Senior David Karp has received a $250,000 Hertz Fellowship to pursue doctoral work in a field of his choosing. Karp plans to continue studying computer simulations of high-speed aircraft aerodynamics. Advances in such mathematical modeling could reduce reliance on wind tunnel models, such as the one seen here. (Photo: Frank Wojciechowski)
Princeton senior David Karp has parlayed a passion for the aerodynamics of supersonic jets and race cars into $250,000 in no-strings-attached research funding. The mechanical and aerospace engineering major is one of 15 students nationwide to receive a prestigious fellowship from the Fannie and John Hertz Foundation that provides funding for five years of doctoral study, during which he can tackle whatever scientific challenges he chooses. Karp plans to attend Stanford University for his doctoral work after a year of graduate study at the University of Cambridge on a Churchill Scholarship, which he won previously. At Stanford he hopes to continue his studies of computational fluid dynamics, using computers to model the aerodynamics of the fastest planes and rockets. Senior David Karp has received a $250,000 Hertz Fellowship to pursue doctoral work in a field of his choosing. Karp plans to continue studying computer simulations of high-speed aircraft aerodynamics. Advances in such mathematical modeling could reduce reliance on wind tunnel models, such as the one seen here.
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