Dr. Gerald Morrison, professor in the Department of Mechanical Engineering at Texas A&M University, was named the recipient of the 2014 Henry R. Worthington Medal by the American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME).
The award, which was established in 1980, is bestowed for eminent achievement in the field of pumping machinery including, but not limited to, research, development, design, innovation, management, education of literature.
Morrison was honored for more than three decades of pump research and development ranging from the space shuttle main engines to multiphase electric submersible pumps and for computational techniques that have expanded the understanding of pump operation and characterization.
Morrison earned his bachelor’s, master’s and doctoral degrees from Oklahoma State University, all in mechanical engineering. His research interests include fluid mechanics and heat transfer, turbulence, acoustics, flow instabilities, flow induced noise, turbomachinery, pumps, compressors, computerized data acquisition and analysis, and laser anemometry.
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