Editorial: Introduction to the 35th Annual Gallery of Fluid Motion (Denver, Colorado, USA, 2017)
Nicole S. Sharp, Patrick Weidman · Physical Review Fluids · 2018
The 35th Annual Gallery of Fluid Motion (GFM) was held at the American Physical Society (APS) Division of Fluid Dynamics (DFD) Annual Meeting in Denver, Colorado from November 19-21, 2017.The meeting featured approximately 2800 technical abstracts with an additional 106 entries to the GFM for display during the meeting (69 video and 37 poster submissions).Submissions were received from 23 countries with approximately 48% of submissions coming from institutions outside the United States.The works submitted represent a broad range of fluid dynamical topics being explored in academia, industry, and national laboratories today.To reflect that diversity, the judging panels convened to select Gallery winners -10 judges for the videos and 3 judges for the posters -included scholars from both academia and industry.In keeping with the GFM's purpose as a visual record of the aesthetic and science of contemporary fluid mechanics, judges were asked to evaluate submissions based on: (a) the beauty and aesthetic value of the work; (b) the scientific and technical merit of the described research; (c) originality and clarity in communication; (d) the approachability of the work to non-experts; and (e) the value in promoting the field of fluid dynamics to general audiences.Videos were judged in two rounds.In the first round, each video was rated by three judges.In the second round, the top eleven videos were judged by all panelists.From these ratings, the top seven videos were chosen as winners.Posters were judged in person, with panelists selecting their rankings individually, then conferring on a final order to select four winning entries.As in previous years, the top three winners in each category were designated Milton van Dyke Award winners and received a monetary prize in addition to the certificates and copy of An Album of Fluid Motion given to all winners.The winning entries, as well as many of the other submissions, are visible online at http://gfm.aps.org.