Leen van Wijngaarden Prize

The Leen van Wijngaarden Prize for Excellence in Fluid Mechanics

(founder prof.dr.ir. Lambertus Hesselink)

Objective
To create a prize in honor of Leen van Wijngaarden for his lifelong devotion to educating students and excellence/world leadership in Fluid Mechanics research.

Details
Leen van Wijngaarden Prize for the best contribution to Fluid Mechanics in The Netherlands for a researcher less than 40 years of age of one of the groups of the J.M. Burgers Center.

a. Awarded every four years at the birthday of Professor Burgers, January 13 during the annual day of the J.M. Burgerscentrum

b. Prize $10,000

Selection Committee
1. Prof.dr.ir L. Hesselink (chairman)
2. Prof.dr.ir. L. van Wijngaarden
3. Prof.dr. M.G. Worster (editor of Journal of Fluid Mechanics)
4. Prof.dr.ir. G. Lodewijks (Chairman of the Board of the J.M. Burgers Center)
5. Prof.dr.ir. G. Ooms (Scientific director of the J.M. Burgers Center)

Management
The J.M. Burgers Center will manage and distribute the prize every four years

First winner of the LvW prize 2012 - Gerrit Elsinga | TUD
To read his lecture click here.