Education and Career
– Graduated in 1992 from Trafalgar Castle School in Ontario
– Studied mechanical engineering and society at McMaster University
– Earned a bachelor’s degree from McMaster University in 1997
– Completed a master’s degree at the University of California, Berkeley in 1998
– Worked as a research scientist for Honeywell in Minneapolis
Recognition
– Received the Nobuhide Kasagi Award in 2012 for insights in developing reduced models for turbulent dynamic processes
– Won a National Science Foundation CAREER Award in 2015
– Received an Office of Naval Research Young Investigator Award in 2017
– Named a Fellow of the American Physical Society in 2023
– Nominated by the APS Division of Fluid Dynamics for the development of reduced order models of turbulent flows
Personal Life
– Married Christophe Maynard, grandson of Bahamian politician Clement T. Maynard and women’s rights activist Zoë Maynard
Doctoral Dissertation
– Dissertation titled ‘A robust control approach to understanding nonlinear mechanisms in shear flow turbulence’
– Jointly supervised by John Doyle and Beverley McKeon
Current Position and Recognition
– Joined Johns Hopkins faculty in 2012
– Named the Carol Linde Croft Faculty Scholar in 2016 Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dennice_Gayme
Dennice Fanny Maynard Gayme is mechanical engineer whose research combines control theory and fluid dynamics in boundary layer control and its applications including ship resistance and propulsion and the design of wind farms. Educated in Canada and the US, she works in the US as an associate professor and Carol Croft Linde Faculty Scholar in the Johns Hopkins University Department of Mechanical Engineering.
