Geoffrey S. S. Ludford

Geoffrey Stuart Stephen Ludford (February 2, 1928 – December 11, 1986) was an applied mathematician who worked in the field of fluid dynamics, combustion and magnetohydrodynamics.^[1][2]

Geoffrey S. S. Ludford
Born	Geoffrey S. S. Ludford (1928-02-02)February 2, 1928 London, United Kingdom
Died	December 11, 1986(1986-12-11) (aged 58) Ithaca, New York, United States of America
Alma mater	University of Cambridge Harvard University
Scientific career
Fields	Fluid dynamics Combustion Magnetohydrodynamics
Institutions	University of Maryland Cornell University
Thesis	Three topics in the mathematical theory of compressible flows  (1951)
Doctoral advisor	Richard von Mises
Doctoral students	John D. Buckmaster Moshe Matalon Pamela Cook

Biography

Geoffrey S. S. Ludford grew up in London. He earned his bachelors degree at the University of Cambridge at the age of 20 in 1948. He started his graduate studies at Cambridge with Leslie Howarth, however moved to Harvard University to work under the supervision of Richard von Mises. He obtained his doctoral degree in 1951 at the age of 23 under the supervision of von Mises, although all his degree were still conferred from the University of Cambridge. After this, he joined the faculty of University of Maryland. In 1961, he moved to Cornell University.^[3]

Books

Geoffrey S. S. Ludford completed Richard von Mises book on compressible flow following the death of the latter, along with the help of Hilda Geiringer, a mathematician and the wife of Richard von Mises. His published books are

• Richard von Mises, Hilda Geiringer, G. S. S. Ludford (1958). Mathematical theory of compressible fluid flow. Academic press. ISBN 978-0486439419. {{cite book}}: ISBN / Date incompatibility (help)CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
• John D. Buckmaster, G. S. S. Ludford (1982). Theory of laminar flames. Cambridge University Press. ISBN 978-0521091923.
• John D. Buckmaster, G. S. S. Ludford (1983). Lectures on mathematical combustion. SIAM. ISBN 978-0898711868.
• G. S. S. Ludford (Eds) (1986). Reacting flows: Combustion and chemical reactors Part 1. American Mathematical Society. ISBN 978-0821811276.
• G. S. S. Ludford (Eds) (1986). Reacting flows: Combustion and chemical reactors Part 2. American Mathematical Society. ISBN 978-0821811283.

Awards and honours

The NATO advanced research workshop titled Colloque sur la Modélisation Mathématique en Combustion et ses Applications, was conducted in 1986 in Lyon in honor of Geoffrey S. S. Ludford. The workshop contributions are published in a book by Springer in 1988.^[4] Some of Geoffrey's awards include

• Guggenheim Fellowship (1957) from John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation
• Alexander von Humboldt U.S. Senior Scientist Award
• Fellow of the Cambridge Philosophical Society