• Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD), Computational Aeroacoustics (CAA) and Computational Electromagnetics (CEM);  
• Geometry modeling and grid generation, viscous adaptive Cartesian grid methods; 
• Overset (Chimera) grid methods, conservative Chimera; 
• Parallel computing on distributed memory architectures;  
• High-order methods for unstructured grids, moving boundary problems; 
• Combustion, spray and turbulence modeling and simulation for auto engine flow problems;
• Surface meshing for "dirty geometries" using a revolutionary "interior to boundary" grid generation approach
• Wind turbines.

Research Projects

• High-Order Spectral Volume/Spectral Difference Method for the Navier-Stokes Equations;
• Adaptive Cartesian/Prism Grid Method for Moving Boundary Flow Problems;
• Level-Set Method for Adaptive Cartesian Grids for Interface Capturing;
• Direct Simulation of Surface Roughness Effects Using RANS and DES Approaches;
• Helicopter Quieting

Funding Agencies

• AFOSR;
• DOE;
• NSF;
• DARPA;
• JAXA;