Global Engineering Education Connections

Dr. Jacques Boree is a researcher from C.N.R.S. (Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique) in Toulouse, France, where he has been conducting scientific research in fluid dynamics since 1990. He is visiting AEM to investigate particle-laden turbulent flows in collaboration with Professor Ellen Longmire.

Antonio DeSimone, a 1992 PhD graduate in Mechanics from the AEM Department, has visited twice this year to work on several research projects on the development of "magneto-memory" materials under the direction of Professor James, his former thesis adviser. He is from Rome, Italy.

Sylvain Loyer, a student from ENSAE (ECOLE National Superieure De l'Aeronautique et de l'Espace), in Toulouse, France is here on an Internship. He is a trainee in an end-of study project whose aim is to ensure a practical application of the teaching at ENSAE without the employer profiting directly from the presence of the trainee in his company or university. The training programs are established in accordance with the director of ENSAE and are directly related to the student's options or specialization. The AEM Department Head, William Garrard, and the Department itself, is hosting Mr. Loyer.

Yasushi Nakabayashi is a Research Fellow, from Japan. He is stationed at the Army High Performance Computer Research Center, to carry out research under Professor Tezduyar in parallel finite element computation of fluid dynamics problems, using supercomputers such as the CRAY T3D,Thinking Machines CM-5, and SGI Onyx. He is incorporating stabilized finite element formulations to existing flow simulation programs, and applying them to a series of test problems of practical interest.

Ralph Paul, a visiting student from Stuttgart, Germany was with AEM for 8 months to do research in the area of flight control of tailless aircraft, under the direction of Professor Garrard.

Guiseppe Puglisi is a PhD student from Italy. He was on a scholarship from the Italian government to conduct research in the US for the completion of his degree in Italy. His field of study is in Mechanics and it was under the direction of Professors James and Truskinovsky. His work with Professor James was on the foundations of statistical mechanics.

Raffaella Rizzoni is a PhD student from Italy. She was on a scholarship from the Italian government to conduct research in the US for the completion of her degree in Italy. She studied martenstic phase transformations in thin films under the direction of Professors James and Truskinovsky.

Takashi Sawao, a visiting graduate student from the University of Tokyo in Japan, has joined the research group in aerospace engineering at the AHPCRC under the direction of Professor Tezduyar.

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