NAME & AFFILIATION

PERIOD OF VISIT

TENTATIVE TITLE OF TALK

Jean-Paul Bonnet
University of Poitiers
Jean.Paul.Bonnet@univ-poitiers.fr

7 - 10 Dec 2004

1) Minimum information for flow control strategies in turbulent free shear flows
2) Fluidic control of subsonic and supersonic turbulent jets

Kenny Breuer
Brown University
kbreuer@brown.edu

6 - 9 Dec 2004

1) Experiments and theory on near-wall turbulence control

John A. Burns
Virginia Polytechnic Institute
and State University
burns@icam.vt.edu

5 - 15 Dec 2004 (tentative)

1) Designing feedback laws for transition and turbulence control: recent theoretical advances
2) Designing feedback laws for transition and turbulence control: new computational methods

Haecheon Choi
Seoul National University
choi@socrates.snu.ac.kr

12 - 16 Jul 2004

Seminars:
1) Immersed boundary method for flow and heat transfer inside/over a complex geometry
2) Active and passive control of turbulence

Tim Craft
University of Manchester Institute of Science and Technology
Tim.Craft@umist.ac.uk

7 - 14 Jul 2004

Seminar:
1) Application of advanced non-linear eddy-viscosity models and second-moment closures
Tutorials:
1) Non-linear eddy-viscosity models
    Presentation slides (PDF): Lecture 1, Lecture 2
2) Stress transport modeling
    Presentation slides (PDF): Lecture 1, Lecture 2

Paul A. Durbin
Stanford University
durbin@vk.stanford.edu

6 - 17 Dec 2004

1) Continuous mode transition

Alexander Eidelman
Ben-Gurion University of Negev
eidel@bgumail.bgu.ac.il

7 - 13 Sep 2004

Seminar:
1) A presentation of the joint study conducted by Dr Alexander Eidelman and Prof Elperin

Tevel Elperin
Ben-Gurion University of Negev
elperin@menix.bgu.ac.il

7 - 13 Sep 2004

Seminar:
1) Experimental detection of the new phenomenon of turbulent thermal diffusion

Christer Fureby
The Swedish Defence Research Agency (FOI)
fureby@foi.se

6 - 10 Dec 2004

1) Towards large Eddy simulation of real wall-bounded flows
    Presentation slides: PDF

Mohamed Gad-el-Hak
Virginia Commonwealth University
gadelhak@vcu.edu

4 - 10 Jul and
5 - 11 Dec 2004

1) Turbulence: The Taming of the Shrew
2) Flow physics in microdevices
3) Compliant coatings: the simpler alternative
Seminars:
1) Reynolds number effects in in wall-bounded turbulent flows
2) Flow control

Giovanni P. Galdi
University of Pittsburgh
galdi@engr.pitt.edu

12 - 18 Dec 2004

1) Some geometric and function-analytic properties of the set of steady solutions to the Navier-Stokes equations past an obstacle

Vladimir Grebenev
Russian Academy of Sciences
vova@lchd.ict.nsc.ru

5 - 26 Dec 2004

1) Compatible differential constraints to an infinite chain of transport equations for cumulants

Jean Luc Guermond
Texas A&M University
guermond@math.tamu.edu

13 - 19 Dec 2004

1) A tentative mathematical definition of LES and related mathematical issues

Kemal Hanjalic
Delft University of Technology
hanjalic@ws.tn.tudelft.nl

14 - 25 Jul 2004

1) Second-moment and related turbulence closure models: potential, achievements and prospects for complex flows
2) Closure models for turbulent flows driven by thermal buoyancy and other body forces
Seminars:
1) Transient RANS for “ultra hard” thermal convection and environmental flows at extreme Rayleigh numbers
2) Hybrid RANS/LES approaches for high Re number turbulent flows

John Heywood
University of British Columbia
Heywood@math.ubc.ca

12 - 18 Dec 2004

1) A curious phenomenon in a model problem, suggestive of the hydrodynamic inertial range and smallest scale of motion

Huaxiong Huang
York University
hhuang@yorku.ca

1) Motion of a liqeuid drop on a solid surface

Hector Iacovides
University of Manchester Institute of
Science and Technology
H.Iacovides@umist.ac.uk

