Ramesh Agarwal, PhD, the William Palm Professor of Engineering in the School of Engineering & Applied Science at Washington University in St. Louis, will receive an honorary fellowship from the Royal Aeronautical Society, the highest distinction for global aerospace achievement.
Agarwal is being recognized for his “outstanding leadership in aerospace education and research and for advancing the improvement and development of a wide range of flying aerospace vehicles through ingenious application of computational fluid dynamics.” Past fellowship winners include Orville Wright, Sir Winston Churchill and U.S. Gen. Charles E. Yeager.
Agarwal is to receive the award in December at the society’s Wilbur and Orville Wright Lecture in London. For more details, visit the School of Engineering site.