Professor John (Shôn) Eirwyn Ffowcs Williams BSc PhD Hon DSc Soton MA ScD Cantab FREng is Emeritus Rank Professor of Engineering at the University of Cambridge and a former Master of Emmanuel College, Cambridge (1996–2002). Prof. Ffowcs Williams is best known for his contributions to Aeroacoustics, in particular for his work on Concorde.Together with his student David L. Hawkings he has introduced the far-field integration method in Computational Aeroacoustics based on Lighthill's acoustic analogy - Ffowcs Williams-Hawkings analogy (FW-H). Born in Wales in 1935, schooled in England and serving an engineering apprenticeship with Rolls-Royce before going to the University of Southampton, he always maintained a strong commitment to bring...
