Fluid and Thermal Sciences

The fluid and thermal sciences group focuses on the fundamental and applied aspects of fluid flow and thermal energy transport, considering different regimes and transport mechanisms. Fluid flow and heat and mass transfer arising in a wide range of engineering problems are investigated. Among the areas of particular interest are computational fluid dynamics and heat transfer, multiphase flows, high-speed flows, convective and radiative heat transfer, micro and nanoscale transport processes, biofluid mechanics, multiscale modeling, thermal system design and optimization, thermal processing of materials, energy and environmental systems, combustion, and fires.

Associated Faculty: Prosenjit Bagchi, Haym Benaroya, Steven Berg, Edward DeMauro, F. Javier Diez-Garias, German Drazer, Zhixiong (James) Guo, Yogesh Jaluria, Doyle D. Knight, Hao Lin, Michael R. Muller, Amin Reihani, Jerry Shan, Stephen D. Tse

Research Clusters

Computational Fluid Dynamics and Heat Transfer

Faculty: Prosenjit Bagchi, German Drazer, Zhixiong (James)  Guo, Yogesh Jaluria, Doyle D. Knight, Hao Lin, Stephen D. Tse

Thermal Processing of Materials

Faculty: Zhixiong (James) Guo, Yogesh Jaluria, Doyle D. Knight, Jerry Shan, Stephen D. Tse

Thermal Management of Electronic Systems

Faculty: Yogesh Jaluria, Amin Reihani

Combustion and Fire Safety

Faculty: Steven Berg, F. Javier Diez-Garias, Yogesh Jaluria, Stephen D. Tse

Experimental Fluid and Thermal Sciences

Faculty: Steven Berg, Edward DeMauro, German Drazer, F. Javier Diez-Garias, Zhixiong (James) Guo, Yogesh Jaluria, Hao Lin, Jerry Shan, Stephen D. Tse

High-speed Flows

Faculty: Steven Berg, Edward DeMauro, Doyle D. Knight

Reacting Flows

Faculty: Steven Berg, Edward DeMauro, Doyle D. Knight, Stephen D. Tse

Design and Optimization of Fluid and Thermal Systems

Faculty: Yogesh Jaluria, Doyle D. Knight, Michael R. Muller, Amin Reihani

Biological Systems

Faculty: Prosenjit Bagchi, Edward DeMauro, German Drazer, Zhixiong (James) Guo, Hao Lin, Jerry Shan

Micro and Nanoscale Transport

Faculty: Prosenjit Bagchi, Edward DeMauro, German Drazer, Zhixiong (James) Guo, Hao Lin, Amin Reihani, Jerry Shan, Stephen D. Tse

Alternative and Renewable Energy Systems

Faculty: Steven Berg, Zhixiong Guo, Yogesh Jaluria, Michael R. Muller, Amin Reihani

Fluid/structure Interaction

Faculty: Prosenjit Bagchi, Haym Benaroya