Joseph KatzSearch in APS Member Directory Search Results is an Israel-born American fluid dynamicist, known for his work on experimental fluid mechanics, cavitation phenomena and multiphase flow, turbulence, turbomachinery flows and oceanography flows, flow-induced vibrations and noise, and development of optical flow diagnostics techniques, including Particle Image Velocimetry (PIV) and Holographic Particle Image Velocimetry (HPIV).
As of 2005, he is the William F. Ward Sr. Distinguished Professor at the Department of Mechanical Engineering of the Whiting School of Engineering at the Johns Hopkins University.
Education 1982: Ph.D. Mechanical Engineering, California Institute of Technology
1978: M.S. Mechanical Engineering, California Institute of Technology
1977: B.S. Mechanical Engineering, Tel-Aviv University
Career and research 2015–Present: Vice Chair, Multiphase Flow Technical Committee, ASME Fluids Engineering Division 2009–Present: Fellow, American Physical Society 2005–Present: William F. Ward Sr. Distinguished Professor, Endowed Professorship, Johns Hopkins University 2000–Present: Whiting School Mechanical Engineering Professor, Endowed Professorship, Johns Hopkins University 1999–2011: Undergraduate Aerospace Concentration program, Johns Hopkins University, Department of Mechanical Engineering 1996–2001: Co-Director, Center for Environmental and Applied Fluid Mechanics, Johns Hopkins University 1996–1996: Co-Founder, Center for Environmental and Applied Fluid Mechanics, Johns Hopkins University 1994–1994: JANNAF Combustion Subcommittee -Workshop on LP Sensitivity, JANNAF Combustion Subcommittee -Workshop on LP Sensitivity 1994–Present: Professor, Johns Hopkins University, Department of Mechanical Engineering 1990–1993: Associate Professor, Johns Hopkins University, Department of Mechanical Engineering 1987–1990: Assistant Professor, Johns Hopkins University, Department of Mechanical Engineering 1983–1987: Assistant Professor, Purdue University 1983–1985: Visiting Associate, California Institute of Technology 1982–1982: Postdoctoral Research Fellow, California Institute of Technology 1982–Present: Fellow, American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME)
Awards, honors, societies and journal editorships 2019: Elected Member, National Academy of Engineering, "for development of optical methods in experimental fluid mechanics for turbomachinery, cavitation, turbulence, and environmental flows" 2011: Johns Hopkins University: Gilman Scholar 2010: ASME: Fluids Eng. Division: Knapp Award - Best paper presented to the Fluids Engineering Division in 2010 dealing with analytical - numerical and laboratory research Engineering Division dealing with analytical - numerical and laboratory research 2009: American Physical Society: APS Fellow. Nominated by: Division of Fluid Dynamics. For his important contributions to our understanding of the underlying physics of a wide range of complex flows, including turbulent boundary layers, cavitating flows in rotating machinery, and flows in ocean and atmospheric environments; for his numerous transformative contributions to experimental techniques; and for his years of editorial service 2006: ASME: Fluids Eng. Division: Knapp Award - Best paper presented to the Fluids Engineering Division dealing with analytical - numerical and laboratory research 2005: ISI Science Citation Index: Highly Cited Article - in the top 1% within its field: 'Scale Invariance and Turbulence Models for LES' (Annu. Rev. Fluid Mech. 2000 - with C. Meneveau) 2004: ASME: Fluids Engineering Award 2004: Japan Society of Mechanical Engineers (JSME): Member of Advisory Board of the JSME International Journal 2001: American Waterjet Conference - Water Jet Technology Association (WJTA) - Best Paper - 2000: Tel-Aviv University: Senior Professor - Special Appointment 2000: Whiting School Mechanical Engineering Distinguished Professor - The Johns Hopkins University 1999: ASME: ASME Fellow 1992: ASME, Fluids Eng. Division: Lewis F. Moody Award - Best paper dealing with Engineering Practice 1985: National Science Foundation: Presidential Young Investigator Award 1984: National Science Foundation: Research Initiation Award
