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Authorised form of nameBradshaw; Peter; aeronautical engineer
NationalityBritish
Place of birthTorquay, Devon, England
Date of birth26/12/1935
Date of death27 July 2024
Occupationaeronautical engineer
Research fieldFluid mechanics
Aeronautical engineering
ActivityEducation:
Torquay Grammar School; Cambridge University BA 1957; Exeter University PhD 1990
Career:
Scientific Officer, NPL Aerodynamics Division (1964-1970); Reader, Aerodynamics Division of the National Physical Laboratory (1969); Professor of Experimental Aerodynamics, Department of Aeronautics, Imperial College London (1969-1988); Thomas V. Jones Chair of Engineering at Stanford University (1988); Emeritus Professor (1995); moved to Las Vegas (2017).
Awards/Medals:
Bronze medal Royal Aeronautical Society 1971
Busk Prize 1972
Prince Distinguished Lecturer at Arizona State University 1982
Distinguished Lecturer in Mechanical Engineering at Michigan State University 1987
Honorary degree of DSc by Exeter University 1990
ASME Distinguished Lecturer 1992-1993
American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics Fluid Dynamics Award 1994
Membership categoryFellow
Date of election19/03/1981
Age at election45
RelationshipsParents: Joseph Newbold and Frances Winifred (Finch) Bradshaw.
Spouse: 1) (m 18 July 1959) Aline Mary Rose, July 18, 1959 (divorced 1968); 2) (20 July 1968) Sheila Dorothy Brown.
PublishedWorksRCN 16789
RCN 13710
RCN 16979
RCN 10053
RCN 16790
OtherInfoOne of the world's leading authorities in the study of turbulence in shear flows, especially from the point of view of engineering, including aeronautics.
SourceThe Royal Society Fellows Directory, Professor Peter Bradshaw FRS, [URL: https://royalsociety.org/people/peter-bradshaw-11126/; last accessed: 12/02/25]
Imperial Home, Faculty of Engineering Departments, Institutes and centres, Department of Aeronautics, Statement of condolence - Peter Bradshaw, FRS (1935 – 2024), [URL: https://www.imperial.ac.uk/aeronautics/peter-bradshaw/; last accessed: 12/02/2025]
Prabook [URL: https://prabook.com/web/peter.bradshaw/823296; last accessed: 12/02/2025]
CodeNA3913
Archives associated with this Fellow
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IM/GA/JGRS/8260Bradshaw, Peter1981
EC/1981/04Bradshaw, Peter: certificate of election to the Royal Society1979
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