Merwin Sibulkin (1926–2006) was an American scientist active in the field of aerodynamics,[1] fluid mechanics,[2] heat transfer and combustion.
A World War II Navy veteran, he earned his PhD at California Institute of Technology in 1956.
[3] Sibulkin worked at General Dynamics in San Diego, California until 1963,[4] and then became professor at the Division of Engineering at Brown University.
Sibulkin was particularly known for his work on investigating drag around air intakes on jet-propelled aircraft.
Sibulkin was also once involved in an experiment trying to investigate if the coriolis force due to the rotation of the Earth could be seen in the form of spiraling water around the outlet when draining a bath tub.