Peyman Givi

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Peyman Givi
CitizenshipAmerican
Alma materYSU
Known forFiltered density function
AwardsNASA Public Service Medal NSF Presidential Faculty Fellowship
Scientific career
FieldsCombustion, Fluid Mechanics
InstitutionsState University of New York Buffalo, University of Pittsburgh
Doctoral advisorWilliam A. Sirignano
Websitegivi.pitt.edu

Peyman Givi (Persian: پیمان گیوی) is a Persian-American rocket scientist and engineer.

Givi currently serves as a Distinguished Professor of Mechanical Engineering and Materials Science and the James T. McLeod Professor at the University of Pittsburgh, and previously was Distinguished Professor of Aerospace Engineering at State University of New York.

He is an Elected Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS),[1] American Academy of Mechanics (AAM),[2] American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA),[3] American Physical Society (APS), American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), and the Combustion Institute.

His research interests include thermal-fluid sciences, numerical methods, applied mathematics, random data analysis, stochastic processes, and quantum computing.[4]

Biography[edit]

Born in Iran, Givi now lives in Pittsburgh. He received his bachelor's degree in mechanical engineering from the Youngstown State University in 1980 and his master's and Ph.D. in mechanical engineering from Carnegie Mellon University in 1982 and 1984, respectively. His dissertation was “Turbulent Reacting Flows (Probability Density, Mixing Layers, Jets, Plug Flow Reactors, Monte Carlo Method).”[5][6]

Prior to joining the University of Pittsburgh in 2002, he held the rank of University Distinguished Professor in Aerospace Engineering at the State University of New York at Buffalo,[7][8][9] where he received the Professor of the Year Award by Tau Beta Pi (2002).[10] He also worked as a Research Scientist at Flow Industries, Inc. in Seattle.

Research[edit]

Givi was first to demonstrate that the filtered density function is a tool for accurate prediction of turbulent combustion.[11][12][13][14][non-primary source needed]

Awards and honors[edit]

Givi received NASA's Public Service Medal (2005)[15] and is among the first 15 engineering faculty nationwide who received the White House NSF Presidential Faculty Fellowship from former president George W. Bush.[16]

In 2024, Givi presented the AIAA Dryden Lectureship in Research at the AIAA SciTech Forum. His lecture was “The Promise of Quantum Computing for Aerospace Science and Engineering.”[17]

He was also invited to deliver the 13th Elsevier Distinguished Lecture in Mechanics in 2021[18] and the 11th Pratt & Whitney Distinguished Lecture in 2021.[19]

His other awards include:

  • AIAA Sustained Service Award (2022)[20]
  • Carnegie Mellon University Alumni Achievement Award (2022)[21]
  • University of Pittsburgh Provost Distinguished Doctoral Mentor Award (2022)[22]
  • Carnegie Science Awards Honorable Mention – University/Post Secondary Educator (2017)[23]
  • Youngstown State University Distinguished Alumnus (2012)[24]
  • ASME Engineer of the Year in Pittsburgh (2007)

References[edit]

