John Ffowcs Williams
John "Shôn" Eirwyn Ffowcs Williams FRSA FRAeS FInstP FREng (1935–2020) was Emeritus Rank Professor of Engineering at the University of Cambridge and a former Master of Emmanuel College, Cambridge (1996–2002). He may be best known for his contributions to aeroacoustics, in particular for his work on Concorde. Together with one of his students, David Hawkings, he introduced the far-field integration method in computational aeroacoustics based on Lighthill's acoustic analogy, known as the Ffowcs Williams–Hawkings analogy.
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| Born | Shôn Eirwen Ffowcs Williams 25 May 1935 Wales |
| Died | 12 December 2020 (aged 85) North Wales, Wales |
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Anne Mason (m. 1959) |
| Awards | Sir Frank Whittle Medal (2002) |
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| Alma mater | University of Southampton |
| Thesis | On Noise from Convected Turbulence (1961) |
| Doctoral advisor | Elfyn Richards |
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| Discipline | Engineering |
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| Notable ideas | Ffowcs Williams–Hawkings analogy |
Ffowcs was elected as a member into the National Academy of Engineering in 1995 for contributions to the theory of jet noise, and other aspects of aeroacoustics and hydrodynamics.
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