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: Charles Meneveau (12/25)  
Vice-Chair: Minami Yoda (12/26) 
Members:

• Matthew Juniper (12/25)
• Francois Gallaire (12/25)
• Claudia Cenedese (12/25)
• Rajat Mittal (12/26)
• Filippo Coletti (12/26)
• Isabelle Cantat (12/26)

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: Gretar Tryggvason (12/25)
Vice-Chair: Tim Colonius (12/27)
MM Liaison: Irmgard Bischolfberger (12/26)
LOC: Will Anderson
LOC: Paul Krueger
Members:

• Randy Ewoldt (12/25)
• Raúl Bayoán Cal (12/26)
• David Saintillan (12/27)
• Tarek Echekki (12/27)
• Sunny Jung (12/27)

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

• Henry Fu
• Roberto Zenit

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: Tim Colonius (12/26)
Vice-Chair: Gretar Tryggvason (12/25)
Members:

• Mike Plesniak (12/25)
  
• Linda Cummings (12/25)
  
• Denice Gayme (12/26)
  
• Grae Worster (12/26)
  
• Tamer Zaki (12/26)
  
• Omar Matar (12/26)

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: Johan Larsson (12/26)
Vice-Chair: Sam Taira (12/27)
Past Chair: Jeff Elderedge (12/25) 
Members:

• Kirti Sahu (12/26)
• Ho-Young Kim (12/26)
• Junlin Yuan (12/27)
• Claudia E. Brunner (12/27)
• Christine Gilbert (12/27)

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

Chair: John Dabiri (12/25)
Vice-Chair: Anne Juel (12/26)
2024 Award Winner: Javier Jimenez (12/25)
Members:

• Stéphane Zaleski (12/25)
  
• Sebastien Michelin (12/25)
  
• Geoff Vallis (12/26)
  
• Jackie Chen (12/26)
  
• Clancy Rowley (12/26)

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

Chair:  Anke Lindner (12/25)
Vice-Chair: Bruce Sutherland (12/26)
2024 Award Winners: Bérengère Dubrulle (12/25)
Members:

• Jacco Snoiejer (12/25)
  
• Steve Tobias (12/25)
  
• Bob Moser (12/25)
  
• Saverio Spagnolie (12/26)
  
• Rama Govindarajan (12/26)

7 members, staggered 2-year terms

Chair: Kausic Sarkar (12/25)
Vice-Chair: Gwynn Elfring (12/26)
Members:

• Jeff Guasto (12/25)
  
• Michelle Driscoll (12/25)
  
• Monica Martinez Wilhelmus (12/26)
  
• Emmanuel Villermaux (12/26)
  
• Fabien Evrard (12/26)

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

Chair: Paulo Arratia (12/25)
Vice-Chair: Daniel Livescu (12/26)
PRF Liaison: Viswanathan Kumaran (12/25)
Members:

• Ivan Bermejo-Moreno (12/25)
• Rui Ni (12/26)
• Krishnan Mahesh (12/26)

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: Karen Mulleners (12/26)
Vice-Chair: Nathalie Vriend (12/27)
Ex-Officio Gallery of Fluid Motion Coordinator: Azar Eslam Panah 

Ex-Officio Social Media Coordinator: Sarah Morris
Members: 

• Goza, Andres Jared (12/25)
• Jesse Capecelatro (12/25)
• Sungyon Lee (12/26)
• Tadd Truscott (12/27)
• Kiran Bhaganagar (12/27)

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: Kartik Bulusu, Chair (12/26)
Past Chair: Alban Sauret (12/25)
Vice-Chair: Melissa Green (12/27)
Members: 

• Laurette Tuckerman (12/25)
• Melissa Brindise (12/26)
• Michelle DiBenedetto (12/27)

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: Margaret Byron (12/26)
Vice-Chair: Kelli Hendrickson (12/27)
Past Chair: Rodolfo Ostilla Mónico (12/25)
Members:

• Yuan Nan Young (12/25)
• Sarah Hormozi (12/26)
• David Hu (12/26)
• Kenny Breuer (12/27)
• Francesca Bernardi (12/27)

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