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John Oluseun Dabiri〔 (born 1980) is an American biophysicist, professor of aeronautics and bioengineering, and dean at the California Institute of Technology. He is best known for his research of the hydrodynamics of jellyfish propulsion and the design of a vertical-axis wind farm adapted from schooling fish. He is the director of the Biological Propulsion Laboratory,〔(Biological Propulsion Laboratory ). See the ''People'' page. Retrieved 23 July 2012.〕 which examines fluid transport with applications in aquatic locomotion, fluid dynamic energy conversion, and cardiac flows, as well as applying theoretical methods in fluid dynamics and concepts of optimal vortex formation. In 2010, Dabiri was awarded a MacArthur Fellowship for his theoretical engineering work.〔(MacArthur Foundation ). ''John Dabiri''. 25 January 2010. Retrieved 23 July 2012.〕 He established the Caltech Field Laboratory for Optimized Wind Energy (FLOWE) in 2011,〔(Caltech Field Laboratory for Optimized Wind Energy ). Includes list of relevant publications. Retrieved 23 July 2012.〕 a wind farm which investigates the energy exchange in an array of vertical-axis wind turbines. His honors include a Young Investigator Award from the Office of Naval Research, a Presidential Early Career Award for Scientists and Engineers (PECASE),〔 and being named as one of Popular Science magazine's "''Brilliant 10''" scientists in 2008.〔(Jellyfish Engineer. Popular Science. Posted 15 October 2008. Retrieved 23 July 2012. )〕 Bloomberg Businessweek magazine listed him among its 2012 Technology Innovators.〔(John Dabiri Unlocks the Mysteries of Jellyfish ). Published 05 April 2012. Retrieved 23 July 2012.〕 ==Early life and education== Dabiri's parents are Nigerian immigrants, who settled in Toledo, Ohio, in 1975. Dabiri's father was a mechanical engineer who taught math at a community college. His mother, a computer scientist, raised three children and started a software development company.〔(USA Africa Dialogue ). Retrieved 23 July 2012.〕 It was watching his father, who would occasionally do engineering work on the side, that encouraged Dabiri's love of engineering.〔(Caltech PR ). Retrieved 23 July 2012.〕 Educated at a small Baptist high school, where he graduated first in his class in 1997, Dabiri was accepted by Princeton, the only university he had applied to. He was primarily interested in rockets and jets,〔(NPR ). California Biophysicist Named MacArthur Fellow. 6 October 2010. Retrieved 23 July 2012.〕 and spent two summers doing research that included work on helicopter design. The summer after his junior year, he accepted a Summer Undergraduate Research Fellowship (SURF) in Aeronautics at Caltech,〔 rejecting an internship offer from Ford at the urging of a professor. The summer project on the vortices created by a swimming jellyfish enticed him to the growing field of biomechanics.〔 Dabiri returned to Caltech for graduate school after graduating Princeton with a BSE ''summa cum laude''.〔(EQuad ), Princeton University School of Engineering and Applied Science. See here for honors awarded by the department. Summer 2001. Retrieved 06-08-12.〕 He was a finalist for both the Rhodes Scholarship and the Marshall Scholarship. He has been awarded NSF research grants eight times in five different fields.〔(curriculum vitae ). Retrieved 23 July 2012.〕 He is currently a highly regarded professor at Stanford University. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「John Dabiri」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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