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Jeffrey B. Morton
Professor
Telephone: (434) 924-6224
E-mail: jbm@virginia.edu
Jeffrey B. Morton joined the University of Virginia in 1967 and is presently a Professor in the Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering. He earned his B.S. in Mathematics from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and Ph.D. from Johns Hopkins University.
Dr. Morton’s research interests are primarily in fluid mechanics including rotating flows and turbulence. He is currently interested in new approaches to developing computer programs for representing fluid flows.
In 1984, Dr. Morton won the “Research Unit Award for Outstanding Contribution fin Research” for his paper titled “Onsager’s pancake approximation for the fluid dynamics of a gas centrifuge.”
Dr. Morton is currently a member of the American Physical Society, Sigma Xi and an Associate Fellow of the American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics.
In 1997, Dr. Morton was awarded the Faculty Mentor award for the work he has done with the student-run University of Virginia Solar Airship Program. This program is trying to build a solar powered airship capable of 24 hour a day, 7 day-a-week autonomous operation.
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