Lewis Ferry Moody

Lewis Ferry Moody (5 January 1880 – 18 April 1953[1]) was an American engineer and professor, best known for the Moody chart, a diagram capturing relationships between several variables used in calculating fluid flow through a pipe.

Lewis F. Moody as professor of fluid mechanics and machine design taught at Princeton University starting in 1930.

[4] He co-wrote the book Fifty Years’ Progress in Hydraulics with fellow engineer Blake R. Van Leer.

He was awarded an Honorary Membership of the American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME) in 1951.

Five years after his death, ASME created an Award to his honours: The Lewis F. Moody award, which is awarded for outstanding original papers useful to the practice of mechanical engineering by the Fluids Engineering Division (FED).