Howard Wilson Emmons (1912–1998) was an American professor in the department of Mechanical Engineering at Harvard University.
[2] He also helped design the first supersonic wind tunnel, identified a signature of the transition to turbulence in boundary layer flows (now known as "Emmons spots"), and was the first to observe compressor stall in a gas turbine compressor (still a major item of research today).
[3] He initiated studies on diffusion flames inside a boundary layer, and Emmons problem is named after him.
“The Further History of Fire Science” Combustion Science and Technology, 40, 1984 (reprinted in Fire Technology, 21(3), 1985 [1]) Thermodynamic properties of helium to 50.000K by Wilbert James Lick, Howard Wilson Emmons Harvard University Press: Cambridge, MA, 1962.
Transport properties of helium from 200 to 50.000K by Wilbert James Lick, Howard Wilson Emmons Harvard University Press: Cambridge, MA, 1965.