Ramesh K Agarwal, Ph.D., the William Palm Professor of Engineering, has been awarded the Gold Award by the Royal Aeronautical Society. The presentation will be made July 11 at the Sopwith Lecture in London. This is the highest specialists’ award in aerodynamics given by the Royal Aeronautical Society and was awarded to Agarwal for his work in computational fluid dynamics, which has led to significant advances in aircraft performance. In November, Agarwal received the prestigious Charles Russ Richards Memorial Award from the American Society of Mechanical Engineers for outstanding achievements during a period of 20 years. In the past two years, he has given talks in Russia, China, Italy, Korea, India and New Zealand.