Thomas Bernard Gatski
Scientist, physicist
Born Aug. 30, 1948, Hazleton (PA), U.S.; son of Thomas and Agnes (Hovan); married Rosann (Marcinkus); child: Megan.
Education: Bachelor of Science (B.S.) (in aerospace engineering), 1970, Master of Science (M.S.) 1972, Ph.D., 1976, Penn State University, University Park (PA).
Career: research associate, Brown University, Providence (RI), 1975-77; research scientist, 1977-86, senior research scientist, 1986 -, NASA - Langley Research Center, Hampton (VA).
Author: co-editor (with S. Sarkar, C. Speziale), Special Issue of Theoretical and Computational Fluid Dynamics Dedicated to J. L. Lumley, 1991; associate editor, Theoretical and Computational Fluid Dynamics, 1991 -; co-editor (with S. Sarkar, C. Speziale), Studies in Turbulence, 1992; consultant editor, American Institute of Physics Series in Computational Physics - Fluid Dynamics, 1992-95; co-editor (with D. E. Ashpis, R. Hirsh), Instabilities and Turbulence in Engineering Flows, 1993; co-editor (with M. N. Glauser, J. P. Bonnet), Special Issue of Theoretical and Computational Fluid Dynamics on Turbulent Eddy Structure and Dynamics, 1993; co-editor (with M. Y. Hussaini, T. L. Jackson), Transition, Turbulence and Combustion, Selected Papers from the ICASE/LaRC 1993 Summer Workshop, 1994; over 90 scientific papers.
Member of: Division of Fluid Dynamics, American Physical Society; board member, executive committee member, United Way of Greater Williamsburg (VA); chairman, Rotary International, Williamsburg.
Honors: Floyd Thompson fellowship, National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) - Langley, 1987-88; sabbatical leave, Cambridge University (United Kingdom).
Affiliation: Independent, Catholic
Language: English
Hobbies: golf .
Office: National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Langley Research Center, Hampton VA.
From: "Who's Who in Polish America" 1st Edition 1996-1997, Boleslaw Wierzbianski editor; Bicentennial Publishing Corporation, New York, NY, 1996