Norman David Malmuth (January 22, 1931 – July 3, 2007) was an American aeronautical engineer who made fundamental contributions to nonlinear gas dynamics.
Norman Malmuth left New York to study aeronautical engineering at the University of Cincinnati, where he earned his bachelor's degree in 1953.
He continued studying aeronautical engineering, and earned a master's degree in the subject in 1956, from the Polytechnic Institute of Brooklyn.
[1] Malmuth concurrently pursued doctoral study in the same field at the California Institute of Technology,[1] where he was advised by Julian Cole and graduated in 1962.
[2] Malmuth lived in the Conejo Valley for three decades,[1] and while affiliated with the Rockwell Science Center, was elected a fellow of the American Physical Society in 1999, "[f]or his fundamental contributions in nonlinear gasdynamics involving application of combined asymptotic and numerical methods to the understanding of transonic, hypersonic and plasma aerodynamics as well as industrial flows.