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headshot of Ömer Savaş Ömer Savaş
Dept of Mechanical Engineering
fluid mechanics
Simo Mäkiharju in lab setting Simo Mäkiharju
Dept of Mechanical Engineering
experimental fluid dynamics, fluid dynamics, Cavitation, multiphase flow, drag reduction, ocean renewable energy, particle image velocimetry, Time-Resolved X-Ray Densitometry, Droplet and particle transport
headshot of Evan Variano Evan Variano
Dept of Civil and Environmental Engineering
fluid mechanics, turbulence, wetlands, imaging, plankton, sediment transport
Philip Marcus; man with short gray hair wearing a blue button-up shirt. Philip Marcus
Dept of Mechanical Engineering
algorithms, fluid mechanics, nonlinear dynamics, atmospheric flows, convection, ocean flows, numerical analysis, wind energy, Bayesian optimization, neural networks, turbulence, planet formation, internal gravity waves, inertial waves, desalination, protoplanetary disks
Franziska Weber Franziska Weber
Dept of Mathematics
applied mathematics, mathematical analysis, numerical analysis, nonlinear partial differential equations
Edgar Knobloch Edgar Knobloch
Dept of Physics
physics, astrophysics, geophysics, nonlinear dynamics of dissipative systems, bifurcation theory, low-dimensional behavior of continuous systems, theory of nonlinear waves, pattern formation in fluid systems, geophysical and astrophysical fluid dynamics, turbulence
Mimi R. Koehl Mimi R. Koehl
Dept of Integrative Biology
biomechanics, insects, invertebrate functional morphology, fluid dynamics, aerodynamics, marine animals, filtration, gliding vertebrates
Shawn Shadden Shawn Shadden
Dept of Mechanical Engineering
cardiovascular biomechanics, computational mechanics, computational fluid dynamics, thrombosis, medical image processing, dynamical systems, fluid dynamics, Lagrangian coherent structures, mathematical modeling
Alexis Kaminski in outdoor setting Alexis Kaminski
Dept of Mechanical Engineering
fluid dynamics, stratified flows, upper-ocean dynamics, physical oceanography, geophysical fluid dynamics, mixing, internal waves, shear instabilities
Michael Gollner smiles at a Fire Whirl Michael Gollner
Dept of Mechanical Engineering
combustion, fire dynamics, wildland fire, fluid mechanics
David Romps David Romps
Dept of Earth and Planetary Science
climate, atmosphere, atmospheric science, weather, clouds, fluid dynamics
Kranthi K. Mandadapu Kranthi K. Mandadapu
Dept of Chemical & Biomolecular Engineering
statistical mechanics, fluid mechanics, solid mechanics, biological membranes, active matter, glassy dynamics
M. Reza Alam M. Reza Alam
Dept of Mechanical Engineering
Theoretical Fluid Dynamics, nonlinear wave mechanics, ocean and coastal waves phenomena, ocean renewable energy (wave, Tide and Offshore Wind Energy), Nonlinear Dynamical Systems, Fluid Flow Control, ocean renewable energy
Michael Manga Michael Manga
Dept of Earth and Planetary Science
hydrogeology, fluid mechanics, geomorphology, earth & planetary science, geological processes involving fluids, including problems in physical volcanology, geodynamics, dynamics of suspensions, flow & transport in porous materials, percolation theory
James F. O'Brien James O'Brien
Division of Computer Science (EECS)
School of Optometry
computer graphics, fluid dynamics, computer simulation, physically based animation, finite element simulation, human perception, image forensics, video forensics, computer animation, special effects for film, video game technology, motion capture, machine learning, facial animation, artificial intelligence, geometric algorithms, geometric design and modeling
photo of Jon Wilkening Jon Wilkening
Dept of Mathematics
applied mathematics, numerical analysis, computational solid and fluid mechanics
William Boos William Boos
Dept of Earth and Planetary Science
atmospheric science, climate dynamics, monsoons, Earth's hydrological cycle
headshot of Dorian Liepmann Dorian Liepmann
Dept of Bioengineering
Dept of Mechanical Engineering
bioengineering, mechanical engineering, bioMEMS, biosensors, microfluid dynamics, experimental biofluid dynamics, hemodynamics, valvular heart disease, cardiac flows, arterial flows
Laurel Larsen Laurel Larsen
Dept of Civil and Environmental Engineering
Dept of Geography
hydroecology, geomorphology, complex systems, restoration ecology, environmental modeling, wetlands, sediment transport, environmental fluid mechanics
Clayton J. Radke Clayton J. Radke
Dept of Chemical & Biomolecular Engineering
chemical engineering, surface & colloid science technology, protein/polymer/surfactant adsorption from solution, two-phase enzymatic catalysis, interfacial surfactant transport, electrokinetics, pore-level fluid mechanics, contact-lens & eye mechanics
Per Peterson Per F. Peterson
Dept of Nuclear Engineering
nuclear engineering, heat and mass transfer, reactor thermal hydraulics, nuclear reactor design, radioactive waste, nuclear materials management
Victor Ortega Jiménez with computer projection in background Víctor Ortega Jiménez
Dept of Integrative Biology
electrical and capillary forces on small animals, evolutionary biology, bio-inspired robotics
Aditi Krishnapriyan Aditi Krishnapriyan
Dept of Chemical & Biomolecular Engineering
Division of Computer Science (EECS)
machine learning, geometric deep learning, differentiable physics, dynamical systems, numerical methods, computational geometry, optimization
Daniel Tataru Daniel Tataru
Dept of Mathematics
mathematics, partial differential equations, nonlinear waves
SHAOFAN LI Shaofan Li
Dept of Civil and Environmental Engineering
applications of artificial intelligence and machine learning in engineering and sciences, structural mechanics, computational mechanics, computational materials, computational mechanics and computational physics, finite element methods and meshfree particle methods, ferroelectric and piezoelectric materials, atomistic simulation and multiscale simulations, nonlinear continuum mechanics, soft matter mechanics, wave propagations, modeling and simulation of fracture, dislocations, modeling and simulation of material failures, nano-mechanics, bio-mechanics and bio-physics, cellular mechanics, micromechanics & composite materials, mechanics and physics of amorphous materials
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