Acoustics Research

Analytical Methods 

Astrophysics/Geophysics

Flow Control and Optimization

Fluid Dynamics

High Performance Computing

Large Scale Computing and Simulation

Material Research and Computational Rheology

Nano Materials and Nanotechnology

Numerical Analysis

Superconductivity

Scientific Visualization

Fluid Dynamics

Mark Sussman  
PhD, UCLA, 1994

My research focuses on 3d computational methods for multiphase/multifluid flows. Example applications are ship hydrodynamics, jetting devices (ink-jet printers, solder droplet deposition, DNA applications), vapor bubble creation and destruction, and oil spreading under ice in water.

Numerical methods are designed to handle breaking waves, drops breaking up into two, etc.

Christopher Tam
Ph D, Caltech, 1966

Qi Wang
Ph. D., Ohio State University, 1991

Research on Complex Fluids

My research interests are in complex fluids and related materials science. Complex fluids are fluids that are homogeneous at macroscopic scales and disordered at microscopic scales, but possess structures on a mesoscopic scale. Polymeric liquids, bio-fluids, many bio-materials, and nanocomposites are complex fluids. My work includes devlopment of theories for complex fluids, fluid dynamic and rheological study of the fluids, and computations. Research in complex fluids is emerging and promising. It also has a great potential to impact on the real life.

Research on complex fluids is an interdisciplinary endeavor, which requires intensive interaction with people of different disciplines. From a mathematician's perspective, we conduct research in the areas of differential equations, applied analysis, dynamical systems, probability, stochastic differential equations, mathematical computations, continuum mechaincs theory, kinetic theory, statistical mechanics, and many physics related subjects.

David Kopriva, 

Yousuff Hussaini  

Gordon Erlebacher
PhD, Columbia University, 1983

Fluid Dynamics
In recent years, my interests have focused on the numerical simulation of turbulent flows with subgrid scale models. Numerical techniques used include discontinous Galerkin on unstructured meshes, spectral methods, and high order compact methods. Flows of interest include compressible isotropic turbulence and the interaction of shocks with organized structures.

Steve Blumsack, 

Jerry Magnan

                   Ship Wake

                  Shock Vortex