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John Dabiri
John Oluseun Dabiri is an American engineer and professor of Nigerian descent at the California Institute of Technology (Caltech), where he holds joint appointments in aerospace and mechanical engineering. His academic research focuses on unsteady fluid mechanics and flow physics, with applications in biology, renewable energy, and the environment.
Dabiri studies biological fluid dynamics, including investigations of jellyfish propulsion. He has also designed a vertical-axis wind turbine system influenced by the movement patterns of schooling fish to enhance the efficiency of wind energy.
Dabiri's parents are Nigerian immigrants who settled in Toledo, Ohio in 1975. Dabiri was born on the year 1980. During his childhood, Dabiri was exposed to engineering concepts through his father's technical work.
Educated at a small Baptist high school and graduating as a top student in 1997, Dabiri was accepted by Princeton where he studied engineering. He was primarily interested in rockets and jets and spent two summers doing research that included work on helicopter design. In 2000, while an undergraduate at Princeton, Dabiri accepted a Summer Undergraduate Research Fellowship (SURF) in aeronautics at Caltech under professor Mory Gharib, which influenced his interest in the field of biomechanics and in studying the vortices of swimming jellyfish.
Dabiri graduated with a Bachelor of Science in Engineering in mechanical and aerospace engineering from Princeton in 2001, after completing a senior thesis titled An Investigation of Small-Scale Rotor Blade Aerodynamic Phenomena Using Particle Image Velocimetry and Computational Models under the supervision of Professor Fred Dryer.[citation needed] Dabiri then returned to Caltech for graduate studies. He was a finalist for the Rhodes Scholarship and Marshall Scholarship. He was awarded a Ford Foundation Graduate Fellowship in 2001, but declined it.
From 2005 to 2009, Dabiri was an assistant professor at Caltech in aeronautics and biological engineering. He received a tenure as a professor in 2009 and was promoted to full professor in 2010. In 2013-2014, he served as chair of the Faculty Board. During the 2014-15 school year, he was the Dean of Undergraduate Students.
In 2015, Dabiri moved to Stanford University as a professor in civil, environmental, and mechanical engineering. There, he was also a senior fellow in Stanford's Center for Turbulence Research and founding director of the Catalyst for Collaborative Solutions initiative.[citation needed]
In 2019, he returned to Caltech as Centennial Chair Professor in aeronautics and mechanical engineering.
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John Dabiri
John Oluseun Dabiri is an American engineer and professor of Nigerian descent at the California Institute of Technology (Caltech), where he holds joint appointments in aerospace and mechanical engineering. His academic research focuses on unsteady fluid mechanics and flow physics, with applications in biology, renewable energy, and the environment.
Dabiri studies biological fluid dynamics, including investigations of jellyfish propulsion. He has also designed a vertical-axis wind turbine system influenced by the movement patterns of schooling fish to enhance the efficiency of wind energy.
Dabiri's parents are Nigerian immigrants who settled in Toledo, Ohio in 1975. Dabiri was born on the year 1980. During his childhood, Dabiri was exposed to engineering concepts through his father's technical work.
Educated at a small Baptist high school and graduating as a top student in 1997, Dabiri was accepted by Princeton where he studied engineering. He was primarily interested in rockets and jets and spent two summers doing research that included work on helicopter design. In 2000, while an undergraduate at Princeton, Dabiri accepted a Summer Undergraduate Research Fellowship (SURF) in aeronautics at Caltech under professor Mory Gharib, which influenced his interest in the field of biomechanics and in studying the vortices of swimming jellyfish.
Dabiri graduated with a Bachelor of Science in Engineering in mechanical and aerospace engineering from Princeton in 2001, after completing a senior thesis titled An Investigation of Small-Scale Rotor Blade Aerodynamic Phenomena Using Particle Image Velocimetry and Computational Models under the supervision of Professor Fred Dryer.[citation needed] Dabiri then returned to Caltech for graduate studies. He was a finalist for the Rhodes Scholarship and Marshall Scholarship. He was awarded a Ford Foundation Graduate Fellowship in 2001, but declined it.
From 2005 to 2009, Dabiri was an assistant professor at Caltech in aeronautics and biological engineering. He received a tenure as a professor in 2009 and was promoted to full professor in 2010. In 2013-2014, he served as chair of the Faculty Board. During the 2014-15 school year, he was the Dean of Undergraduate Students.
In 2015, Dabiri moved to Stanford University as a professor in civil, environmental, and mechanical engineering. There, he was also a senior fellow in Stanford's Center for Turbulence Research and founding director of the Catalyst for Collaborative Solutions initiative.[citation needed]
In 2019, he returned to Caltech as Centennial Chair Professor in aeronautics and mechanical engineering.
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