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Ghia, Kirti N. was born in Bombay, India.
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Kirti N. Ghia
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Kirti N. Ghia, American Fluid mechanics engineer, educator. Achievements include research in analysis and numerical solutions of three-dimensional viscous internal flow problems; use of numerical coordinate transformations and higher-order spline techniques and direct solvers in the solution of navier-stokes equations.
Education
Bachelor of Science, Gujarat U., India, 1960; Master of Science, Illinois Institute Technology, 1965; Doctor of Philosophy in Mechanical & Aerospace Engineering, Illinois Institute Technology, 1969.
Career
Research engineer, Premier Automobiles Ltd., India, 1960-1961; research assistant fluid dynamics, Illinois Institute Technology, 1961-1962; instructor, Illinois Institute Technology, 1962; assistant, Illinois Institute Technology, 1962-1969; from assistant professor to associate professor, U. Cincinnati, 1969-1978; professor fluid dynamics, U. Cincinnati, since 1978. Consultant Huyck Corporation, 1965-1967, Kenner Prod Company, Cincinnati, 1972-1976, General Electric Company, Cincinnati, since 1973, Air Force Flight Dynamics Laboratory, Wright Patterson Air Force Base, since 1976, Naval Ship Research and Development Center, Bethesda, Maryland., since 1977, Reynolds Metal Company, Alabama, since 1978. Co-principal investigator National Science Foundation grants, 1972-1979, Aerospace Research.Lab., 1972-1975, General Electric Company grants, 1974-1975, 76-77, Off Science Research grants,1978-1979.
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Membership
Fellow American Society of Mechanical Engineers (Freeman scholar award 1995). Member American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics, American Society Engineering Education, Sigma Xi.
