11 Facts About Harold Grad

Harold Grad was an American applied mathematician.

Harold Grad's work specialized in the application of statistical mechanics to plasma physics and magnetohydrodynamics.

Harold Grad was the founder of the Magneto-fluid Dynamics Division of the Courant Institute and served as its head until shortly before his death From 1964 to 1967 and 1974 to 1977 he was a member of the Advisory Committee for Fusion Energy at Oak Ridge National Laboratory.

In 1970, Harold Grad became a member of the National Academy of Sciences.

Harold Grad was an invited speaker at the International Congress of Mathematicians in Nice in 1970 and in Stockholm in 1962.

Dr Harold Grad received a bachelor's degree in electrical engineering from the Cooper Union in 1943 and his masters at New York University in 1945.

Harold Grad did his doctoral work under Richard Courant and graduated in 1948.

Harold Grad's thesis was on the approximation of the Boltzmann Equation by torque.

Harold Grad was then at the Courant Institute of Mathematical Sciences of New York University from 1948 as associate professor and from 1957 until his death.

Dr Harold Grad conducted research in magnetohydrodynamics, the mathematical formulation of plasma physics and applications of plasma physics to nuclear fusion.

Harold Grad led the magnetohydrodynamics department from 1956 until 1980.