Jason Reese

Prof Jason Reese FREng FRSE
Born (1967-06-24) 24 June 1967
Residence Glasgow, Scotland, UK
Nationality British
Fields Mechanical engineering
Aerospace engineering
Institutions University of Edinburgh
University of Strathclyde
King's College London
University of Aberdeen
Technical University of Berlin
University of Cambridge
Alma mater University of Oxford
Imperial College London
Known for Multiscale modeling
Microfluidics & Nanofluidics
Rarefied gas dynamics

Jason Meredith Reese FREng[1] FRSE[2] APS Fellow[3] is a British engineering scientist, and Regius Professor of Engineering in the University of Edinburgh, UK.[4]

His research is in multiscale flow systems in which the molecular or discrete nature of the fluid determines the overall fluid dynamics. A winner of the Philip Leverhulme Prize for Engineering (Leverhulme Trust), the Lord Kelvin Medal (Royal Society of Edinburgh), and a MacRobert Award (Royal Academy of Engineering) finalist, he was previously Weir Professor of Thermodynamics & Fluid Mechanics, and Head of the Mechanical & Aerospace Engineering Department, at the University of Strathclyde, Glasgow.

Education

Jason Reese studied at Imperial College London, graduating in Physics in 1988. He completed his Masters and Doctoral research in Applied Mathematics at the University of Oxford in 1993, where he was one of the last research students of Leslie Woods, chairman of the Mathematical Institute and Professor of Mathematics (Theory of Plasma). Subsequently Reese moved into engineering, and was a postdoctoral researcher at the Technical University of Berlin, and the University of Cambridge.

Career

In 1996 he became a Lecturer in Engineering in the University of Aberdeen, and then joined King's College London in 2001 as Lecturer and ExxonMobil Engineering Fellow. He moved to the University of Strathclyde in 2003 as the Weir Professor of Thermodynamics & Fluid Mechanics, and was latterly Head of the Department of Mechanical & Aerospace Engineering. In 2013 he was appointed to the Regius Professorship in Edinburgh University,[5] the ninth incumbent of this position since it was established by Queen Victoria in 1868.

Reese is an engineering scientist. He conducts and publishes theoretical and computational research into multiscale fluid dynamics, in particular micro and nano flows,[6] as well as rarefied gas dynamics. He is also involved in the industrial application of fluid mechanics: he was part of the team that founded Brinker Technology Ltd in 2002 to commercialise a novel leak detection and sealing system for oil/gas pipelines and wellheads, and water mains pipes.

He is a Fellow of the Royal Academy of Engineering,[1] of the American Physical Society,[3] of the Royal Society of Edinburgh,[2] of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers, and of the Institute of Physics. He is also a Visiting Research Professor at Strathclyde University.

From 2012-16, Reese was a member of the Scottish Science Advisory Council, Scotland’s highest level science advisory body, providing independent advice and recommendations on science strategy, policy and priorities to the Scottish Government.[7]

Fellowships and awards

References

  1. 1 2 3 "List of RAEng Fellows".
  2. 1 2 3 "Directory of RSE Fellows".
  3. 1 2 3 "APS Fellows 2016".
  4. ↑ "News archive, University of Edinburgh". Retrieved 10 January 2014.
  5. ↑ "Warrants Under the Royal Sign Manual, Regius Chair of Engineering". London Gazette. 26 July 2013. Retrieved 18 November 2013.
  6. ↑ "'Water, water, everywhere, Nor any drop to drink'?". Physics World. 1 June 2011. Retrieved 10 January 2014.
  7. ↑ "Members, Scottish Science Advisory Council". Retrieved 10 January 2014.

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