Harry Goldsmith 1992 Recipient of the Jean-Leonard-Marie Poiseuille Award Outstanding Contribution to Fundamental Work on Rheology of Blood and Other Suspensions

Harry Goldsmith was awarded the Poiseuille Gold Medal Award during the eighth International Congress of Biorheology. His award address was entitled "From Papermaking Fibers to Human Blood Cells." With great precision and care, he has produced world-standard studies of the flow of concentrated suspensions, including inertial effects, pulsatile flow, the dynamics of individual and neighboring particles, and the effects of non-Newtonian suspending media. The results of such studies have been applied by Dr. Goldsmith in eludicating flow behavior in vivo, including the detailed dynamics of red blood cells, leukocytes, and platelets (with emphasis on aggregation and thrombosis). His work has greatly contributed to the understanding of the formation of atheroma and thrombi, as well as the fundamental nature of blood flows in regions of most risk at bifurcaitons and sinuses. One of the trademarks of his work has been the production of high quality cine motion microphotography and video-tapes of particle motions in various flow slystms. His presentation of cine-films, in living color, have often been the highlight and focal point of scientific programs. His award address, found in Biorheology 30 (3/4): 165 290 (1993), is an excellent, detailed summary of his groundbreaking research.