William O. Criminale Professor Joint with Geophysics and Oceanography
Address:	University of Washington Department of Applied Mathematics Box 352420 Seattle, WA 98195-2420 USA
Fax:	(206) 685-1440
E-mail:	lascala [at] amath [dot] washington [dot] edu

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Biographical information

Professor Criminale completed his baccalaureate degree at the University of Alabama in 1955. He received his doctorate at the Johns Hopkins University in 1960. His research focuses on the areas of initial-value problems in shear flows, hydrodynamic stability, mixing, and nonlinear mechanics. Professor Criminale is the recipient of many honors which include: the Alexander von Humboldt Senior Research Award; Fellow, American Physical Society; Guest Scientist, Stanford-Ames Turbulence Research Center; the Faculty Research Award, Battelle Pacific Northwest Laboratories; and a Royal Society Fellow in the United Kingdom. He has also been a guest professor in Brazil, Canada, England, France, Germany, Italy, Scotland and Sweden.

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