Selected journal publications
M.C. Boufadel, F. Cui, J. Katz, T. Nedwed, K. Lee, On the transport and modeling of dispersed oil under ice, Marine pollution bulletin 135 (2018) 569–580. N. Afshar-Mohajer, C. Li, A.M. Rule, J. Katz, K. Koehler, A laboratory study of particulate and gaseous emissions from crude oil and crude oil-dispersant contaminated seawater due to breaking waves, Atmospheric Environment (2018). N. Afshar-Mohajer, C. Li, A. Rule, J. Katz, K. Koehler, Particulate and Gaseous Emissions from Crude Oil and Crude Oil-Dispersant Contaminated Seawater due to Breaking Waves, Atmospheric Environment 179 (2018) 177–186. L. Zhao, M.C. Boufadel, J. Katz, G. Haspel, K. Lee, T. King, B. Robinson, A New Mechanism of Sediment Attachment to Oil in Turbulent Flows: Projectile Particles, Environmental Science and Technology 51(19) (2017) 11020–11028. C. Zhang, J. Wang, W. Blake, J. Katz, Deformation of compliant wall in a turbulent channel flow, Journal of Fluid Mechanics 823 (2017) 345–390. M.C. Viswanathan, W. Schmidt, M.J. Rynkiewicz, K. Agarwal, J. Gao, J. Katz, W. Lehman, A. Cammarato, Distortion of the Actin A-Triad Results in Contractile Disinhibition and Cardiomyopathy, Cell Reports 20(11) (2017) 2612–2625. H. Ling, M. Fu, M. Hultmark, J. Katz, Effect of Reynolds Number and Saturation Level on Gas Diffusion in and out of a Hierarchical Super-Hydrophobic Surface, Physical Review Fluids 2(12) (2017) Paper No. 124005. Y. Li, H. Chen, J. Katz, Measurements and Characterization of Turbulence in the Tip Region of an Axial Compressor Rotor, Journal of Turbomachinery 139(12) (2017) Paper No. 121003. C. Li, J. Miller, J. Wang, S.S. Koley, J. Katz, Size Distribution and Dispersion of Droplets Generated by Impingement of Breaking Waves on Oil Slicks, Journal of Physical Oceanography – Oceans 122(10) (2017) 7938–7957. H. Chen, Y. Li, D. Tan, J. Katz, Asme, Visualizations of Flow Structures in the Rotor Passage of an Axial Turbomachine at the Onset of Stall, Journal of Turbomachinery 139(4) (2017) paper No. 041008. H. Chen, Y. Li, S.S. Koley, N. Doeller, J. Katz, An Experimental Study of Stall Suppression and Associated Changes to the Flow Structures in the Tip Region of an Axial Low Speed Fan Rotor by Axial Casing Grooves, Journal of Turbomachinery 139(12) (2017) paper No. 121010. J. Biasetti, K. Sampath, A. Cortez, A. Azhir, A.A. Gilad, T.S. Kickler, T. Obser, Z.M. Ruggeri, J. Katz, Space and Time Resolved Detection of Platelet Activation and von Willebrand Factor Conformational Changes in Deep Suspensions, International Journal of Biomedical Imaging 2017 (2017) Paper No. 8318906. D.W. Murphy, X. Xue, K. Sampath, J. Katz, Crude oil jets in crossflow: Effects of dispersant concentration on plume behavior, Journal of Geophysical Research-Oceans 121(6) (2016) 4264–4281. H. Ling, S. Srinivasan, K. Golovin, G.H. McKinley, A. Tuteja, J. Katz, High-resolution velocity measurement in the inner part of turbulent boundary layers over super-hydrophobic surfaces, Journal of Fluid Mechanics 801 (2016) 670–703. C. Zhang, R. Miorini, J. Katz, Integrating Mach-Zehnder interferometry with TPIV to measure the time-resolved deformation of a compliant wall along with the 3D velocity field in a turbulent channel flow, Exp. Fluids 56(11) (2015). D. Tan, Y.C. Li, I. Wilkes, E. Vagnoni, R.L. Miorini, J. Katz, Experimental Investigation of the Role of Large Scale Cavitating Vortical Structures in Performance Breakdown of an Axial Waterjet Pump, J. Fluids Eng.