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: Eckart Meiburg (12/23)
Vice-Chair: Andrea Prosperetti (12/24) 
Members:

• Ellen Longmire (12/23)
• Anne de Wit (12/23)
• Marcus Hermann (12/23)
• Tamer Zaki (12/24)
• Pascale Garaud (12/24)
• Mickael Bourgoin (12/24)

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: Peko Hosoi (12/23)
Vice-Chair: Jon Freund (12/24)
MM Liaison: Emmanuel Villermaux (12/24)
LOC '24: Paul Krueger
LOC '23: Ken Kiger & Michael Plesniak
Members:

• Gianluca Iaccarino (12/24)
• Tom Peacock (12/24)
• Luciano Castillo (12/23)
• Sarah Waters (12/23)
• Kathy Prestridge (12/23)
• Randy Ewoldt (12/25)

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: Jonathan Freund (12/24)
Vice-Chair: Peko Hosoi (12/23)
Members:

• Anne Laure Biance (12/23)
• Lydia Bourouiba (12/23)
• Kenny Breuer (12/24)
• Nicholas Hutchins (12/24)
• Nicholas Ouellette (12/24)
• Petia Vlahovska (12/24)

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: Daniel Chung, (12/24)
Vice-Chair: Jeff Elderedge (12/25)
Members:

• James Sprittle (12/24)
• Morris Flynn (12/24)
• Konrad Rykaczewski (12/24)
• Douglas Kelley (12/23)
• Pirouz Kavehpour (12/23)
• Monica Martinez (12/23)

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

Chair: Claudia Cenedese, Chair (12/23)
Vice-Chair: Mike Graham, Vice-Chair (12/24)
2022 Award Winner: Elisabeth Charlaix (12/23)
Members:

• Bud Homsy (12/23)
• Christine Hrenya (12/23)
• Isabelle Cantat (12/23)
• Keith Julien (12/24)
• Luca Biferale (12/24)
• Sutanu Sarkar (12/24)

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

Chair: Elizabeth Guazzelli (12/23)
Vice-Chair: David Saintillan (12/24)
2022 Award Winners: Roberto Verzicco & Rajat Mittal (12/23)
Members:

• Alison Marsden (12/23)
• Matthew Juniper (12/23)
• Alfredo Soldati (12/23)
• Emilie Dressaire (12/24)
• Arezoo Ardekani (12/24)

7 members, staggered 2-year terms

Chair: Amy Shen (12/23)
Vice-Chair: Luc Deike (12/24)
Members:

• Peichun Amy Tsai (12/23)
• Federico Toschi (12/23)
• Camille Duprat (12/24)
• Natalie Vriend (12/24)
• Aaron Towne (12/24)

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

Chair: Leif Ristroph (12/23)
Vice-Chair: Rodney Fox (12/24)
2022 Award Winner: Sebastien Michelin (12/23)
PRF Liaison: Chao Sun (12/22)
Members:

• Osman Basaran (12/24)
• Filippe Coletti (12/24)
• Elise Lorenceau (12/23)
• Irmgard Bischofberger (12/23)

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: Alvaro Marin (12/23)
Vice-Chair: P-T Brun (12/24)
Ex-Officio Gallery of Fluid Motion Maintenance: Azar Eslam Panah (12/23)
Members: 

• Nitesh Nama (12/24)
• Megan Leftwich (12/23)
• Goza, Andres Jared (12/25)
• Jesse Capecelatro (12/25)
• Brian Elbing (12/23)

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: Rui Ni (12/23)
Vice-Chair: Alban Sauret (12/24)
Members: 

• Varghese Mathai (12/23)
• Sungyon Lee (12/23)
• 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: Teresa-Ann Saxton-Fox (12/24)
Vice-Chair: Rodolfo Ostilla Mónico (12/24)
Members:

• Felippo Coletti (12/24)
• Margaret Byron (ad hoc member 12/23)
• Laura Villafane Roca (12/23)
• Yuan Nan Young (12/25)
• Satish Kumar (12/24)
• Thomas Ward (12/23)
• Ke-Qing Xia (12/23)

Chair: Peko Hosoi
Members:

• Daniel Bodony
• Jon Freund
• Anne Juel
• Detlef Lohse
• Ho-Young Kim
• Elizabeth Guazzelli
• Michael Plesniak
• Ken Kiger
• Peggy Holland
• Monica Malouf
• Arezzo Ardekani