May 2019 – Fluid-Structure Interactions Lab

12/2020: New paper on the design of porous materials for flow control is published in IJHFF. 11/2020: Our book chapter on soft robotics written in…

News and Updates

04/2023: We just held a lovely ribbon-cutting ceremony to celebrate the newly-renovated Fabulous Fluids Facility (F3)! For more information on the large-scale testing facilities, see Dryden Wind Tunnel and Blue Water Channel.

04/2023: Mark’s beautiful experiments and modeling work on tripedal locomotion is published, as is some collaborative research on data-driven modeling of streamflow in poorly gauged basins.

11/2022: APS-DFD time! Some fun presentations by Vamsi, Morgan, and Dr. Luhar.

08/2022: Vamsi successfully defended his PhD thesis! Congratulations Dr. Chinta!

07/2022: Excited to share a couple of collaborative efforts on COVID modeling: (1) simulating COVID-19 transmission on university campuses published in PNAS, and (2) capturing superspreader events and algebraic decay in SIR models.

06/2022: A fun project many years in the making is finally published! We show that curved flapping wings can generate asymmetric structural responses that can substantially enhance aerodynamic performance.

06/2022: So happy to welcome Sonal Sukhatme and Mark Agban to the lab as part of the 2022 SHINE program.

03/2022: Vamsi’s paper on data-driven classification of stratified wakes is published in Physical Review Fluids!

12/2021: Mark successfully defends his PhD thesis on sea star locomotion! Congratulations Dr. Hermes!!

11/2021: Several members of the lab attend the APS-DFD meeting in Phoenix (first in-person conference in A WHILE). A contribution authored by Vamsi, Maddie & Philbert (SHINE students) and other collaborators wins second place in the poster competition!

06/2021: We are excited to welcome Maddie Yee, Philbert Loekman and Vale Rasmussen to the lab as part of the SHINE program!

03/2021: Dr. Luhar is promoted to Associate Professor with tenure!

02/2021: Excited to share a couple of new papers: a short paper by Mark on sea star hydrodynamics in Scientific Reports and a collaborative effort on porous materials led by Andrew in JFM.

Month: May 2019

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