Joseph Katz[1] is an Israel-born American fluid dynamicist, known for his work on experimental fluid mechanics, cavitation phenomena and multiphase flow, turbulence, turbomachinery flows and oceanography flows, flow-induced vibrations and noise, and development of optical flow diagnostics techniques, including Particle Image Velocimetry (PIV) and Holographic Particle Image Velocimetry (HPIV).

Distinguished Professor at the Department of Mechanical Engineering of the Whiting School of Engineering at the Johns Hopkins University.

Mechanical Engineering, California Institute of Technology 1978: M.S.

Mechanical Engineering, California Institute of Technology 1977: B.S.

Mechanical Engineering, Tel-Aviv University