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Coleman Dupont Donaldson (September 22, 1922 – August 7, 2009) was a fluid physicist and aeronautical engineer who specialized in turbulent flow and computational fluid dynamics. He made broad contributions during his career in turbulent transport, supersonic flow, and armor.

In 1942 he received a bachelor's degree from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute. Afterwards he worked for the National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics (NACA) at the Langley Memorial Aeronautical Laboratory. While serving in the Army Air Corps in 1945–1946 he was assigned to Bell Aircraft, where he worked on the development of the X-1 and X-2. Aftwards he worked at NACA again and completed his doctorate at Princeton under Luigi Crocco in 1957. He was elected to the National Academy of Engineering in 1979. He was a member of the Du Pont family and a grandson of T. Coleman du Pont.

References

1. ^ "Coleman Donaldson Obituary". Daily Press. August 2009. Retrieved 8 February 2013.
2. ^ "Coleman Dupont Donaldson". Princeton Alumni Weekly. The Trustees of Princeton University. 3 February 2010. Retrieved 23 December 2014.
3. ^ Bushnell, Dennis M. (2011). "Coleman Dupont Donaldson". Memorial Tributes: National Academy of Engineering, Volume 14. National Academy of Engineering. pp. 61–65. ISBN 978-0-309-15218-1. Retrieved 23 December 2014.

External links

• Coleman Dupont Donaldson at National Academies Press

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