Simon Ostrach
Simon Ostrach | |
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| Born | December 26, 1923 Providence, Rhode Island, U.S. |
| Died | October 2, 2017 (aged 93) Pepper Pike, Ohio, U.S. |
| Alma mater | Rhode Island State College (BS, MS) Brown University (MS, PhD) |
| Scientific career | |
| Fields | Buoyancy-driven flow Microgravity |
| Institutions | FAMU-FSU College of Engineering Case Western Reserve University NASA |
| Doctoral advisors | William Prager George F. Carrier |
| Doctoral students | Salvatore Cezar Pais |
Simon Ostrach (December 26, 1923 – October 2, 2017) was an American applied mathematician and mechanical engineer. He was a pioneer in the fields of buoyancy-driven flows and microgravity science.