ResearchComputational Fluid Dynamics
Computational methods are routinely used to solve fluid flow problems in academia and industry, alike. At Northwestern, cutting-edge and novel Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD) techniques are developed and applied to study problems ranging from fluid-structure interactions, biofluiddynamics, organ physiology, astrophysics, additive manufacturing, granular flows, interfacial flows, sports mechanics, and micro, nano, and molecular scale flows among others. Each of the computational groups have in-house computational capabilities. In addition, we have access to Northwestern Quest High Performance Computing Cluster and federally funded supercomputing facilities such as XSEDE, among others.
The faculty below conduct research focused on Computational Fluid Dynamics.
Sinan Keten
Jerome B. Cohen Professor of Engineering
Professor of Mechanical Engineering and Civil and Environmental Engineering and (by courtesy) Biomedical Engineering
Associate Chair of Mechanical Engineering
Erik Luijten
Professor of Materials Science and Engineering and (by courtesy) Engineering Sciences and Applied Mathematics, Physics and Astronomy, and Chemistry
Associate Dean for Research and Doctoral Education
Neelesh Patankar
Professor of Mechanical Engineering and (by courtesy) Engineering Sciences and Applied Mathematics
Gregory Wagner
Associate Professor of Mechanical Engineering
Director of Graduate Studies for Mechanical Engineering