Fluids Engineering Division
Fluids Engineering Division (FED) is involved in all areas of fluid mechanics, encompassing both fundamental as well as applications, to all types of devices, processes and machines involving fluid flow.
About
Honors & Awards
Society Awards
(Presented at Fluids Engineering Summer Meeting)
The highest award presented by the FED, the Fluids Engineering Award, is given for contributions to engineering that have been outstanding over a number of years. The deadline for nominations is September 15th.
The Division also sponsors the Freeman Scholar Program which selects a person of outstanding ability to review a major technical area of fluids engineering. The deadline for nominations is September 1st.
The society awards also recognize achievements in the fields of fluid mechanics and fluids engineering for which Division members are eligible.
Division Awards
(Presented at Fluids Engineering Summer Meeting)
The Lewis F. Moody Award and the Robert T. Knapp Award are presented for the most outstanding original papers dealing with the practice of fluids engineering and analytical or laboratory research respectively. Submit the pdf file of the paper to the Honors and Awards Committee Chair. The deadline for nominations is December 31st.
The Fluids Machinery Design Award honors excellence in the design of fluid machinery biennially in even-numbered years. The deadline for nominations is December 31st.
The Sankaraiyer Gopalakrishnan-Flowserve Pump Technology Award recognizes an individual with the potential of being the next generation's expert pump engineer biennially in odd-numbered years. The deadline for nominations is December 31st.
The division also sponsors a Young Engineer Paper Contest. Deadline is May 1st.
IMECE FED Program Representative
(Presented at IMECE)
Nominations link for processing division awards.
Unit Awards
For all Division Award requests, please contact the Division Administrator.
Important Award Information For Recipients of Monetary Awards
Please note that honorariums cannot be distributed without receipt of applicable tax forms. If you are a recipient of a monetary award, you will be contacted by ASME staff regarding tax forms you will need to complete, as well as how to submit them to us.
Leadership
2024-2025 Fluids Engineering Division Leadership
Past Chair, Kamran Siddiqui, Ph.D.
Chair, Marianne Francois
Vice Chair, Ning Zhang
Secretary, Kevin Anderson
Member, at Large, Ivana Milanovic
Staff Contact, April Tone
Links
Links to helpful online resources related to the division are below. If you have suggestions for other resources, please contact the division chair or ASME staff.
- ASME Landmarks Program
Landmarks, sites and collections of historic importance to mechanical engineering are designated by ASME through its History and Heritage Landmarks Program. - ASME History and Heritage
ASME fosters the preservation of mechanical engineering innovations used in a wide range of applications through its History and Heritage program.
Resources
FED Online Seminar Series
Imaging Based Combustion and Flow Diagnostics
Professor Yang Zhang
Simulating & Controlling the Flow Structures Within a Scramjet Isolator
by: Prof. F. Ferguson, North Carolina A&T State University
Why Finite Volumes Displaced Finite Differences and why Finite Difference Methods may Come Back?
by: Dr. Milovan Peric
Heat Pipe Heat Exchangers for Industrial and Renewable Energy
by: Professor Hussam Jouhara, Brunel University London
Best Practices for Quality and Accuracy Assessment for Turbomachinery CFD Simulations
by Dr. Georg Scheuerer
Deep learning for fluid flow applications at the ORNL Spallation Neutron Source (SNS)
by Dr. Elvis Dominguez-Ontiveros
Odor-Guided Flapping Flight: How do the flaping kinematics modulate the odor landscape?
By: Dr. Chengyu Li, Assistant. Prof. at Villanova University
Numerical Modeling of Multiphase Cavitation Flows using Multiscale Bridging of Models at Different Scales
By: Dr. Jingsen Ma is a Vice President of DYNAFLOW, INC., 2022 Fluids Engineering Division Knapp Awardee
Upcoming FED Activities
FED Seminar Series
Wednesday, September 10th, 2025 at 10 am ET | Numerical Study of Wake Dynamics and Turbulent Heat Transport in Jet in Crossflow presented by Prof. Ryo Onishi and Xidong Hu
Register today: https://asme.zoom.us/meeting/register/M5KIaFJ6Q8aauguRvy7zMQ
Abstract:
Hot air recirculation (HAR) has a significant impact on the performance of air-cooled heat exchangers in the LNG plant. The mechanism of HAR shall be revealed through studying the flow dynamics and turbulent heat transport of a single jet and multiple jets in crossflow, whose flow pattern is similar to the hot air from a single ACHE and multiple ACHEs, respectively. Large eddy simulation (LES) was performed for a single jet in crossflow and multiple jets with jet spacings of 3.2D, 2.5D, and 1.6D. For the single jet, the formation mechanism of wake vortex is revealed since it plays an important role in the turbulent heat transport in the vertical direction. For the multiple jets with different jet spacings, the variations in dominant vortical structures, shedding frequencies, turbulent heat transport, and interaction intensities with change of jet spacings are clarified. Furthermore, the jet-to-jet interaction mechanism is also revealed.
Bio of Prof. Ryo Onishi
Ryo Onishi is a Professor at Institute of Science Tokyo (established in 2024 through the merger involving Tokyo Institute of Technology). His work focuses on environmental fluid mechanics, micrometeorology, and turbulence & cloud microphysics, with data-driven methods. He received his Ph.D. from Kyoto University in 2005 and previously held positions at National Institute for Environmental Studies, Japan Agency for Marine-Earth Science and Technology, and Imperial College London.
Bio of Xidong Hu:
Hu is a Principal CFD Engineer at JGC Corporation, a global engineering company in the oil and gas industry. He has developed a series of patented and branded technologies, including AIRLIZE LNG and HARview, which address the hot air recirculation phenomenon and have been applied to dozens of real-world projects. He is currently pursuing a Ph.D. at the Institute of Science Tokyo, Japan, as a working professional, and is expected to receive the degree in September 2025.
The division is hard at working planning the summer 2026 conference that will include the 100th year celebrations of the division. Please to join us in July 2026.
FEDSM will focus on the integration of AI and machine learning in fluids engineering, with a strong emphasis on energy sustainability and industrial applications. We aim to highlight where fluid mechanics theory intersects with real-world, practical solutions. Take a look at the website by visiting https://event.asme.org/FEDSM. Stay connected with all Fluids Engineering Division activities by connected with us on LinkedIn. https://www.linkedin.com/company/fluids-engineering-division-of-asme/
Join us for one of our Fluids Engineering Technical Committee Meetings! To connect email tonea@asme.org.
Multiphase Flow (MFTC)
Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFDTC)
Fluid Mechanics (FMTC)
Micro & Nano Fluid Dynamics (MNFDTC)
Fluid Measurement & Instrumentation (FMITC)
Fluid Applications & Systems (FASTC)