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After starting at MIT as a laboratory assistant in mechanical engineering, Shapiro was eventually appointed assistant professor at MIT in 1943 where he taught [[fluid mechanics]].<ref name = "bio"/> A prolific author of texts in his field, his two-volume treatise, ''The Dynamics and Thermodynamics of Compressible Fluid Flow'', published in 1953 and 1954, is considered a classic.<ref>{{cite journal |author1=W. A. Mair |title=The Dynamics and Thermodynamics of Compressible Fluid Flow. Volume I. Ascher H. Shapiro |journal=The Aeronautical Journal |date=July 28, 2016 |volume=58 |issue=521 |url=https://www.cambridge.org/core/journals/aeronautical-journal/article/dynamics-and-thermodynamics-of-compressible-fluid-flow-volume-i-shapiro-ascher-h-647-pp-index-figures-16-set-30/0FC339F5BEFAE4A96A673B81CA042CD7 |accessdate=January 28, 2020}}</ref> His 1961 book ''Shape and Flow: The Fluid Dynamics of Drag'' explained boundary layer phenomena and drag in simple, non-mathematical terms.<ref>{{cite journal |author1=Melba Phillips |title=Shape and Flow. The fluid dynamics of drag. A volume in the Science Study Series. |journal=Science |date=March 23, 1962 |volume=135 |issue=3508 |pages=1055–1056 |doi=10.1126/science.135.3508.1055 |url=https://www.science.org/doi/10.1126/science.135.3508.1055 |accessdate=January 28, 2020}}</ref> He also founded the National Council for Fluid Mechanics Films (NCFMF), in cooperation with the Educational Development Center.<ref>{{cite web |title=National Committee for Fluid Mechanics Films |url=http://web.mit.edu/hml/ncfmf.html |website=mit.edu |accessdate=January 28, 2020}}</ref> From there, Shapiro was appointed Chair of the Institute's Faculty in 1964-1965 and head of the Department of Mechanical Engineering from 1965 to 1974.<ref name = "bio"/>
In 1962 he demonstrated the [[Coriolis force|Coriolis effect]] in a bathtub-
Shapiro was elected to [[American Academy of Arts and Sciences]] in 1952, the [[National Academy of Sciences]] in 1967, and [[National Academy of Engineering]] in 1974. He was awarded the Benjamin Garver Lamme Award by the [[American Society of Engineering Education]] in 1977.<ref name = "book">''American Men and Women of Science'', 22nd ed., v. 6, p. 719, Thomson Gale, 2005, p. 719, {{ISBN|0-7876-7392-7}}.</ref> He was awarded the Fluids Engineering Award in 1977 and the [[Drucker Medal]] in 1999 by the [[American Society of Mechanical Engineers]].<ref>{{cite web |title=Awards and honors |url=http://news.mit.edu/1997/aandh-0205 |website=news.mit.edu |accessdate=January 28, 2020 |date=February 5, 1997}}</ref> He was awarded honorary Doctor of Science in 1978 by the [[University of Salford]] and in 1985 by the [[Technion — Israel Institute of Technology|Technion]].<ref name = "book"/>
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