Simon Ostrach helped advance aviation and space technology through pioneering research in fluid flow, heat transfer, turbine ...

Simon “Si” Ostrach, who ultimately became “a giant in the field,” had no idea what engineering was when he graduated high school. Simon "Si" Ostrach “I came from Eastern European people, and the ...

PROVIDENCE, R.I. — Providence native Simon Ostrach might not be as well-known as astronauts Neil Armstrong and John Glenn, but he was a "superstar" in NASA's orbit. Ostrach, who died Monday at his ...