Mechanical Engineering

Dragoljub (Beka) Kosanovic

Research Assistant Professor

208B Engineering Lab Building

University of Massachusetts
160 Governors Drive
Amherst, MA 01003-9265

kosanovi@ecs.umass.edu

(413) 545-0684

(413) 545-1027

CEERE

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Education

B.S., University of Belgrade, 1982;
Ph.D., University of Massachusetts – Amherst, 1996

Research

Energy conversion with particular emphasis on industrial thermal processes and thermal power generation. Additional research interests include gas turbine combustion and mixing problems, gas turbine / steam cycle analysis and cogeneration processes, waste heat recovery and reliability assessment of large electric power systems.

Program Area:

Mechanical Engineering

Research Area:

Renewable Energy

Honors

Industrial Assessment Center of Excellence Award – Awarded as a special honor which acknowledges exceptional performance measured by energy and dollars saved, and also the effort put forth to promote US DOE energy initiatives, 2007.

Frank Sup

Associate Professor

Marston 120E

120 E Marston Hall
University of Massachusetts
160 Governor's Drive
Amherst, MA 01003-2210

sup@ecs.umass.edu

(413) 545-2946

(413) 545-1027

Mechatronics and Robotics Research Laboratory

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Education

B.S., University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign, 2001
M.S., Vanderbilt University, 2006
Ph.D., Vanderbilt University, 2009

Research

Design, modeling and control of electromechanical systems with a focus on rehabilitation engineering.

Program Area:

Mechanical Engineering

Research Area:

Publications

Please see my Google Scholar page

Honors

2009 IEEE International Conference on Rehabilitation Robotics Best Paper Award
2014 Paul Winske Access Award - Stavros Center for Independent Living for exceptional service to persons with disabilities

David P. Schmidt

Professor

Marston 210B

210B Marston Hall
University of Massachusetts
160 Governors Drive
Amherst, MA 01003-2210

schmidt@acad.umass.edu

(413) 545-1393

(413) 545-1027

Multi-phase Flow Simulation Laboratory

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Education

B.S., North Carolina State University, 1992;
M.S., Stanford University, 1993;
Ph.D., University of Wisconsin, Madison, 1997

Research

Sprays, cavitation, and other multiphase flows
Wind Energy

Program Area:

Mechanical Engineering

Research Area:

