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Paul Garabedian Passes, Age 82
July 6, 2010
Paul Garabedian, longtime mathematician and fusion research scientist at
Stanford and New York University, passed away in New York City May 13 at
the age of 82, after a long battle with cancer. During the course of 60
years of research, he made many seminal contributions to computational
science, particularly in the areas of magnetohydrodynamics and
computational fluid dynamics. He is considered to be one of the premier
applied mathematicians of his time. His contributions to fusion research
included a suite of computer codes used to study plasma equilibrium,
transport and stability. The codes have been used recently to design
quasiaxisymmetric stellarators as a possible candidate for a
demonstration fusion power plant. A scientific conference will be held
in his honor at the NYU Courant Institute during the 2010-2011 academic
year. For further information, contact Harold Weitzner:
weitzner@cims.nyu.edu