Dr. Tamer Zaki

Biography

Tamer Zaki is a professor in the Department of Mechanical Engineering at Johns Hopkins University. His research primarily focuses on turbulence and its computational solutions, aiming to address challenges associated with momentum, heat, and mass transfer in turbulent flows. Zaki is affiliated with several research institutes including the Institute for Data Intensive Engineering and Science (IDIES), Center for Environmental and Applied Fluid Mechanics (CEAFM), and the Hopkins Extreme Materials Institute (HEMI). His team conducts fundamental research in areas such as transitional turbulent shear flows, two-fluid shear flows, and flow manipulation for drag reduction technologies. Zaki has received notable awards including the Office of Naval Research Young Investigator Award and the JHU William H. Huggins Excellence in Teaching Award. He has contributed numerous journal articles and book chapters, and he serves on the editorial advisory board of Flow, Turbulence and Combustion, along with being an associate editor for the Journal of Fluid Mechanics. Zaki obtained his Bachelor’s and Master’s degrees in Mechanical Engineering from Penn State University and Stanford University, respectively, before earning his PhD in Flow Physics and Computational Engineering.

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