Peyman Givi elected to Spain's Royal Academy of Engineering
Peyman Givi, Distinguished Professor of Mechanical Engineering and Materials Science at the University of Pittsburgh, has been elected a Foreign Member of the Royal Academy of Engineering (RAI) of Spain. The RAI promotes engineering in society and independently advises Spanish public and private institutions on matters related to engineering.
“This is yet another tremendous honor for a remarkable innovator and engineer,” noted Sanjeev Shroff, interim U.S. Steel Dean of Engineering. “Peyman is internationally recognized for his research in aerospace science and engineering, fluid flow, and quantum computing, and I thank the RAI for celebrating his accomplishments among other outstanding individuals.”
“I am honored to be inducted to RAI,” Givi said. “This is very special to me as some of the top researchers in my field including several of my mentors are affiliated with institutions in Spain.”
About Peyman Givi
Peyman Givi is the Distinguished Professor and James T. Macleod Chair of Engineering, and Professor of Mechanical Engineering and Petroleum Engineering at the University of Pittsburgh. He received his PhD from Carnegie Mellon University in 1984, and B.E. from Youngstown State University in Ohio in 1980. Previously, he was the University at Buffalo Distinguished Professor of Aerospace Engineering from 1988 to 2002. Givi also has worked as a Research Scientist at Flow Industries, Inc., in Seattle, Washington. He has had frequent visiting appointments at the NASA Langley and Glenn Research Centers.
Givi is among the first 15 engineering faculty nationwide who received the White House Faculty Fellowship from President George H.W. Bush. He also received the 2024 AIAA Dryden Lectureship in Research, the NASA Public Service Medal, the Office of Naval Research Young Investigator Award, and the National Science Foundation Presidential Young Investigator Award. In addition to being an AIAA Fellow, Givi is Fellow of AAAS, AAM, APS, ASME, the Combustion Institute, and was named ASME Engineer of the Year in Pittsburgh in 2007. He is currently on the Editorial Boards of the AIAA Journal, Combustion Theory and Modelling, Computers & Fluids, and Journal of Applied Fluid Mechanics.
About the Royal Academy of Engineering
The mission of the Royal Academy of Engineering of Spain (RAI) is to promote quality and competency in Spanish engineering and to foster study, research, innovation, debate and the dissemination of techniques and their scientific and social basis. The Academy is a very active institution which is developing a new model of Academy focused on creating value for Spanish society by placing itself at the service of its institutions, universities and companies.