Research Interests
I direct the Simulations of Flow Physics and Acoustic (SOFIA) Laboratory . Our group's research falls into the categories of fluid dynamics and acoustics. We are particularly interested in:
- The fluid mechanics of biological and bio-inspired locomotion.
- Physics and control of flow interactions with moving, deforming boundaries.
- Numerical simulation of transitional and turbulent hypersonic boundary layer flows
- The interaction of sound and fluid flow.
- Development of novel computational methods for investigating unsteady flow physics.
- Control of acoustically-driven instabilities.
Recent papers: (more)
- Wake Sensing for Aircraft Formation Flight
- Inertial particle trapping in viscous streaming
- Improving Vortex Models via Optimal Control Theory
- The influence of fluid properties on the morphology of core turbulence and the geomagnetic field
- Low-order phenomenological modeling of leading-edge vortex formation
Teaching
- MAE 103 Elementary Fluid Mechanics (F05)
- MAE 150A Intermediate Fluid Mechanics (W05,W07,W09,F09,W10,F10,F11)
- MAE 153A Engineering Acoustics (S04,S06,S08)
- MAE 157 Basic Mechanical Engineering Laboratory (W04)
- MAE 250A Foundations of Fluid Dynamics (F04,F06,F07,F08,W11,W12,W13)
- MAE 250B Viscous and Turbulent Flow (S11)
- MAE 250E Spectral Methods in Fluid Dynamics (S05)
- MAE 150G/250G Fluid Dynamics of Biological Systems (formerly 259A,150D) (W06,W08,S09,S10,S13)
Education
- Post-doctoral researcher (2001-2003), Cambridge University Engineeering Department
- Ph.D. 2002, Caltech, Mechanical Engineering
- M.S. 1997, Caltech, Mechanical Engineering
- B.S. 1996, Cornell University, Mechanical Engineering
Other information
- Associate Editor, Theoretical and Computational Fluid Dynamics, 2010-present
- Member, AIAA Fluid Dynamics Technical Committee, 2007-present
- Co-founder, Southern California Symposium on Flow Physics, 2007-present
- NSF Faculty Early Career Development (CAREER) Award, 2007-2012
- Susan and Henry Samueli MAE Teaching Award, June 2006
- Richard Bruce Chapman Award, Caltech, June 2002
- Caltech GSC Teaching Assistant Award, June 2000