Computational science and engineering span across all classical disciplines, such as fluid mechanics, thermal sciences, computational mechanics, materials science, control, and design and now enter new fields such as bioengineering, nanotechnology, and informatics. Research in these areas of the Department is usually driven by the subject matter of the area with a focus on development of new numerical methods, development of new mathematical models of physical phenomena and industrial processes, and computational simulations and analysis of scientific, engineering, and control systems. Examples may include:
Primary faculty members in Computation are Professors V. P. Carey, J. Y. Chen, M. Frenklach, P. S. Marcus, A. Packard, P. Papadopoulos, Xiang Zhang, and T. Zohdi.
- Atomistic simulations of fluid flow, molecular interfaces, and nanosystems
- Fluid mechanics of blood flow, combustion, and star formation
- Dynamics of reactive systems: combustion, biological networks, and pharmacology
- Mechanics and tribology of data storage systems
- Embedded computing and robotics
- Automotive and traffic-pattern control
- Data mining, and Process Informatics
- Finite element methods in continuum thermomechanics