Background
Zabusky, Norman Julius was born on January 4, 1929 in New York City. Son of Hyman and Anna (Braun) Zabusky.
Fluid science and engineering educator
Zabusky, Norman Julius was born on January 4, 1929 in New York City. Son of Hyman and Anna (Braun) Zabusky.
Bachelor of Electrical Engineering magna cum laude, City College of New York, 1951; Master of Science in Electrical Engineering, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1953; Doctor of Philosophy in Physics, California Institute Technology, 1959.
Engineer, Raytheon Inc., Bedford, Massachusetts, 1953-1955;
research assistant, Princeton (New Jersey) Plasma Physics Laboratory, 1960-1961;
member technical staff, Bell laboratories incorporated, Whippany, New Jersey, 1961-1963;
supervisor plasma physics, Bell laboratories incorporated, Whippany, New Jersey, 1963-1968;
head computational physics research department, Bell laboratories incorporated, Whippany, New Jersey, 1968-1975;
professor applied mathematics, U. Pittsburgh, 1976-1989;
State of New Jersey professor computational fluid dynamics department, director lab for visiometrics and modeling department mechanic and aerospace engineering, Rutgers University, Piscataway, since 1989. Consultant Exxon Research and Engineering, Linden, New Jersey, 1977-1979, Naval Research Laboratory, Washington, 1976-1992, Los Alamos (New Mexico) National Laboratory, 1983-1988. Consultant, president Fluid Sciences Inc., Pittsburgh, 1981-1993.
Visiting scientist National Center for Atmospheric Research, Boulder, Colorado, 1979-1983.
Board of directors Committee for Concerned Scientists, New York City, since 1985. Fellow American Association for the Advancement of Science, American Physical Society.
Married Charlotte Fox, June 20, 1954. Children: Stacia Ellen, Erica Fox, Alexander Nicholas.