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Anne Bourlioux
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Bourlioux in 1991
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| Alma mater | Princeton University |
| Awards | 1992 Richard C. DiPrima Prize |
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| Institutions | Université de Montréal |
| Thesis | Numerical Studies of Unstable Detonations (1991) |
| Doctoral advisor | Andrew Majda |
| Doctoral students | Boualem Khouider |
Anne Bourlioux is a Canadian mathematician. She studies how things burn, especially in a messy, swirling way called turbulent combustion. She uses computers to create simulations, which are like virtual experiments, to understand this better. Anne is also a talented athlete. She won a special award called the Richard C. DiPrima Prize. Today, she teaches math and statistics at the Université de Montréal.
Before becoming a professor, Anne was a rugby player. She played for the Berkeley All Blues team. She is also a Canadian national champion in indoor rowing. She even holds a world record in this sport!
Her Journey in Learning
Anne Bourlioux studied at Princeton University. She earned her Ph.D. there in 1991. A Ph.D. is the highest university degree you can get. Her main project was about "Numerical Studies of Unstable Detonations." This means she used numbers and computers to study explosions that are not steady. Her professor, Andrew Majda, helped her a lot.
After Princeton, she was a special researcher at the University of California, Berkeley. This was from 1991 to 1993.
Awards and Recognition
Anne Bourlioux won the Richard C. DiPrima Prize in 1992. This award is given to young scientists for their excellent work in applied mathematics.
In 2006, she was a main speaker at a big meeting for people who study combustion. She talked about multiscale modeling of turbulent combustion. This is a way to study burning processes using different levels of detail, from very small to very large.
