Bourns Hall

Faculty Research

 

transport through porous media, multiphase  transport, natural convection in  complex configurations	direct and large eddy simulations of turbulent combustion, forest fire modeling, flame spread experiments,  acoustic-flow interactions, and cardiovascular fluid dynamics	Air quality, small-scale dispersion, micrometeorology to dispersion problems and simplified models for complex systems
fluid mechanics, thermodynamics, and thermal processes relevant to biomedical optics and medical laser applications	wafer fab processing, thin film mechanics and nanotechnology	design and artificial intelligence
Mechanical behavior of thin films and other small-featured structures, mechanics of interfaces and surfaces	mechanical properties of carbon nanotubes,  ferroelectric/piezoelectric materials.  Acoustics and ultrasonics with applications in sensing and imaging.	mechanics, material, and geophysics
The Laboratory for Environmental Flow Modeling