Benjamin Franklin and CFD: D. Brian Spalding, PhD

The College of Engineering and the Franklin Institute are sponsoring the Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD) Symposium on Wednesday, April 28 at the Connelly Center Cinema Theater on main campus. The Symposium will feature speeches and commentary by internationally recognized computational fluid dynamics experts, including D. Brian Spalding, PhD, winner of the 2010 Benjamin Franklin Medal in Mechanical Engineering.

Among science's highest honors, the award identifies individuals whose great innovation has benefited humanity, advanced science, launched new fields of inquiry, and deepened our understanding of the universe. Dr. Spalding was presented with this award for his seminal contributions to the computer modeling of fluid flow, creating the practice of computational fluid dynamics (CFD) in industry, and paving the path for the widespread application of CFD to the design of objects from airplanes to heart valves.