Faculty Research

Air Force Office of Scientific Research
Center for Excellence in Hypersonics Research
Graham Candler, Krishnan Mahesh
CFD Code Validation Experiments for Hypersonic High-Enthalpy Flows
Graham Candler
Direct Numerical Simulation of the Influence of Plasmas on Turbulent Flows
Krishnan Mahesh
Shear Stress Sensor Using Shape Memory Films Domin
Richard James, Ivan Marusic, Chris Palmstrom, Thomas Shield
Dominca (AFOSR Prime)
Fundamental Physics and Practical Applications of Electromagnetic Flow Control in High Speed Flows
Graham Candler
Rutgers University (AFOSR Prime)
Design, Performance, and Operation of Efficient Ramjet/Scram combined-cycle Hypersonic Propulsion
Graham Candler
California Institute of Technology (AFOSR Prime)
Development of Anaylsis Tools for Certification of Flight Control Laws
Gary Balas
(UC-Berkeley(AFOSR Prime))
Energy Delivery System in a Multi-Stage Railgun
Graham Candler
(Uof Texas-AS (AFOSR Prime))
University Nanosat Program: An Integrated Design Methodology for Nanosat Navigation Guidance and Controls Systems
Demoz Gebre-Egziabher
William Garrard
Army High Performance Computing Research Center
High Performance Computation of Compressible Flows,Turbulent Flows
Graham Candler
Multiscale Methods for Active Materials
Richard James
Department of Energy
Large-eddy Simulation of Gas-turbine Combustors
Krishnan Mahesh
Stanford University (DOE Prime)
Nonequilibrium and Structural Effects on Models of Interfacial Motion in Multicomponent Alloys
Perry Leo
Multiscale Design of Advanced Materials Based on Hybrid Ab-Initio and Quasicontuum methods
Richard James, Mitchell Luskin (Math), Ellad Tadmor
National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA)
Application of Linear Parameter-Varying Techniques to Safety Critical Aircraft Flight Systems: Phase II
Gary Balas
Development of Aeroshell Technologies for Aerocapture Missions to the Outer Planets
Graham Candler
The Minnesota Space Grant College Consortium
William Garrard
Mars Science Laboratory Parachute CDF Modeling
Graham Candler
William Garrard

National Science Foundation
A Novel Approach for Large Eddy Simulation on Unstructured Grids Applied to Turbulent Jets in Cross-Flow
Krishnan Mahesh
Development of Long Distance Microscope Velocimetry Systems for Bridging Macro and Microscales
Ellen Longmire, Ivan Marusic
ITR: Dynamic Methods for Identifying, Visualizing, and Tracking Eddy Evolution in Experimental Turbulent Flows
Ivan Marusic, Ellen Longmire, Victoria Interrate (C.Sci. Eng)
NIRT: Nanoscale Shape Memory Actuators and Swimming Bugs - Theory, Computing and MBE Synthesis
Mitchell Luskin (Math), Richard James
SGER: Nanoparticle Tubeless Siphons
Daniel Joseph
Studies of Viscous and Viscoelastic Potential Flows
Daniel Joseph
Three New Topics in Solid-Liquid Flows
Daniel Joseph
Fundamental Optimization Problems in Airborne Network Design and Applications
Yiyuan Zhao
Wind-Generated Electrical Energy Using Flexible Piezoelectricity
Ivan Marusic, William Robbins (ECE)
The Effect of Surfactant on Topological Transitions in Interfacial flows
Ashley James
Office of Naval Research
Large-Eddy Simulation of Propeller Crashback
Krishnan Mahesh
Multiferroic Materials in Smart Structures and Devices
Richard James & Thomas Shield
Compositions and Processing for Improved High Temperature Shape Memory Alloys
Richard James
Marlow Industries (ONR Prime)
Stability and Control of Very High Speed Cavity-Running Bodies
Gary Balas
Muri: Structural Magnetostrictive Alloys: Revolutionary Materials
Richard James
(University of Maryland (ONR Prime))
Center for Transportation Studies (MN DOT Prime) RPV/UAV Surveillance for Transportation Management and Security
Demoz Gebre-Egziabher
Sandia National Lab
Mechanisms of Hypersonic Boundary-Layer Transitions on Re-Entry Vehicles
Graham Candler
The David and Lucile Packard Foundation
Packard Fellowship
Ivan Marusic
American Chemistry Society Petroleum Research Fund
Experiments on Drop Coalesence in Liquid/Liquid Systems
Ellen Longmire
SRF Consulting Group
Intelligent Transportation Systems (ITS)
Demoz Gebre-Egziabher
US Department of Defense Army
Design of Active Materials: new Transforming Materials with Unprecedented Physical and Mechanics Properties
Richard James
National Institute of Health
Cell Graft Engineering Using Microfluids
Ellen Longmire, Allison Hubel (ME), David McKenna
Tissue-Engineered Valve from Cell Remodeled Biopolymer
Ellen Longmire, Robert Tranquillo (Biomed Eng), Catheri Verfaillie (Medicine)