Michael
Modest to receive
Humboldt Research Award
Michael
Modest, distinguished professor
of mechanical engineering has been selected to receive
the Humboldt Research Award
from the Alexander Von Humboldt Foundation in Bonn, Germany,
in honor of his achievements in the field of heat transport.
The Humboldt awards are a lifelong tribute to the academic
accomplishments of the awardees.
The Humboldt Foundation promotes
an active world-wide network of scholars. Individual sponsorship
during periods spent in Germany and longstanding follow-up
contacts have been hallmarks of the foundation's work since
1953. Award winners are invited to carry out research projects
of their own choice at German research institutes.
Professor Modest has made outstanding
contributions to the important fields of radiation heat transfer
and laser machining of materials. He is particularly known
for his pioneering work in nongray gas radiation, turbulence-radiation
interactions and laser machining. During his stay in Germany
Professor Modest will continue his research on numerical
methods for the prediction of radiative transfer. The resulting
models will be used to extend fluid dynamics codes, such
as the ones used by the host institute in Karlsruhe.
