Amundson Lectures (2026)
Speaker: Howard A. Stone
Professor at Princeton University
About the Speaker: Howard A. Stone is the Neil A. Omenn '68 University Professor in Mechanical and
Aerospace Engineering at Princeton University. He also holds the Donald R. Dixon '69
and Elizabeth W. Dixon Professorship and served as Department Chair from 2014 to 2023.
He received his B.S. in Chemical Engineering from UC Davis (1982) and Ph.D. in Chemical
Engineering from Caltech (1988), where he studied under L. Gary Leal. After a postdoctoral
year at Cambridge University, he spent two decades on the faculty at Harvard University,
where he became the Vicky Joseph Professor of Engineering and Applied Mathematics,
before joining Princeton in 2009. His academic lineage traces through Andreas Acrivos
to Neal Amundson, connecting him directly to the legacy this lecture series honors.
A world leader in fluid dynamics, Stone's research bridges engineering, chemistry, physics, and biology, addressing fundamental problems in microfluidics, multiphase flows, physicochemical hydrodynamics, and biological systems. His extraordinary contributions have been recognized through election to the National Academy of Sciences, National Academy of Engineering, American Academy of Arts and Sciences, American Philosophical Society, and the Royal Society (Foreign Member). He was the inaugural recipient of the G.K. Batchelor Prize in Fluid Dynamics (2008) and received the APS Fluid Dynamics Prize (2016). Equally dedicated to teaching, Stone has earned Harvard's highest teaching honors and continues this commitment to excellence at Princeton.
For more information about this speaker, please visit: https://mae.princeton.edu/people/howard-stone
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