Fluid Dynamics & Aerodynamics

Biography

Ronald MC So received his BSc (Hons) from The University of Hong Kong in 1962, and was awarded a Commonwealth scholarship to study at McGill University in 1964 where he received his MEng in 1966. He then went to the US and received his MA and PhD in Aerospace and Mechanical Sciences from Princeton University in 1968 and 1971, respectively. He joined Union Camp Corporation in 1970 working on pulp and paper research. Shortly thereafter, he joined Rutgers University first as a Post-Doctoral Fellow and then as a Research Assistant Professor in 1972 to work on problems related to atmospheric dispersion and pollution. He left Rutgers to join General Electric Research and Development Centre (GE R&D) in 1976 to work on research and development in the areas of propulsion and power generation. In 1981, he left GE R&D to become an Associate Professor in the Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, Arizona State University (ASU). The following year he was promoted to Professor and remained there until 1996 when he took a two-year leave of absence to head the Mechanical Engineering Department at the Hong Kong Polytechnic University (HK PolyU). Since 1998, he has resigned from ASU to become Head of ME at HK PolyU. He retired from the Headship on 1 July 2005 but remained as Chair Professor until 1 July 2006. He was installed ashe has resigned from ASU to become Head of ME at HK PolyU. He retired from the Headship on 1 July 2005 but remained as Chair Professor until 1 July 2006. He was installed ashe has resigned from ASU to become Head of ME at HK PolyU. He retired from the Headship on 1 July 2005 but remained as Chair Professor until 1 July 2006. He was installed as Emeritus Professor of the University after retiring from Mechanical Engineering. Since 2008, he has been serving as Visiting Chair Professor in the Mechanical Engineering Department and the Building Services Engineering Department.

Research Interest

Turbulence modeling; Fluid-structure interaction; Flow-induced vibration; Direct aeroacoustics simulation; Lattice Boltzmann-type equation