Student Lunch with the Experts

COFFEE_KLATCH

Abstract

Additional fee at registration. Boxed lunch will be served. An opportunity for students to join in a discussion with a professor specializing in a particular fluid dynamics area.

1. Robert Moser, University of Texas at Austin: Turbulence physics, DNS & LES, Cardiovascular fluid mechanics, UQ in computational science.

2. Eva Kanso, University of Southern California: Fundamental problems in the biophysics of cellular and subcellular processes and the physics of animal behavior.

3. Ann Karagozian, University of California, Los Angeles: Combustion, with applications to improved engine efficiency, reduced emissions, alternative fuels, and rocket propulsion.

4. Minami Yoda, Michigan State University: Experimental fluid mechanics, Optical diagnostics, phase-change heat transfer and applications to fusion & micro/nanofluidics.

5. Marcus Hultmark, Princeton University: Turbulence, such as heat and mass transfer as well as drag reduction and wind energy.

6. Michael Howland, Massachusetts Institute of Technology: Flow physics of Earth’s atmosphere and the modeling, optimization, and control of renewable energy generation systems.

7. Alban Sauret, University of Maryland: Fluid mechanics, soft matter, interfacial dynamics, and granular physics.

8. Alexander Alexeev, Georgia Tech: Fluid mechanics of complex fluids, soft materials, multiphase/granular flows, surface-tension-driven flows, aerosol mechanics.

9. Joseph Katz, Johns Hopkins University: Experimental fluid mechanics, Cavitation phenomena and multiphase flows, Transport of microscopic particles and droplets in turbulent flows

10. Richard Lueptow, Northwestern University: Modeling and experiments on the segregation and mixing of bi-and poly-disperse granular materials; Molecular level simulation of transport processes.