Fluid Dynamics

Publications

J.M. Desantes, J.M. Garcia-Oliver, J.M. Pastor, A. Pandal,, E. Baldwin, D.P. Schmidt, “Coupled/Decoupled Spray Simulation Comparison of the ECN spray A Condition with the Sigma-Y Eulerian Atomization Model,” Intl. J. of Multiphase Flow, v. 80, 89-99, 2016.
Sandeep Menon, Kyle G. Mooney, K.G. Stapf, David P.Schmidt, “Parallel Adaptive Simplical Re-Meshing for Deforming Domain CFD Computations,” J. of Comp. Phys., v. 298, 62-78, 2015.
M.A. Benitz, M.A. Lackner, D.P. Schmidt, “Hydrodynamics of offshore structures with specific focus on wind energy applications,” Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews, v. 44, 692-716, 2015.
Q. Xue, M. Battistoni, C. F. Powell, D. E. Longman, S.P. Quan, E. Pomraning, P. K. Senecal, D. P. Schmidt, S. Som, “An Eulerian CFD Model and X-ray Radiography for Coupled Nozzle Flow and Spray in Internal Combustion Engines,” Intl. J. of Multiphase Flow, v. 70, 77-88, 2015.
Philipp Pischke, R. Kneer, David P. Schmidt, “A comparative validation of concepts for Monte Carlo collision algorithms,” Computers and Fluids, v. 113, 77–86, 2015.
Daniel Duke, Andrew Swantek, Zak Tilocco, Alan Kastengren, Kamel Fezzaa, Kshitij Neroorkar, Maryam Moulai, Christopher Powell, David Schmidt,“X-ray Imaging of Cavitation in Diesel Injectors,” Journal of Engines, 7(2):1003-1016 ,2014.
Qingluan Xue, Michele Battistoni, Sibendu Som, Shaoping Quan, P. K. Senecal, Eric Pomraning, David Schmidt, “Eulerian CFD Modeling of Coupled Nozzle Flow and Spray with Validation against X-ray Radiography Data, Journal of Engines, 7(2):1061-1072, 2014.
Suzanne Cox, David Schmidt, Yahya Modarres-Sadeghi, and Sheila Patek, “A physical model of the extreme mantis shrimp strike: Kinematics and cavitation of Ninjabot,” Bioinspiration & Biomimetics, 9(1), 2014.
Daniel J. Duke, David P Schmidt, Kshitij Neroorkar, Alan L Kastengren, and Christopher F. Powell, “High-resolution large eddy simulations of cavitating gasoline–ethanol blends,” International Journal of Engine Research, 14 (6), 578-589, 2013.
Joaquin De la Morena, Kshitij Neroorkar, Alejandro H. Plazas, Richard C. Peterson, and David P. Schmidt, “Numerical Analysis of the Influence of Diesel Nozzle Design on Internal Flow Characteristics for Tilted Injectors,” Atomization and Sprays, 23(2), pp. 97-118, 2013.
J.M. García-Oliver, J.M. Pastor, A. Pandal, N. Trask, E. Baldwin, and D.P. Schmidt, “Diesel Spray CFD Simulations Based on the Sigma-Y Eulerian Atomization Model,” Atomization and Sprays, 23(1), pp. 71-95, 2013.
Andrew Teixeira, Richard Hermann, Jacob Kruger, Wieslaw Suszynski, Lanny D. Schmidt, David Schmidt, and Paul Dauenhauer, “Microexplosions in the upgrading of biomass-derived pyrolysis oils and the effects of simple fuel processing,” Sustainable Chemistry & Engineering, 1, 341−348, 2013.
Benitz Maija, David P. Schmidt, Matthew A. Lackner, Gordon M. Stewart, Jason Jonkman, Amy Robertson, “Validation of Hydrodynamic Load Models Using CFD for the OC4-DEEPCWIND Semisubmersible,” Proc. Of the ASME 2015 International Conference on Ocean, Offshore and Arctic Engineering (OMAE) Conference, St. John’s, NL, Canada.
Wang Y., R. Grover, D. Schmidt, R. Diwakar, T.-W. Kuo, “Application of Interface Area Density Modeling to Define Spray Plume Boundary,” ILASS Americas, Raleigh NC, 2015.
Duke D., M. Battistoni, A. Swantek, N. Sovis, A. Kastengren, C. Powell, S. Som, D. Schmidt, “Validation of Cavitation Simulations in Submerged Nozzles,” ILASS Americas, Raleigh NC, 2015.
Rachakonda S., M. Moulai, D. Schmidt “Parametric Study of Flashing Nozzles For Spray Characterization,” ILASS Americas, Raleigh NC, 2015.
]Maryam Moulai, Ronald Grover, Scott Parrish, David P. Schmidt, “Internal and Near-Nozzle Flow in a Multi-Hole Gasoline Injector Under Flashing and Non-Flashing Conditions,” SAE Congress, April, 2015.
Moulai M., Schmidt D., “Eulerian Modeling of Internal and External Diesel Injector Flow,” ILASS Americas, Portland, 2014.
Duke D., Kastengren A., Swantek A., Sovis N., Fezzaa K., Neroorkar K., Moulai M., Powell C., Schmidt D., “Comparing Simulations and X-ray Measurements of a Cavitating Nozzle,” ILASS Americas, Portland, 2014.
