Governance

The Nominating Committee is responsible for preparing a slate of candidates for various elected offices of the Division.

8 members, staggered 2-year terms

Chair: Andrea Prosperetti (12/24)
Vice-Chair: Charles Meneveau (12/25) 
Members:

• Tamer Zaki (12/24)
• Pascale Garaud (12/24)
• Mickael Bourgoin (12/24)
• Francois Gallaire (12/25)
• Matthew Juniper (12/25)
• Claudia Cenedese (12/25)

The Program Committee is responsible for the program at the annual DFD meeting, in consultation with the local organizing committee. In particular, it has final responsibility for the selection of invited papers, focus sessions and minisymposia. The Committee also organizes DFD participation in the March APS meeting, including invited and focus sessions, sometimes in collaboration with other APS divisions.

8 members, staggered 3-year terms + March Meeting Liaison + 2 local organizing committee members

Chair: Jon Freund (12/24)
Vice-Chair: Gretar Tryggvason (12/25)
MM Liaison: Emmanuel Villermaux (12/24)
LOC: Henry Fu
LOC: Marc Calaf
Members:

• Gianluca Iaccarino (12/24)
• Tom Peacock (12/24)
• Paul Krueger (12/25)
• Raúl Bayoán Cal (12/26)
• Irmgard Bischolfberger (12/26)
• Randy Ewoldt (12/25)

Ad hoc members of the program committee for consideration of alternate meeting formats

• Ellen Longmir
• Tim Colonius 

The Division elects a certain number of its members to fellowship in the American Physical Society each year. Fellows are elected from the nominations submitted by the membership to the Fellowship Committee.

8 fellows, staggered 2-year terms

Chair: Gretar Tryggvason (12/25)
Vice-Chair: Jon Freund (12/24)
Members:

• Kenny Breuer (12/24)
  
• Nick Ouellette (12/24)
  
• Nicholas Hutchins (12/24)
  
• Petia M. Vlahovska (12/24)
  
• Mike Plesniak (12/25)
  
• Linda Cummings (12/25)

The External Affairs Committee will promote the affairs of the Division through interactions with other professional societies in the U.S. and abroad, through contributions to public education, and by such other activities as the Committee shall choose to undertake.

8 members, staggered 3-year terms

Chair: Jeff Elderedge, (12/25)
Vice-Chair: Johan Larsson (12/26)
Members:

• James Sprittle (12/24)
• Morris Flynn (12/24)
• Konrad Rykaczewski (12/24)
• Daniel Chung (12/24)
• Kirti Sahu (12/26)
• Ho-Young Kim (12/26)

8 members, staggered 2-year terms, and award winner from previous cycle, 1-year term

Chair: Mike Graham, Chair (12/24)
Vice-Chair: John Dabiri, Vice-Chair (12/25)
2023 Award Winner: Elizabeth Guazzelli (12/24)
Members:

• Keith Julien (12/24)
  
• Luca Biferale (12/24)
  
• Sutanu Sarkar (12/24)
  
• Stéphane Zaleski (12/25)
  
• Sebastien Michelin (12/25)

7 members, staggered 2-year terms, and award winner from previous cycle, 1-year term

Chair:  David Saintillan (12/24)
Vice-Chair: Anke Lindner (12/25)
2023 Award Winners: George Hallerl (12/24)
Members:

• Emilie Dressaire (12/24)
  
• Arezoo Ardekani (12/24)
  
• Jacco Snoiejer (12/25)
  
• Steve Tobias (12/25)
  
• Bob Moser (12/25)

7 members, staggered 2-year terms

Chair: Luc Deike (12/24)
Vice-Chair: Kausic Sarkar (12/25)
Members:

• Camille Duprat (12/24)
  
• Nathalie Vriend (12/24)
  
• Aaron Towne (12/24)
  
• Jeff Guasto (12/25)
  
• Michelle Driscoll (12/25)

6 members, staggered 2-year terms, award winner from previous cycle, and Physical Review Fluids Liaison

Chair: Rodney Fox (12/24)
Vice-Chair: Paulo Arratia (12/25)
2023 Award Winner: Stephane Perrard (12/24)
PRF Liaison: Viswanathan Kumaran (12/25)
Members:

• Osman Basaran (12/24)
• Filippe Coletti (12/24)
• Berengere Dubrulle, (12/25)
• Ivan Bermejo-Moreno (12/25)

The Media and Science Relations Committee works to increase awareness of fluid dynamics within the media for consumption by the general public (Media Relations) and by the advancement of fluid dynamics science and technology within the science and engineering communities and within the funding agencies (Science Relations).

7 members, staggered 3-year terms

Chair: P-T Brun (12/24)
Vice-Chair: Karen Mulleners (12/26)
Ex-Officio Gallery of Fluid Motion Coordinator: Azar Eslam Panah 

Ex-Officio Social Media Coordinator: Sarah Morris
Members: 

• Nitesh Nama (12/24)
• Alvaro Marin (12/24)
• Goza, Andres Jared (12/25)
• Jesse Capecelatro (12/25)
• Nitesh Nama (12/24)
• Sungyon Lee (12/26)

The Educational & Career Outreach Committee develops outreach programs for fluid dynamics education and professional development of graduate students and early-career members of the DFD.

6 members, staggered 2-year terms

Chair: Alban Sauret (12/24)
Vice-Chair: Kartik Bulusu (12/25)
Members: 

• Melissa Brindise (12/25)
• Laurette Tuckerman (12/25)
• Lou Kondic (12/24)
• Draga Pihler-Puzovic (10/24)

The Diversity and Inclusion Committee works towards identifying, promoting and helping elicit nominations for candidates for all awards, invited speakers, Division officers and committees to strengthen diversity and inclusiveness.

8 members, staggered 3-year terms

Chair: Rodolfo Ostilla Mónico (12/24)
Vice-Chair: Margaret Byron (12/26)
Members:

• Felippo Coletti (12/24)
• Teresa-Ann Saxton-Fox (12/24)
• Sarah Hormozi (12/26)
• Yuan Nan Young (12/25)
• Satish Kumar (12/24)
• David Hu (12/26)

APS Representative on US National Committee for Theoretical and Applied Mechanics: Satish Kumar