Ioannis Nompelis
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Position Research associate
Office Akerman Hall, room 320, UofM TwinCities campus
Address 110, Union St. S.E., Minneapolis MN 55455, USA
Phone (612) 6267792
Curriculum Vitae: [ PDF ] [ ASCII ]

Education
Ph.D. University of Minnesota, 2004
B.E. Winona State University, 1998
 
Research interests    
Fluid mechanics
Compressible Flow
High Temperature Gas Physics
Rarefied gas flows
Computational fluid dynamics of nonequilibrium reacting flows
Computational physics
Numerical analysis of differential equations
Algorithm development
Parallel Computing
Scientific visualization

  Current research focus
Presently working with Prof. G.V. Candler and members of his group doing research in hypersonics, aerothermodynamics, advanced simulation of hypersonic flows, numerical methods and computational physics. Currently the lead developer and maintaininer of the baseline computational tool used by the group members and collaborators. Also working in collaboration with Dr. Matt MacLean & Dr. Michael Holden of CUBRC in a joint experimental and computational program for code validation, and with Prof. Keith Stein of Bethel University developing computational tools for simulation of supersonic parachutes and flexible decelerators.

  Recent Technical Papers (offline)
  (These I may NOT place online, sorry!)

  • Nompelis, I., Wan, T., and Candler, G.V., "Performance Comparisons of Parallel Implicit Solvers for Hypersonic Flow Computations on Unstructured Meshes," In preparation, to be submitted in the AIAA Journal.

  • Druguet, M.-C., G.V. Candler, and I. Nompelis, "Effect of Numerics on Navier-Stokes Computations of Hypersonic Double-Cone Flows," AIAA Journal , Vol. 43, No. 3, pp. 616-623, March 2005.

  • Nompelis, I., G. V. Candler, and M. S. Holden, "Effect of Vibrational Nonequilibrium on Hypersonic Double-Cone Experiments," AIAA Journal, Vol. 41, No. 11, pp. 2162-2169, Nov. 2003.

  • Druguet, M.-C., Candler, G.V., and Nompelis, I., "Simulations of Viscous Hypersonic Double-Cone Flows: Influence of Numerics," AIAA Paper No. 2003-3548, June 2003.

  • Nompelis, I., Candler, G.V., Holden, M.S., and Wadhams, T.P., "Real Gas Effects on Hypersonic Shock Wave Laminar Boundary Layer Interactions," AIAA Paper No.~2003-0443, Jan. 2003.

  • Druguet, M.-C., G.V. Candler, and I. Nompelis, "Navier-Stokes Computations of Hypersonic Double-Cone Flows: Influence of Numerics," West-East High Speed Flow Fields, D.E. Zeitoun, J. Periaux, L.D. Desideri, M. Marini (Eds.), CIMNE, Barcelona, 2002.

  • Nompelis, I., and G.V. Candler, "Computational Investigation of High Enthalpy Flows Past a Finite Cylinder," West-East High Speed Flow Fields, D.E. Zeitoun, J. Periaux, L.D. Desideri, M. Marini (Eds.), CIMNE, Barcelona, 2002.


  Recent Technical Papers (online)
  (These I can place online and not violate copyright laws)

  • Nompelis, I., Drayna, T.,W., and Candler, G.V., "A Parallel Unstructured Implicit Solver for Reacting Flow Simulation," AIAA Paper No. 2005-4867, June 2005.
    Paper: [PDF] [PS]     Slides: [PDF] [PPT]

  • Nompelis, I., Candler, G.V., MacLean, M., Wadhams, T.P., and Holden, M.S., "Numerical Investigation of High Enthalpy Chemistry on Hypersonic Double-Cone Experiments," AIAA Paper No. 2005-0584, Jan. 2005.
    Paper: [PDF] [PS]     Slides: [PDF] [PPT]

  • Nompelis, I., Drayna, T.,W., and Candler, G.V., "Development of a Hybrid Unstructured Implicit Solver for the Simulations of Reacting Flows Over Complex Geometries," AIAA Paper No. 2004-2227, June 2004.
    Paper: [PDF] [PS]     Slides: [PDF] [PPT]

  • Nompelis, I., Candler, G.V., Wadhams, T.P., and Holden, M.S., "Numerical Simulation of High-Enthalpy Experiments in the LENS-X Expansion Tube Facility," AIAA Paper No. 2004-1000, Jan.2004.
    Paper: [PDF] [PS]     Slides: [PDF] [PPT]

  • Nompelis, I., Candler, G.V., Holden, M.S., and Wadhams, T.P., "Computational Investigation of Hypersonic Viscous/Inviscid Interactions in High Enthalpy Flows," AIAA Paper No. 2003-3642, June 2003.
    Paper: [PDF] [PS]     Slides: [PDF] [PPT]


Online Items

Ph.D. Thesis (PS) (PDF) and Thesis defense slides (PPT) (FTP links).

NHRC inauguration pictures

FTP data space

Skiing at Afton Alps Minnesota (2004)

Hourdos Party 2004 Photos page

Photos from my recent trip to the Bay area (2005)

Colombia 2005 Photos

AIAA 2005 summer conference in Toronto photos

A surprising birthday present!

Photos from our visit to the Minnesota State Fair

TecPlot formating with tecio.a


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Wikipedia (external link) is a way of life. I am a complete Wikipedia addict!
Slackware Linux (external link) is my choice of operating system.
Amiga (external link) is forever.
OpenGL (external link) standardizes interactive 3D graphics.
Minnesota Public Radio (external link)
Trance music (Tranceaddict.com)
Message Passing Interface (MPI) (I have not yet decided on a link for this.)
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