7 - 14 Jul 2004

Seminar:
1) Application of advanced wall-functions to forced and mixed convection flows
    Presentation slides: PDF
Tutorials:
1) Current practice and recent developments in wall functions
    Presentation slides (PDF): Lecture 1, Lecture 2
2) Applications in convective heat transfer with emphasis on blade cooling flows
    Presentation slides (PDF): Lecture 1, Lecture 2a, Lecture 2b

Anthony Jameson
Stanford University
jameson@baboon.stanford.edu

15 - 17 Sep 2004

Seminars:
1) Solution algorithms for viscous flow
2) Efficient aerodynamic shape optimization for viscous flows

Javier Jiménez
Universidad Politecnica de Madrid
jimenez@torroja.dmt.upm.es

1 - 5 Aug 2004

Seminar:
Recent results from computational turbulent channels up to Re_τ=2000

Ekachai Juntasaro
Suranaree University of Technology
junta@sut.ac.th

7 - 17 Dec 2004

Seminar:
1) Modeling for bypass transition in boundary layers on a flat plate

Varangrat Juntasaro
Kasetsart University
fengvrj@ku.ac.th

7 - 17 Dec 2004

Seminar:
1) Evaluation of different non-linear constitutive relations of Reynolds stresses using direct numerical simulation data

Hyung-Suk Kang
Johns Hopkins University
hskang@jhu.edu

2 - 14 Aug 2004

Seminar:
1) Decaying turbulence in an active-grid-generated flow and comparisons with large-eddy simulation

Nobuhide Kasagi
Tokyo University
kasagi@thtlab.t.u-tokyo.ac.jp

8 - 12 Dec 2004

1) The FIK identity and its implication for turbulent skin-friction reduction

Shigeo Kida
Kyoto University
kida@mech.kyoto-u.ac.jp

2 - 6 Aug 2004

1) Periodic motions in turbulence
2) Elementary vortices in turbulence

Joseph C. Klewicki
University of Utah
klewicki@eng.utah.edu

5 - 11 Dec 2004 (tentative)

1) Mean-momentum balance: implications for wall-turbulence control

Ming-Chih Lai
National Chiao Tung University
mclai@math.nctu.edu.tw

12 - 17 Dec 2004

1) Some simple immersed boundary techniques for simulating complex flows with rigid boundary

Brian Launder
The University of Manchester
brian.launder@manchester.ac.uk

9 - 14 Jul 2004
and
12 - 16 Dec 2004

1) CFD for complex industrial flows: Strategies in turbulence modeling
2) Turbulence modeling of buoyancy-affected flows
    Presentation slides: PPT
3) Problems with current models and new directions in RANS-turbulence modelling
    Presentation slides: PPT
4) From Reynolds to Reynolds: an english view of a century of turbulence modelling
    Presentation slides: PPT

Cun Biao Lee
Peking University
cblee@mech.pku.edu.cn

26 Nov - 2 Dec 2004
 and
7 - 18 Dec 2004

1) Long-lived coherent structure in a transitional boundary layer
2) Dynamics of transitional boundary layer: measurement and visualization
    Presentation slides: PPT    Paper: PDF

Anthony Leonard
California Institute of Technology
tony@galcit.caltech.edu

8 - 22 Dec 2004

1) Candidates for vortex structures in the inertial range of turbulence
2) Curvature and torsion of material lines in chaotic flows

Michael Leschziner
Imperial College
mike.leschziner@imperial.ac.uk

1 - 7 Aug 2004

1) Large Eddy simulation in support of RANS modelling
    Presentation slides: PPT

Zhilin Li
North Carolina State University
zhilin@math.ncsu.edu

13 - 18 Dec 2004

1) An augmented approach for stokes equations with discontinuous viscosity and singular forces

Chao-An Lin
National Tsing Hua University
calin@pme.nthu.edu.tw

12 - 16 Jul 2004

1) Large eddy simulation of enclosed rotor-stator flow

Jian-Guo Liu
University of Maryland
jliu@math.umd.edu

1) On incompressible Navier-Stokes dynamics - a new approach for analysis and computation

Li-Shi Luo
National Institute of Aerospace (NIA)
luo@nianet.org

7 - 11 Dec 2004

1) Lattice Boltzmann simulations of some turbulent flows

Vladimir Maderich
Institute of Mathematical Machine and System Problems &
Ukrainian Center of Environmental and Water Projects
vlad@immsp.kiev.ua

