Thermo Fluid Sciences Research
Thermal-fluids research in the Paul M. Rady Department of Mechanical Engineering is focused on a wide range of both fundamental and applied problems related to energy conversion, heat and mass transfer, combustion, and fluid mechanics.
Experimental, theoretical, and computational approaches are used to study thermal-fluids phenomena covering an enormous range of scales, from heat transport at micro and nano scales to the properties of the atmosphere and ocean over many kilometers.
Area Strengths
- Micro/nano heat transfer and energy conversion
- Chemical kinetics and combustion
- Cardiac fluid dynamics
- Laser diagnostics for fluid and combustion systems
- Computational fluid dynamics for both reacting and non-reacting flows
- Multiscale modeling and simulation
- The use of wavelets for modeling and simulation
- Renewable energy generation via a variety of technologies
- Biomass utilization