  1. ^ "Elected Fellows; Listing of Fellows who are current members". AAAS.org. American Association for the Advancement Of Science. Retrieved 12 March 2024.
  2. ^ "Fellows". American Academy of Mechanics. Retrieved 12 March 2024.
  3. ^ "AIAA Fellows" (PDF). aiaa.org. American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics. Retrieved 12 March 2024.
  4. ^ "Peyman Givi". Retrieved May 3, 2017.
  5. ^ "TURBULENT REACTING FLOWS (PROBABILITY DENSITY, MIXING LAYERS, JETS, PLUG FLOW REACTORS, MONTE CARLO METHOD)". Proquest. Clarivate. ProQuest 303347606. Retrieved 12 March 2024.
  6. ^ Givi, Peyman (1984). TURBULENT REACTING FLOWS (PROBABILITY DENSITY, MIXING LAYERS, JETS, PLUG FLOW REACTORS, MONTE CARLO METHOD). Ann Arbor: Dissertation Abstracts International. ISBN 9798607382469. Retrieved 12 March 2024.
  7. ^ "Celebration of Academic Excellence: UB Distinguished Professor". University at Buffalo. Retrieved 13 March 2024.
  8. ^ Longenecker, Donna. "Faculty, staff honored at convocation". UB Reporter. Retrieved 13 March 2024.
  9. ^ "Peyman Givi". cse.buffalo.edu. Retrieved 13 March 2024.
  10. ^ "Engineering Recognition". The Official Blog of Tau Beta Pi. Tau Beta Pi. 27 February 2012. Retrieved 13 March 2024.
  11. ^ Givi, Peyman (January 1989). "Model-free simulations of turbulent reactive flows". Progress in Energy and Combustion Science. 15 (1): 1–107. Bibcode:1989PrECS..15....1G. doi:10.1016/0360-1285(89)90006-3. ISSN 0360-1285.
  12. ^ Colucci, P. J.; Jaberi, F. A.; Givi, P.; Pope, S. B. (February 1998). "Filtered density function for large eddy simulation of turbulent reacting flows". Physics of Fluids. 10 (2): 499–515. Bibcode:1998PhFl...10..499C. doi:10.1063/1.869537. ISSN 1070-6631. S2CID 120992396.
  13. ^ Jaberi, F. A.; Colucci, P. J.; James, S.; Givi, P.; Pope, S. B. (December 1999). "Filtered mass density function for large-eddy simulation of turbulent reacting flows". Journal of Fluid Mechanics. 401 (1): 85–121. Bibcode:1999JFM...401...85J. doi:10.1017/S0022112099006643. ISSN 1469-7645.
  14. ^ Colucci, P.J.; Jaberi, F.A.; Givi, P.; Pope, S.B. (1 February 1998). "Filtered density function for large eddy simulation of turbulent reacting flows". Physics of Fluids. 10 (2): 499–515. Bibcode:1998PhFl...10..499C. doi:10.1063/1.869537. Retrieved 12 March 2024.
  15. ^ "Pitt Engineering Professor Awarded NASA Public Service Medal | University of Pittsburgh News". www.news.pitt.edu. Retrieved 2018-11-27.
  16. ^ Brizius, Martine; Butler, Patricia; Frechtling, Joy; Lockwood, John; Prescott, Debra; Silverstein, Gary; Westat (July 2001). "A descriptive analysis of the Presidential Faculty Fellows Program: Contributions to science and engineering through leadership in research and teaching" (PDF). Retrieved 12 March 2024.
  17. ^ Gray, Rebecca. "2024 AIAA Dryden Lectureship in Research Awarded to Peyman Givi, University of Pittsburgh". aiaa.org. American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics. Retrieved 12 March 2024.
  18. ^ Givi, Peyman. "Quantum Information and Deep Learning for Turbulent Combustion Modeling & Simulation 2021". Materials Today. Elsevier. Retrieved 12 March 2024.
  19. ^ "Past Seminars: Dr. Peyman Givi: PW Distinguished Lecture: Turbulent Combustion Computation in the Age of Big Data and Quantum Information". me.engr.uconn.edu. University of Connecticut. Retrieved 12 March 2024.
  20. ^ "Sustained Service Award". aiaa.org. American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics. Retrieved 12 March 2024.
  21. ^ "Alumni Awards Hall of Honor". Engage with CMU. Carnegie Mellon University. Retrieved 12 March 2024.
  22. ^ "Doctoral Mentoring Awards". Office of the Provost. University of Pittsburgh. Retrieved 12 March 2024.
  23. ^ "7 Pitt faculty earned Carnegie Science Awards". Pittwire. University of Pittsburgh. 3 April 2017. Retrieved 12 March 2024.
  24. ^ Merz, Robert (May 29, 2012). Alumni Spotlight: Rocket Scientist is a 'Penguin at Heart' (Spring 2012, Issue 12 ed.). Youngstown State University. p. 27. Retrieved 12 March 2024.

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