25 - 31 Oct
2004

Seminars:
1) Intermittent mixing by breaking of wind waves and Stokes drift effects on the turbulent upper layer in the sea: Implications for oil transport and dispersion
2) 3-D non-hydrostatic free-surface models and their applications

Ivan Marusic
University of Minnesota
marusic@aem.umn.edu

7 - 11 Dec 2004

1) Analysis of multi-plane PIV measurements in a turbulent boundary layer: large scale structures, and implications for control

Ken Melville
University of California, San Diego
kmelville@ucsd.edu

21 Oct - 2 Nov 2004

1) Deep-water surface-wave breaking and upper-ocean dynamics
2) The initial generation of langmuir circulations-and waves and currents

Charles Meneveau
Johns Hopkins University
meneveau@jhu.edu

1 - 4 Aug 2004

1) Dynamic models in Large Eddy Simulation of turbulent flows
2) Dynamics and statistics of velocity gradients in the inertial range of turbulence, and implications for LES

Bijan Mohammadi
University of Montpellier and
Institut Universitaire de France
Bijan.Mohammadi@math.univ-montp2.fr

11 - 18 Dec 2004
(tentative)

1) Impact of wall function modelling on meshing, simulation, optimization and control with fluid flows
    Presentation slides: PDF

Siva Nadarajah
McGill University
siva.nadarajah@mcgill.ca

27 - 29 Oct 2004

Tutorial lecture:
1) Control theory approach to aerodynamic shape optimization
Seminar:
1) Optimum shape design for unsteady flows using time accurate and non-linear frequency domain methods

Hisashi Okamoto
Kyoto University
okamoto@kurims.kyoto-u.ac.jp

12 - 17 Dec 2004

1) Some pathological phenomena of finite difference approximations for parabolic blow-up problems

Michele Onorato
Politecnico di Torino
michele.onorato@polito.it

2 - 12 Dec 2004

1) Turbulent boundary layers and their control: quantitative flow visualization results

Dimitri Papamoschou
University of California, Irvine
dpapamos@uci.edu

5 - 11 Dec 2004
 

1) Control of compressible turbulent jets with applications to noise suppression and mixing enhancement

Olivier Pironneau
University of Paris VI (Pierre et Marie Curie)
pironneau@ann.jussieu.fr

2 - 8 Aug and
12 - 18 Dec 2004

1) Two scales asymptotics for turbulence modeling
2) Optimal shape design for fluids: theoretical and practical aspects

Rolf Rannacher
Universität Heidelberg
rolf.rannacher@iwr.uni-heidelberg.de

12 - 18 Dec 2004
(tentative)

1) Duality techniques in numerical flow simulation: error estimation, flow control and stability analysis

Junuthula Narasimha Reddy
Texas A & M University
jnreddy@tamu.edu, jn_reddy@yahoo.com

10 - 30 Dec 2004

1) Least-squares based finite element models for fluid flows

Pierre Sagaut
LMM - University of Paris VI (Pierre et Marie Curie)/(CNRS)
sagaut@lmm.jussieu.fr

11 - 17 Jul 2004

1) Analysis of the spectral Variational Multiscal Method
Tutorial:
1) Multiscale/multilevel approaches in large-Eddy simulations
    Presentation slides: PPT

Maria Vittoria Salvetti
University of Pisa, Italy
mv.salvetti@ing.unipi.it

11 - 15 July 2004

Seminars:
1) Large eddy simulations on unstructured grids
2) Hybrid RANS/ LES simulations on unstructured grids

Peter J. Schmid
University of Washington
pjs@amath.washington.edu

6 - 12 Dec 2004

1) Transition in wall-bounded shear flows - the role of modern stability theory
2) A framework for control of wall-bounded shear flows with applications

Joern Sesterhenn
Field of activity fluid mechanics, TUM
joern.sesterhenn@lrz.tum.de

6 - 12 Dec 2004

1) Instabilities near the attachment line of swept wings

Tariq Shamim
University of Michigan-Dearborn
shamim@umich.edu

19 Jul - 10 Dec 2004

Jie Shen
Purdue University, USA
shen@math.purdue.edu

12 - 21 Dec 2004

1) Theoretical & implementational issues related to splitting methods for Navier-Stokes equations

