – Affiliate Professor, School of Sustainability)
- 1988-1992 Associate Professor, Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, Arizona State University
- 1984-1988 Assistant Professor, Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, Arizona State University
- 1983-1984 Post-Doctoral Fellow, Division of Engineering and Applied Sciences, California Institute of Technology
- 1983 April - September Post-Doctoral Fellow, Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences, The Johns Hopkins University
- 1983 PhD, Fluid Mechanics, The Johns Hopkins University
Fields of Scholarship
- Fluid mechanics: turbulence in homogeneous, stratified and rotating flows
- Double-diffusive phenomena
- Multiphase flows
- Oceanic flows
- Industrial fluid mechanics
- Urban air pollution
- Sustainability engineering
Honours and Awards
- 1979 UNESCO Gold Medal for the best engineering student of the year
- 1980 Australian-Colombo Plan Scholarship
- 1980 British Commonwealth Scholarship
- 1980 Colombo Rotary Club award for the productive public servant of the year
- 1980 East-West Center Award (University of Hawaii)
- 1980 UNESCO Graduate Fellowship
- 1980 Westland Helicopters External Research Assistantship
- 1980-83 Gilman Fellowship (The Johns Hopkins University)
- 1987 Presidential Young Investigator Award (National Science Foundation)
- 1987, 1988, 1989 American Western Universities Faculty Participation Award (Department of Energy/Solar Energy Research Institute)
- 1991 Overseas Fellow - Churchill College, Cambridge, UK
- 1993- Listed in Who's Who in Science and Engineering; Who’s Who in American Education; American Men and Women in Science; Who’s Who in the World; International Directory of Biographies; Who’s Who in Engineering Education; The Contemporary Who’s Who
- 1997 ASU Alumni Faculty Achievement Award for Research
- 1997 “Appreciation Certificate” from the Western Alliance to Expand Student Opportunities (WAESO)
- 2001 Rieger Foundation Award for the “Third Distinguished Rieger Scholar in Environmental Sciences”
- 2002 Elected Fellow, American Society of Mechanical Engineers
- 2003 ASU Graduate College – Faculty Mentorship Appreciation Award
- 2004 William Mong Distinguished Lectureship, Hong Kong University
- 2004 Elected Fellow, American Physical Society
- 2007 Award of Excellence for Science and Research, Alumni Association, St. Sebastian’s College (75th Jubilee Award).
- 2007 Sri Lanka Foundation of USA, Lifetime Achievement Award
- 2007 Featured in an article in the New York Times (25th December)
- 2008 Recognized for “Outstanding Environmental Achievements” in the IEA/CMTA/CICC Conference awards (for Air Quality).
- 2008 Tempe Five Who Matter - honored by Arizona Republic Newspaper at the yearend as one of the five Tempe residents who have made a notable difference in the life of the city
- 2009 Elected to Academia Europaea (The Academy of Europe)
- 2009 Elected Fellow, American Meteorological Society
- 2014 Doctor Honoris Causa by the Universite Joseph Fourier (University of Grenoble, France)
- 2016 Doctor of Laws, Honoris Causa by the University of Dundee
