Ain A. Sonin

Professor Emeritus of Mechanical Engineering

Room 3-256
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
77 Massachusetts Avenue
Cambridge MA 02139-4307
Phone: 617-253-2247
Email: sonin@mit.edu

Research Interests

Fluid and thermal sciences, particularly complex transport processes involving mass, heat, electric charge and fields, phase change, and physicochemical phenomena. Scaling laws for complex processes.

Teaching Interests

Fluid and Thermal Sciences; Fluid Mechanics and Turbulent Transport

Education

B.A.Sc., Engineering Physics, 1960, University of Toronto
MA.Sc., Aerophysics, 1961, University of Toronto
Ph.D., Aerospace Sciences, 1965, University of Toronto

Positions Held

Assistant Professor, 1965-1968; Associate Professor, 1968-1974; Professor, 1974-Present; Graduate Officer Department of Mechanical Engineering; Associate Head, Division of Fluid and Thermal Sciences 1975-1978 and 1983-1991; Head, Division of Fluid and Thermal Sciences, 1978-1980 and 1991-1993

Honors and Awards

Graduate Student Council Teaching Award, 1973 and 1989; Ruth and Joel Spira Teaching Award, 1992

Society Memberships

American Society of Mechanical Engineers; American Physical Society; American Nuclear Society; American Academy for the Advancement of Science