Farhat named fellow of the Society for Industrial and Applied Mathematics

CHARBEL FARHAT, the Vivian Church Hoff Professor of Aircraft Structures and chair of the Aeronautics and Astronautics Department, has been named a fellow of The Society for Industrial and Applied Mathematics (SIAM). Fellows are recognized for outstanding contributions to applied mathematics and computational science through research and community service.

Farhat is being honored for his contributions to parallel computing, modeling, and simulation. His research group develops mathematical models, algorithms, and software for applications in aerospace, marine, mechanical and naval engineering. For example, Farhat and two research associates recently published an efficient mathematical model to predict in real time a dangerous aeronautical risk known as wing flutter.