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JOHN E. FFOWCS WILLIAMS
JOHN E. FFOWCS WILLIAMS
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His mother Elizabeth died in 1940, and Shôn would later recount that he and his two brothers "had a lovely time running wild with dad looking after us." After his father's remarriage, Shôn was sent at age 10 to a boarding school, the Great Ayton Friends' School, far away in North Yorkshire, some 2 days' journey from his home. Shôn spoke almost no English when he arrived at the school.
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. Shôn's PhD, supervised by Elfyn John Richards, a Welsh aeronautical engineer, was on the noise of high-speed turbulent jet flows, which was increasingly important because of the high-velocity turbojets that were beginning to power commercial aircraft.
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Sound travels long distances underwater and sonar is used to detect submarines by passively listening to the sounds they generate as they move through the oceans. Submariners would sometimes emit a screen of bubbles to mask their presence, thinking that the bubbles would scatter 3 Ffowcs Williams JE, Hawkings DL.
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The research he led was wide ranging, and his former students went on to leadership roles across university disciplines that include mathematics, Crighton DG, Ffowcs Williams JE.
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The remaining scar stiffened the palate sufficiently to prevent flutter. This led to a minimally invasive procedure in which a surgical laser beam was used to cause scarring and change the dynamics of the soft palate.5 This was a huge step forward Huang L, Quinn SJ, Ellis PD, Ffowcs Williams JE.
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He was elected a fellow of the Royal Academy of Engineering in 1988, and received its Sir Frank Whittle Medal 2002 for "outstanding and sustained achievement" and "lifelong dedication to understanding the properties of sound, which has enabled huge innovation in international transport." He was a foreign honorary member of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences since 1989 and elected a foreign member of the National Academy of Engineering in 1995. Shôn had been a fellow of Emmanuel College since his arrival at Cambridge in 1972.
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They were delighted when Gareth and his wife Ewa joined them in North Wales where Gareth, a keen cyclist, runs a cycle shop and tackles challenging mountain routes. John Ffowcs Williams is survived by Anne, Gareth (Ewa)
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