Coleman Dupont Donaldson
Born(1922-09-22)September 22, 1922[1]
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
DiedAugust 7, 2009(2009-08-07) (aged 86)[2]
Newport News, Virginia
Alma materRensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Princeton University [2]
Scientific career
FieldsFluid mechanics
Doctoral advisorLuigi Crocco

Coleman Dupont Donaldson (September 22, 1922 – August 7, 2009) was a fluid physicist and aeronautical engineer who specialized in turbulent flow and computational fluid dynamics. He made broad contributions during his career in turbulent transport, supersonic flow, and armor.[3]

In 1942 he received a bachelor's degree from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute. Afterwards he worked for the National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics (NACA) at the Langley Memorial Aeronautical Laboratory.[1] While serving in the Army Air Corps in 1945–1946 he was assigned to Bell Aircraft, where he worked on the development of the X-1 and X-2.[2] Aftwards he worked at NACA again and completed his doctorate at Princeton under Luigi Crocco in 1957. He was elected to the National Academy of Engineering in 1979. He was a member of the Du Pont family and a grandson of T. Coleman du Pont.[3]

References

  1. 1 2 "Coleman Donaldson Obituary". Daily Press. August 2009. Retrieved 8 February 2013.
  2. 1 2 3 "Coleman Dupont Donaldson". Princeton Alumni Weekly. The Trustees of Princeton University. 3 February 2010. Retrieved 23 December 2014.
  3. 1 2 Bushnell, Dennis M. (2011). "Coleman Dupont Donaldson". Memorial Tributes: National Academy of Engineering, Volume 14. National Academy of Engineering. pp. 61–65. ISBN 978-0-309-15218-1. Retrieved 23 December 2014.


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