Graham Candler
McKnight Presidential Professor

Professor Candler uses computational fluid dynamics to study high-temperature reacting flows and hypersonic flows, and is particularly interested in how the relaxation of internal energy modes and finite-rate chemical reactions interact with fluid motion. Applications of this work include the analysis of planetary entry spacecraft heat shields, hypersonic boundary layer transition, and the effects of chemical reactions on aerodynamics. Dr. Candler works closely with experimentalists to validate high-enthalpy flow models by careful comparison to shock tunnel data. Recently, Candler's research group has been working to extend computational methods to complex geometries for application to future scramjet-powered hypersonic aircraft. These tools were used to design an inward-turning inlet for a upcoming sounding rocket flight experiment of a Mach 10 vehicle.

Degrees

B.Eng., Mechanical Engineering, McGill University, 1984

M.S., Aeronautics & Astronautics, Stanford University, 1985

Ph.D., Aeronautics & Astronautics, Stanford University, 1988

Experience

1999 - Present: Professor, Aerospace Engineering & Mechanics, University of Minnesota

1996 - 1999: Associate Professor, Aerospace Engineering & Mechanics, University of Minnesota

1994 - 1996: Assistant Professor, Aerospace Engineering & Mechanics, University of Minnesota

1992 - 1994: Assistant Professor, Aerospace Engineering & Mechanics, University of Minnesota

1989 - 1992: Assistant Professor, Mechanical & Aerospace Engineering, North Carolina State University

1989 - Present: Consultant Institute for Defense Analyses, Coleman Engine Company

1988 - 1989: Visiting Professor, Aeronautics & Astronautics, Stanford University

1988 - 1989: Aerospace Engineer, Aerothermodynamics Branch, NASA Ames Research Center

1985 - 1988: Research Assistant, Aerothermodynamics Branch, Stanford University

Research

Computational fluid dynamics of reacting flows.

Algorithm development.

High temperature gas dynamics.

Re-entry and hypersonic aerodynamics.

Thermo-chemical nonequilibrium flows.

Numerical simulation of combustion.

Five Recent Publications

• M.P. Martin and G.V. Candler, 2006, A Parallel Implicit Method for the Direct Numerical Simulation of Compressible Flows, Journal of Computational Physics, Vol. 215, No. 1, pp. 153-171, June, (Journal Article) More Details, Request PDF
• Druguet, M.C., G.V. Candler, and I. Nompelis, 2005, Effects of Numerics on Navier-Stokes Computations of Hypersonic Double-Cone Flows, AIAA Journal, Vol. 43, No. 3, pp. 616-623, March, (Journal Article) More Details, Request PDF
• Emblemsvag, J.E., and G.V. Candler, 2005, A Cartesian Grid Method for Moderate Reynolds Number Flows Around Complex and Moving Objects, AIAA Journal, Vol. 43, No. 1, pp. 76-86, Jan., (Journal Article) More Details, Request PDF
• K. Sinha, K. Mahesh & G.V. Candler, 2005, Modeling the effect of shock unsteadiness in shock/turbulent boundary layer interactions, AIAA Journal, 43(3): 586-594, (Journal Article) More Details, Request PDF
• Kandala, R., and G.V. Candler, 2004, Numerical Studies of Laser-Induced Energy Deposition for Supersonic Flow Control, AIAA Journal, Vol. 42, No. 11, pp. 2266-2275, Nov., (Journal Article) More Details, Request PDF

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Honors and Fellowships

Selected as a McKnight Presidential Professor , 2009

Background

Recipient of the 2007 Thermophysics Award, 2007

Background

Distinguished McKnight University Professor, University of Minnesota, 2004

Background

George Taylor Distinguished Research Award, University of Minnesota, 2002

AIAA Award for Best Technical Paper in Thermophysics, 1990 and 2001

Background

Ballhaus Prize for Best Ph.D. Thesis in Stanford Aeronautics and Astronautics, 1988

Associate Fellow of the American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA)

Background

Fellow of the University of Minnesota Supercomputing Institute

Background

Scientific and Professional Societies

American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA)
American Physical Society

Current Courses

Graduate

AEM 5245 -- Hypersonic Aerodynamics

Subjects and Courses Taught

Undergraduate

AEM 4202 -- Aerodynamics

Graduate

AEM 5245 -- Hypersonic Aerodynamics

AEM 5251 -- Computational Fluid Mechanics

AEM 8251 -- Finite-Volume Methods in Computational Fluid Dynamics

AEM 8295 -- Selected Topics in Fluid Mechanics

AEM 8880 -- Plan B Project

Curriculum Vitae

Brief Biographical Sketch

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