Hans W. Liepmann

Hans W. Liepmann
Born(1914-07-03)July 3, 1914
DiedJune 24, 2009(2009-06-24) (aged 94)
Alma materUniversität Zürich
Scientific career
InstitutionsCalifornia Institute of Technology
Thesis The sound velocity in liquid oxygen as a function of the boiling temperature at frequencies of 7.5 and 1.5 × 10 6 Hz Hz  (1938)
Doctoral advisorRichard Bär
Doctoral studentsStanley Corrsin
Frank E. Marble
Satish Dhawan
Arthur E. Bryson
Anatol Roshko
Roddam Narasimha

Hans Wolfgang Liepmann (July 3, 1914 – June 24, 2009) was an American fluid dynamicist, aerospace scientist and emeritus Theodore von Kármán Professor of Aeronautics at the California Institute of Technology.

He is known for his numerous contributions in fluid mechanics covering a wide range of problem areas, such as flow instability and turbulence, gas kinetics, viscous compressible fluids and liquid helium flows.