Aeronautics, Flow Physics, Energy & Propulsion

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Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering

                                                                                                                  

 

 

 

Research Areas

 

Faculty

 

Continuum mechanics, computational mechanics, computer modeling and simulation, integrated product and process design, damage tolerance and structural integrity, failure prevention, computational microelectronics.  

 

Prof. Satya N. Atluri
Tel: (949) 824-9966
E-mail: satluri@uci.edu

 

 

 

Turbulence and the dynamics of fluids, large-scale dynamics of turbulent flows, dynamics of turbulent fluid interfaces, large-Reynolds-number turbulent flows, turbulent flow control and regularization, mixing efficiency of turbulent flows, speed-of-light propagation through fluids, fluid-optical interactions and control, laser-beam propagation in turbulence, aerooptics and high-speed turbulence, aeronautics and planetary defense.

 

Prof. Haris J. Catrakis
Tel: (949) 824-4028
E-mail: catrakis@uci.edu

 

 

 

Combustion, optical particle sizing, particle aerodynamics, laser diagnostics and spectroscopy.

 

Prof. Derek Dunn-Rankin
Tel: (949) 824-8745
E-mail: ddunnran@uci.edu

 

 

 

Direct numerical simulation of turbulent chemically reacting and dispersed two-phase flows.

 

Prof. Said E. Elghobashi
Tel: (949) 824-8451
E-mail: selghoba@uci.edu

 

 

 

Fluid mechanics, heat transfer, turbulence, instrumentation.

 

Prof. John C. LaRue
Tel: (949) 824-6724
E-mail: jclarue@uci.edu

 

 

 

Computational fluid dynamics, turbomachinery, propulsion.

 

Prof. Feng Liu
Tel: (949) 824-3105
E-mail: fliu@uci.edu

 

 

 

Jet noise, mixing enhancement, compressible turbulence, supersonic shear flows, advanced diagnostics.

 

Prof. Dimitri Papamoschou
Tel: (949) 824-6590
E-mail: dpapamos@uci.edu

 

 

 

Fluid dynamics and heat transfer, spray vaporization and combustion, metal spray processing and solidification.

 

Prof. Roger H. Rangel
Tel: (949) 824-4033
E-mail: rhrangel@uci.edu

 

 

 

Combustion, sprays, laser diagnostics, turbulent transport, alternative fuels, modeling reacting flows, practical systems.

 

Prof. G. Scott Samuelsen
Tel: (949) 824-5468
E-mail: gss@uci.edu

 

 

 

Combustion theory and computational methods, multiphase flows, turbulent reacting flows.

 

Prof. William A. Sirignano
Tel: (949) 824-3700
E-mail: sirignan@uci.edu

 

 

 

 

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