Antonio Ferri

Antonio Ferri
Antonio Ferri
	Ferri in a photo from NASA
Born	5 April 1912; Norcia, Italy
Died	28 December 1975 (aged 63); Woodbury, New York
Alma mater	Università di Roma La Sapienza
Known for	Co-founder of the Banda Fiastra band of partisans during World War II, contributing to the advancement of aerospace engineering, and founding General Applied Science Laboratory
Board member of	General Applied Science Laboratories Inc. (co-founder)
Spouse	Renata Mola
Awards	Premio dell'Accademia d'Italia (for science; 1938); Scientific Achievement Award (1954); Italian Historical Society Award US; (1959); Historical Society Award (US; 1965); Akroyd Stuart Prize (1965); Air Force Commendation for Meritorious Civilian Service (1966); Air Force Office of Aerospace Research Award (1970); Sylvanus Albert Reed Award from the American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (1975);
	Scientific career
Fields	Aerodynamics, high-speed aircraft development, hypersonic thermofluid dynamics
Institutions	National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics (1944-1951); Polytechnic Institute of Brooklyn (1951-1964); New York University (1964-1975);
Notable students	Luigi G. Napolitano (NYU 1955); Egon Krause (NYU 1966); Charles Ruger (NYU 1966); Michael Siclari (NYU 1974);
Notes
	List of notable students via the Mathematics Genealogy Project.

Antonio Ferri (5 April 1912 – 28 December 1975) was an Italian scientist, prominent in the field of aerodynamics, with a specialization in hypersonic and supersonic flight.