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: Minami Yoda (12/26)  
Vice-Chair: Peko Hosoi (12/27)

Members:

• Rajat Mittal (12/26)
• Filippo Coletti (12/26)
• Isabelle Cantat (12/26)
• Detlef Lohse (12/27)
• Linda Cummings (12/27)
• Haechon Choi (12/27)

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: Tim Colonius (12/27)
Vice-Chair: Sathish Kumar (12/28)
MM Liaison: Irmgard Bischolfberger (12/26)
LOC: S “Bala” Balachandar
LOC: Jason Butler

Members:

• Raúl Bayoán Cal (12/26)
• David Saintillan (12/27)
• Tarek Echekki (12/27)
• Sunny Jung (12/27)
• Laura Villafane Roca (12/28)

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: Satish Kumar (12/27)
Vice-Chair: Tim Colonius (12/26)

Members:

• Dennice Gayme (12/26)
• Grae Worster (12/26)
• Tamer Zaki (12/26)
• Omar Matar (12/26)
• Jeff Eldredge (12/27)
• Elizabeth Guazzelli (12/27)

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: Sam Taira (12/27)
Vice-Chair: Lawrence Ukeiley (12/28)
Past Chair: Johan Larsson (12/26)

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: Anne Juel (12/26)
Vice-Chair: Eric Lauga (12/27)
2025 Award Winner: Sanjiva Lele (12/26)

Members:

• Geoff Vallis (12/26)
• Jackie Chen (12/26)
• Clancy Rowley (12/26)
• Bob Moser (12/27)
• Ann Karagozian (12/27)

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

Chair:  Bruce Sutherland (12/26)
Vice-Chair: Paulo Arratia (12/27)
2025 Award Winners: J. Jane Wang (12/26)

Members:

• Saverio Spagnolie (12/26)
• Rama Govindarajan (12/26)
• Jesse Capecelatro (12/27)
• Sarah Waters (12/27)
• Kausic Sarkar (12/27)

7 members, staggered 2-year terms

Chair: Gwynn Elfring (12/26)
Vice-Chair: Eric Johnsen (12/27)

Members:

• Monica Martinez Wilhelmus (12/26)
• Emmanuel Villermaux (12/26)
• Fabien Evrard (12/26)
• Ivan Christov (12/27)
• Cecilia Huertas-Cerdeira (12/27)

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

Chair: Daniel Livescu (12/26)
Vice-Chair: Xiaofeng Liu (12/27)
PRF Liaison: Ho-Young Kim (12/27)
2025 Award Winner: Marco E. Rosti (12/26)

Members:

• Rui Ni (12/26)
• Krishnan Mahesh (12/26)
• Xin Yong (12/27)

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: Nathalie Vriend (12/27)
Vice-Chair: Nichole Sharp (12/28)
Past Chair: Karen Mulleners (12/26) 
Ex-Officio Gallery of Fluid Motion Coordinator: Azar Eslam Panah
Ex-Officio Social Media Coordinator: Poja Chopra

Members: 

• Sungyon Lee (12/26)
• Tadd Truscott (12/27)
• Kiran Bhaganagar (12/27)
• Michael Howland (12/28)

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: Melissa Green (12/27)
Past Chair: Kartik Bulusu (12/26) 
Vice-Chair: Daniel Harris (12/28)

Members: 

• Melissa Brindise (12/26)
• Michelle DiBenedetto (12/27)
• Jane Bae, Caltech 12/28)

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: Kelli Hendrickson, Chair (12/27)
Vice-Chair: Blair Johnson 12/28)
Past Chair: Margaret Byron (12/26)

Members:

• David Hu (12/26)
• Kenny Breuer (12/27)
• Francesca Bernardi  (12/27)
• Qi Zhou 12/28)
• Anchal Sareen 12/28)

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