Brian Edward Launder (born 20 July 1939) is a Professor of Mechanical Engineering at the University of Manchester, United Kingdom.
[2] Launder received a bachelor's degree in mechanical engineering from Imperial College, London where he came first in the class and won the Bramwell Medal.
After completion the Sc.D., Launder returned to Imperial College in 1964 to join the faculty as lecturer and later became the Reader in Fluid Mechanics.
In 1980, he returned to the UK and joined University of Manchester Institute of Science and Technology as the head of the Thermo-Fluids Division.
a position he discharged for 16 years as well as two terms as Head of Department[3] Launder's main focus of research is the turbulence modelling for computational fluid dynamics.
[6] He has also received many international honours including honorary degrees from three European universities.