Experimental Techniques: Wind and Turbulence

Presentations

• Autonomous Drone Swarming for 3D Mapping of Atmospheric Particle Transport from Micrometer to Kilometer Scale

  ORAL

  Nov. 25, 2025, 8:00 AM – Nov. 25, 2025, 8:13 AM

  Publication: Krishnakumar, N., Pal, S., Sharma, S., & Hong, J. (2025). 3D characterization of smoke plume dispersion using multi-view drone swarm. Science of the Total Environment, 980, 179466.<br>Pal, S., Sharma, S., Krishnakumar, N. & Hong, J. (2025). Autonomous drone for dynamic smoke plume tracking. In 2025 IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation, Atlanta, USA. (accepted)<br>Bristow, N., Pardoe, N., Hartford, P., & Hong, J. (2023). Autonomous aerial drones for tracking and characterizing flow and particle transport. IEEE Robotics and Automation Letters, 8(9), 5616 - 5623.

  Presenters

  • Jiarong Hong

    University of Minnesota

  Authors

  • Jiarong Hong

    University of Minnesota

  • Nikil Krishnakumar

    University of Minnesota

  • Srijan Pal

    University of Minnesota

  • Pranay Junare

    University of Minnesota

  • Yipeng Hua

    University of Minnesota

  • Ankit Kuma

    University of Minnesota

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• Reconstruction of Three-Dimensional Wind Field from Sparse UAV Measurements

  ORAL

  Nov. 25, 2025, 8:13 AM – Nov. 25, 2025, 8:26 AM

  Publication: Zhang, X., Luo, B., Liu, Y., Li, J., Liang, T., Hong, J., & Li, C. (2025). Development of UAV-based system for simultaneous wind and particle measurements in the atmospheric boundary layer. Experiments in Fluids, 66(7). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00348-025-04064-3

  Presenters

  • Cheng Li

    Department of Mechanical Engineering (Robotics), Guangdong Technion - Israel Institute of Technology; Technion-Israel Institute of Technology, Guangdong Technion - Israel Institute of Technology, Department of Mechanical Engineering (Robotics), Guangdong Technion - Israel Institute of Technology

  Authors

  • Cheng Li

    Department of Mechanical Engineering (Robotics), Guangdong Technion - Israel Institute of Technology; Technion-Israel Institute of Technology, Guangdong Technion - Israel Institute of Technology, Department of Mechanical Engineering (Robotics), Guangdong Technion - Israel Institute of Technology

  • biaosheng luo

    Guangdong Technion-Israel Institute of Technology, Technion-Israel Institute of Technology

  • Vikrant Gupta

    Guangdong Technion-Israel Institute of Technology

  • Qiren Yan

    Guangdong Technion - Israel Institue of Technology

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• A mobile drone-based anemometer system for time-resolved atmospheric boundary layer surveys

  ORAL

  Nov. 25, 2025, 8:26 AM – Nov. 25, 2025, 8:39 AM

  Presenters

  • Thomas R Bewley

    UC San Diego

  Authors

  • Thomas R Bewley

    UC San Diego

  • Flavio Giannetti

    University of Salerno

  • Paolo Luchini

    University of Salerno

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• Droplet Dispersion and Coverage in UAV-Based Aerial Firefighting under Adverse Conditions

  ORAL

  Nov. 25, 2025, 8:39 AM – Nov. 25, 2025, 8:52 AM

  Presenters

  • Keon Moore

    San Diego State Unviersity

  Authors

  • Keon Moore

    San Diego State Unviersity

  • Roni H Goldshmid

    Caltech

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• On the Performance of Hot-Wire Water Content Probes in Supercooled Large Droplet (SLD) Conditions

  ORAL

  Nov. 25, 2025, 8:52 AM – Nov. 25, 2025, 9:05 AM

  Presenters

  • Ru-Ching Chen

    NASA John H. Glenn Research Center

  Authors

  • Ru-Ching Chen

    NASA John H. Glenn Research Center

  • Emily Timko

    Amentum

  • Judith Van Zante

    NASA John H. Glenn Research Center

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• Experiments in the Stable Atmosphere: A Novel Boundary Layer Wind Tunnel Design

  ORAL

  Nov. 25, 2025, 9:05 AM – Nov. 25, 2025, 9:18 AM

  Presenters

  • Jabari Lawrence

    Princeton University

  Authors

  • Jabari Lawrence

    Princeton University

  • Nicholas Conlin

    Princeton University

  • Marcus Hultmark

    Princeton University

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• Generation of high Reynolds number atmospheric turbulence in a pressurized wind tunnel using an active grid

  ORAL

  Nov. 25, 2025, 9:18 AM – Nov. 25, 2025, 9:31 AM

  Presenters

  • Hyunseok Kim

    Max Planck for Dynamics and Self-Organization, Göttingen, Max-Planck Institute for Dynamics and Self-Organization

  Authors

  • Hyunseok Kim

    Max Planck for Dynamics and Self-Organization, Göttingen, Max-Planck Institute for Dynamics and Self-Organization

  • Claudia E Brunner

    Max Planck Institute for Dynamics and Self-Organization

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• Advancing Low-Cost, Large-Scale Flow Visualization: A Case Study with Linear Camera Arrays in a Slow-Flow Wind Tunnel

  ORAL

  Nov. 25, 2025, 9:31 AM – Nov. 25, 2025, 9:44 AM

  Presenters

  • Peter Okereke

    University of New Hampshire

  Authors

  • Peter Okereke

    University of New Hampshire

  • Theresa B Oehmke

    University of New Hampshire

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• Design and Implementation of Fan Array Wind Wall to Generate Different Types of Flows in an Urban Airspace.

  ORAL

  Nov. 25, 2025, 9:44 AM – Nov. 25, 2025, 9:57 AM

  Presenters

  • Manish Timsina

    University of Utah

  Authors

  • Manish Timsina

    University of Utah

  • Carson Brashear

    University of Utah

  • Agastya Balantrapu

    University of Utah

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• Extracting Fluid--Structure Modes in Turbulence-Driven FIV From Particle Tracking and Shape Sensing Data

  ORAL

  Nov. 25, 2025, 9:57 AM – Nov. 25, 2025, 10:10 AM

  Presenters

  • Rui Tang

    The Pennsylvania State University

  Authors

  • Rui Tang

    The Pennsylvania State University

  • Samuel Jacobi Grauer

    Pennsylvania State University

  • Nick DiPatri

    University of Iowa

  • Casey Harwood

    University of Iowa

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• An Aquatic Eddy Covariance System for the In Situ Measurement of Turbulent Heat Flux

  ORAL

  Nov. 25, 2025, 10:10 AM – Nov. 25, 2025, 10:23 AM

  Presenters

  • Shanil Jayawardena

    University of Sydney

  Authors

  • Shanil Jayawardena

    University of Sydney

  • Steven W Armfield

    University of Sydney

  • Nicholas J Williamson

    University of Sydney

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• Direct Mechanical Power Measurement of a Miniature Wind Turbine

  ORAL

  Nov. 25, 2025, 10:23 AM – Nov. 25, 2025, 10:36 AM

  Presenters

  • Lily G Board

    Univ of Cambridge

  Authors

  • Lily G Board

    Univ of Cambridge

  • Ahren Sampath

    University of Oxford

  • Shreyas D Mandre

    Univ of Cambridge

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