James Joseph Riley is an American fluid dynamicist and professor emeritus in mechanical engineering at the University of Washington. Prior to his retirement, he was the university's inaugural PACCAR Professor of Engineering.
Riley graduated from Rockhurst College in 1965 and received his PhD from Johns Hopkins University in 1972. He is a fellow of the American Physical Society, of the American Society of Mechanical Engineers and of the American Association for the Advancement of Science. He was also elected a member of the National Academy of Engineering in 2014 for contributions in analysis, modeling, and computations of transitioning and turbulent phenomena.
References
- ^ "James J. Riley". University of Washington. Retrieved 2025-01-03.
- "APS Fellow Archive". American Physical Society. Retrieved 2018-08-11.
- "Fellows". American Society of Mechanical Engineers. Retrieved 2018-08-11.
- "Riley, James". American Association for the Advancement of Science. 2017. Retrieved 2018-08-11.
- National Academy of Engineering Annual Report - 2014. p. 19. Retrieved 11 August 2018.
- Living people
- University of Washington faculty
- 21st-century American engineers
- Rockhurst University alumni
- Scientists from Kansas City, Missouri
- Physicists from Missouri
- Johns Hopkins University alumni
- Fellows of the American Physical Society
- Fellows of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences
- Fellows of the American Society of Mechanical Engineers