Xue Q., Battistoni M., Quan S., Senecal P., Pomraning E., Schmidt D., Som S., “Eulerian Modeling of Fully-Coupled Diesel Injector Flow and Spray,” ILASS Americas, Portland, 2014.
Benitz M.A., Schmidt D.P., Lackner M.A., Jonkman J., Robertson A., Stewart G.S., "Comparison of Hydrodynamic Load Predictions Between Reduced-Order Engineering Models and Computational Fluid Dynamics for the OC4-DeepCWind Semi-Submersible." 33rd International Conference on Ocean, Offshore and Arctic Engineering, San Francisco, CA, June 2014.
Daniel Duke, Andrew Swantek, Zak Tilocco, Alan Kastengren, Kamel Fezzaa, Kshitij Neroorkar, Maryam Moulai, Christopher Powell, David Schmidt,” X-ray Imaging of Cavitation in Diesel Injectors,” SAE Congress, April, 2014.
Qingluan Xue, Michele Battistoni, Sibendu Som, Shaoping Quan, P. K. Senecal, Eric Pomraning, David Schmidt, “Eulerian CFD Modeling of Coupled Nozzle Flow and Spray with Validation against X-ray Radiography Data,” SAE Congress, April, 2014.
Karl Georg Stapf, Sandeep Menon, David Schmidt, Michael Rieß, Marc Sens, “Charge Motion and Mixture Formation Analysis of a DISI Engine Based on an Adaptive Parallel Mesh Approach,” SAE Congress, April, 2014.
David P. Schmidt, Eli Baldwin, Sukanta Rakshit, “
Federico Brusiani, Sergio Negro, Gian Marco Bianchi, Maryam Moulai, Kshitij Neroorkar, David Schmidt, “Comparison of the Homogeneous Relaxation Model and a Rayleigh Plesset Cavitation Model in Predicting the Cavitating Flow Through Various Injector Hole Shapes,” SAE Paper 2013-01-1613, April 2013.
Jose María García-Oliver, Jose Manuel Pastor, Adrian Pandal, Nathaniel Trask, David P. Schmidt, “Assessment of an Eulerian atomization model on Diesel Spray CFD simulations,” ICLASS, Heidelberg, September, 2012.
Kyle G. Mooney and David P. Schmidt, “Finite Volume Simulations of the Collision of Viscoelastic Droplets using Adaptive Re-meshing and Explicit Interface Tracking,” ICLASS, Heidelberg, September, 2012.
Sukanta Rakshit and David P. Schmidt, “Simulating cavitating flow in fuel injector nozzles with an equilibrium-based model,” 24th Annual Conference on Liquid Atomization and Spray Systems, San Antonio, TX, May 2012.
K.D. Neroorkar, C.E. Mitcham, A.H. Plazas, R.O. Grover, Jr and D.P. Schmidt, “Simulations and Analysis of Fuel Flow in an Injector Including Transient Needle Effects,” 24th Annual Conference on Liquid Atomization and Spray Systems, San Antonio, TX, May 2012.
Joseph Bliss, David Schmidt, James Smith, Kshitij Neroorkar, “Model Constant Optimization Using An Ensemble of Experimental Data”, SAE Paper 2012-01-0131, April 2012.
Kshitij Neroorkar, Bradley Shields, Ronald O. Grover, Jr., Alejandro Plazas Torres, David Schmidt, “Application of the Homogeneous Relaxation Model to Simulating Cavitating Flow of a Diesel Fuel”, SAE Paper 2012-01-1269 , April 2012.
J. Lee , M. Corn , and D. Schmidt, “Flash Atomization of a Superheated Jet Fuel,” Technical Meeting of the Eastern State Combustion Institute, Oct. 2011.
Paul Dauenhauer, Andrew R. Teixeira, David P. Schmidt, and Kyle G. Mooney, “Cellulose Pyrolysis Residence Time Distribution and the Mechanism of Reactive Boiling Ejection of Aerosols from Biomass,” AICHE Conference, Minneapolis, to Oct. 2011.
Bradley Shields, Kshitij Neroorkar, and David P. Schmidt, “Cavitation as Rapid Flash Boiling,” ILASS-Americas 23rd Annual Conference on Liquid Atomization and Spray Systems, Ventura, CA, May 2011.
Kyle G. Mooney, Sharon Snyder, P. E. Sojka, and David P. Schmidt, “Simulation and Experimental Studies of Shear-Thinning Droplet Breakup,” ILASS-Americas 23rd Annual Conference on Liquid Atomization and Spray Systems, Ventura, CA, May 2011.
K. Neroorkar and D.P. Schmidt, “A Computational Investigation of Flash-Boiling Multi-hole Injectors with Gasoline-Ethanol Blends,” SAE Paper 2011-01-0384, April 2011.
Thomas W. Furlong, Michael Colarossi, Mark J. Bergander, David P. Schmidt,” Computational and Thermodynamic Investigation of Condensing Injector Theory and Applications,” International Refrigeration and Air Conditioning Conference at Purdue, July 12-15, 2010.
Nathaniel Trask and David P. Schmidt, “A Prediction of Primary Atomization for a Subsonic Spray in Crossflow Using the Sigma − Y Model,” ILASS Americas Conference, Cincinnati, Ohio, May 2010.
