Professor, Mechanical Engineering
Additional Titles:
Faculty Research Engineer, IIHR-Hydroscience & Engineering
(319) 384-0832
2408 Seamans Center for the Engineering Arts and Sciences
Joined the College of Engineering:
1999
Education:
PhD, University of Florida, 1994.
MS, University of Florida, 1990.
Bachelor of Technology, Indian Institute of Technology, Madras (Chennai), 1988.
Present Research Interests:
Development of accurate and flexible numerical methods for the simulation of three-dimensional flows in the presence of moving boundaries
Applications include phase change energy storage, multiphase/multimaterial flows, fluid-structure interactions, multi-scale modeling of complex reactive materials,
and machine learning of structure-property-performance relationships for materials by design
Active Scientific and Professional Society Memberships:
American Society of Mechanical Engineers
American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics
Biomedical Engineering Society
Special Fields of Knowledge:
Computational fluid dynamics
Moving boundaries interacting with flows
Biofluid mechanics
Materials processing