Tony Wen-Hann Sheu
National Taiwan University
twhsheu@ntu.edu.tw

11 - 16 Dec 2004
(tentative)

1)  Finite element simulations for cardiovascular diseases
2) On an assisted computational tool for liver tumor surgeries
Seminar:
1) Finite element simulation of flow-structure interaction for a moving tuna

Julio Soria
Monash University
Julio.Soria@eng.monash.edu.au

21 Nov - 6 Dec 2004

1) Active flow control of a NACA 0015 airfoil using a planar micro ZNMF jet-in-crossflow near the leading edge

Xue-Cheng Tai
University of Bergen
tai@mi.uib.no

9 - 17 Dec 2004

1) Using Navier-Stokes equations for digital image denoising and restoration

Weijun Tang
Institute of Applied Physics and Computational Mathematics, China
tang_weijun@iapcm.ac.cn

13 - 22 Dec
2004

1) Simulation for vorticity generation and evolution in oblique shock wave interaction with multifluid interface

Edriss Titi
Weizmann Institute of Science, Israel and
University of California, Irvine
edriss.titi@weizmann.ac.il and etiti@math.uci.edu

10 - 18 Dec 2004

1) Mathematical analysis of certain analytic sub-grid scale models of turbulence

Chuanju Xu
Xiamen University
cjxu@xmu.edu.cn

5 - 16 Dec 2004

1) Spectral element/spectral vanishing viscosity method for large eddy simulation of turbulent flows

Sergej S. Zilitinkevich
University of Helsinki and Uppsala University
Sergej.Zilitinkevich@fmi.fi
Sergej.Zilitinkevich@geo.uu.se

19 - 25 Dec 2004

1) Non-local features of stably stratified turbulent boundary layers
2) The influence of large convective eddies on the surface layer turbulence

GRADUATE STUDENT

Kiattisak Ngiamsoongnirn
Suranaree University of Technology
m4740025@ccs.sut.ac.th

7 - 17 Dec 2004

Saggu Durga Prasad
National University of Singapore
g0302177@nus.edu.sg

1 Jul - 31 Dec 2004

Saard Suluk
Suranaree University of Technology
ssaard@hotmail.com

7 - 17 Dec 2004

Xijing Zhao
National University of Singapore
g0202274@nus.edu.sg

1 Jul - 31 Dec 2004

Seminar:
1) DNS of wavepacket transition on a rigid wall

LOCAL VISITORS

Weizhu Bao
National University of Singapore
bao@cz3.nus.edu.sg

1 Jul - 31 Dec 2004

1) Artificial boundary conditions for Navier-Stokes equations in unbounded domains

Eng Soon Chan
Tropical Marine Science Institute, Singapore
tmsdir@nus.edu.sg

1 Jul - 31 Dec 2004

Hua-Shu Dou
National University of Singapore
mpedh@nus.edu.sg

1 Jul - 31 Dec 2004

Seminar:
1) Mechanism of turbulence transition in wall bounded shear flows

Boo Cheong Khoo
National University of Singapore
mpekbc@nus.edu.sg

1 Jul - 31 Dec 2004

Adrian W.K. Law
Nanyang Technological University, Singapore
cwklaw@ntu.edu.sg

27 - 28 Oct 2004

1) Turbulent transport of passive scalar in waves

Ping Lin
National University of Singapore
matlinp@nus.edu.sg

1 Jul - 31 Dec 2004

1) A sequential regularization formulation for incompressible Navier-Stokes equations

Pavel Taklich
National University of Singapore
tmspt@nus.edu.sg

1 Jul - 31 Dec 2004

Her Mann Tsai
National University of Singapore
tslthm@nus.edu.sg

1 Jul - 31 Dec 2004

Zhengyi Wang
National University of Singapore
tslwz@nus.edu.sg

1 Jul - 31 Dec 2004

Seminar:
1) DNS of turbulent flow over dimpled surfaces

Christopher Yap
National University of Singapore
mpecyap@nus.edu.sg

1 Jul - 31 Dec 2004

Khoon Seng Yeo
National University of Singapore
mpeyeoks@nus.edu.sg

1 Jul - 31 Dec 2004