-Trans. ASME 137(11) (2015). D. Tan, Y.C. Li, I. Wilkes, R.L. Miorini, J. Katz, Visualization and Time-Resolved Particle Image Velocimetry Measurements of the Flow in the Tip Region of a Subsonic Compressor Rotor, Journal of Turbomachinery-Transactions of the Asme 137(4) (2015). A.R. Nayak, C. Li, B.T. Kiani, J. Katz, On the wave and current interaction with a rippled seabed in the coastal ocean bottom boundary layer, Journal of Geophysical Research-Oceans 120(7) (2015) 4595–4624. D.W. Murphy, C. Li, V. d'Albignac, D. Morra, J. Katz, Splash behaviour and oily marine aerosol production by raindrops impacting oil slicks, Journal of Fluid Mechanics 780 (2015) 536–577. K. Bai, J. Katz, C. Meneveau, Turbulent Flow Structure Inside a Canopy with Complex Multi-Scale Elements, Boundary-Layer Meteorology 155(3) (2015) 435–457. H.J. Ling, J. Katz, Separating twin images and locating the center of a microparticle in dense suspensions using correlations among reconstructed fields of two parallel holograms, Applied Optics 53(27) (2014) G1-G11. P. Joshi, X.F. Liu, J. Katz, Effect of mean and fluctuating pressure gradients on boundary layer turbulence, Journal of Fluid Mechanics 748 (2014) 36–84. K.L. Bai, J. Katz, On the refractive index of sodium iodide solutions for index matching in PIV, Exp. Fluids 55(4) (2014). S. Talapatra, J. Katz, Three-dimensional velocity measurements in a roughness sublayer using microscopic digital in-line holography and optical index matching, Measurement Science & Technology 24(2) (2013). S. Talapatra, J. Hong, M. McFarland, A.R. Nayak, C. Zhang, J. Katz, J. Sullivan, M. Twardowski, J. Rines, P. Donaghay, Characterization of Biophysical Interactions in the Water Column Using In-Situ Digital Holography, Marine Ecology Progress Series 473 (2013) 29–51. Y. Lu, J. Katz, A. Prosperetti, Dynamics of cavitation clouds within a high-intensity focused ultrasonic beam, Physics of Fluids 25(7) (2013). X.F. Liu, J. Katz, Vortex-corner interactions in a cavity shear layer elucidated by time-resolved measurements of the pressure field, Journal of Fluid Mechanics 728 (2013) 417–457. K.L. Bai, C. Meneveau, J. Katz, Experimental study of spectral energy fluxes in turbulence generated by a fractal, tree-like object, Physics of Fluids 25(11) (2013). H. Wu, R.L. Miorini, D. Tan, J. Katz, Turbulence Within the Tip-Leakage Vortex of an Axial Waterjet Pump, AIAA Journal 50(11) (2012) 2574–2587. S. Talapatra, J. Katz, Coherent structures in the inner part of a rough-wall channel flow resolved using holographic PIV, Journal of Fluid Mechanics 711 (2012) 161–170. R.L. Miorini, H.X. Wu, J. Katz, The Internal Structure of the Tip Leakage Vortex Within the Rotor of an Axial Waterjet Pump, Journal of Turbomachinery-Transactions of the Asme 134(3) (2012). S.-Y. Hsu, J. Katz, M. Hilpert, Theoretical and experimental study of resonance of blobs in porous media, Geophysics 77((5)) (2012) EN61-EN71. J. Hong, S. Talapatra, J. Katz, P.A. Tester, R.J. Waggett, A.R. Place, Algal Toxins Alter Copepod Feeding Behavior, PLoS ONE 7((5): e36845) (2012). J. Hong, J. Katz, C. Meneveau, M.P. Schultz, Coherent structures and associated subgrid-scale energy transfer in a rough-wall turbulent channel flow, Journal of Fluid Mechanics 712 (2012) 92-128. K. Bai, C. Meneveau, J. Katz, Near-Wake Turbulent Flow Structure and Mixing Length Downstream of a Fractal Tree, Boundary-Layer Meteorology 143(2) (2012) 285–308. H.X. Wu, R.L. Miorini, J. Katz, Measurements of the tip leakage vortex structures and turbulence in the meridional plane of an axial water-jet pump, Exp. Fluids 50(4) (2011) 989–1003. H. Wu, D. Tan, R.L. Miorini, J. Katz, Three-Dimensional Flow Structures and Associated Turbulence in the Tip Region of a Waterjet Pump Rotor Blade, Exp. Fluids 51(6) (2011) 1721–1737. R. van Hout, J. Katz, Measurements of Mean Flow and Turbulence Characteristics in a High Reynolds Number Counter-Rotating Taylor-Couette Flow, Physics of Fluids (2011). J. Hong, J. Katz, M.P. Schultz, Near-wall turbulence statistics and flow structures over three-dimensional roughness in a turbulent channel flow, Journal of Fluid Mechanics 667 (2011) 1-37.