Kyle Mooney, Sandeep Menon, and David P. Schmidt, “A Computational Study of Viscoelastic Droplet Collisions,” ILASS Americas Conference, Cincinnati, Ohio, May 2010.
T. Blake, D. Schmidt, M. Samel, K. Jakus and T. Witman, “Classification of micron and submicron particles with a louver type inertial separator operating at sub-atmospheric pressure,” World Congress on Particle Technology WCPT6, Nurnberg, April 2010.
Nathaniel Trask, J. Blair Perot, David P. Schmidt, Terry Meyer, Malissa Lightfoot, Steven Danczyk, “Modeling of the Internal Two-Phase Flow in a Gas-Centered Swirl Coaxial Fuel Injector,” 48th AIAA Aerospace Sciences Meeting, Orlando, FL, 2010.
Sandeep Menon, Kyle G. Mooney, David P. Schmidt, “Parallel Adaptive Simplical Re-Meshing for Deforming Domain Computations,” Computers and Fluids, in review, 2012.
Thomas Furlong and David P. Schmidt, “A Comparison of Homogenous and Separated Flow Assumptions for Adiabatic Capillary Flow,” Applied Thermal Engineering, 48, 186-193, 2012.
Nathaniel Trask , David P. Schmidt, Malissa D.A. Lightfoot, Stephen A. Danczyk, “Compressible Modeling of the Internal Two-Phase Flow in a Gas-Centered Swirl Coaxial Fuel Injector,” J. Propulsion and Power, 28(4), 685-693, 2012.
Andrew R. Teixeira, Kyle G. Mooney, Jacob S. Kruger, C. Luke Williams, Wieslaw J. Suszynski, Lanny D. Schmidt, David P. Schmidt, Paul J. Dauenhauer, “Aerosol Generation by Reactive Boiling Ejection of Molten Cellulose,” Energy & Environmental Science, 4 (10), 4306 – 4321, 2011.
Kshitij Neroorkar and David P. Schmidt, “Simulation of Flash-Boiling in Pressure Swirl Injectors,” Atomization and Sprays, 21 (2), 179–188, 2011.
Sandeep Menon and David P. Schmidt, “Supermesh construction for conservative interpolation on unstructured meshes: An extension to cell-centered finite-volume variables,” Comput. Methods Appl. Mech. Engrg. 200(41-44), 2797–2804, 2011.
Michael Colarossi, Nathaniel Trask, David P. Schmidt, Mark J. Bergander, “Multidimensional Modeling of Two-Phase Condensing Ejector Flow,” Int. J. of Refrigeration, in press, 2011.
Kshitij Neroorkar and David P. Schmidt, “Modeling of Vapor-Liquid Equilibrium of Gasoline-Ethanol Blended Fuels for Flash Boiling Simulations,” Fuel, 90(2), 665-673, 2010.
D. P. Schmidt, S. Gopalakrishnan, H. Jasak, “Multidimensional Simulation of Thermal Non-Equilibrium Channel Flow,” Intl. J. of Multiphase Flow, 36, 284-292, 2010.
Shaoping Quan, David Schmidt, Jinsong Hua, Jing Lou, “A numerical study of the relaxation and breakup of an elongated drop in a viscous liquid,” Journal of Fluid Mechanics, 640, 237 - 266,2009.
Shaoping Quan , Jing Lou, David P. Schmidt, “Modeling Merging and Breakup in the Moving Mesh Interface Tracking Method for Multiphase Flow Simulations,” Journal of Computational Physics, 228(7), 2009.
J. Lee, R. Madabhushi, C. Fotache, S. Gopalakrishnan, and D. Schmidt, “Flashing Flow of Superheated Jet Fuel,” Proceedings of the Combustion Institute, 32(2), 2009.

Honors

Recognition of Excellence in Oral Presentation for “X-Ray Radiography and CFD Studies of the Spray G Injector,” SAE World Congress and Exposition, 2016.
Recognition of service to the Institute of Liquid Atomization and Spray Systems, 2015.
Ralph R. Teetor Educational Award, Society of Automotive Engineering, 2009.
Awarded Fellowship by the Institute for Advanced Studies, University of Bologna, 2006.
Best Paper in Conference, ASME Internal Combustion Engine Division, 2003.
College of Engineering Commencement Speaker, 2003.
Student-selected Mechanical Engineering Professor of the Year, 2003.
Student-selected Mechanical Engineering Advisor of the Year, 2003.
Office of Naval Research Young Investigator Award, 2002.

Jonathan P. Rothstein

Professor

Gunness Lab 16

16 Gunness Lab
University of Massachusetts
160 Governors Drive
Amherst, MA 01003-2210

rothstein@ecs.umass.edu

(413) 577-0110

(413) 545-1027

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Education

B.S., The Cooper Union, 1996;
M.S., Harvard University, 1998;
Ph.D., Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2001

Research

Dynamics of complex fluids; Non-Newtonian fluid dynamics; non-isothermal flow; hydrodynamics stability; optical measurement techniques; microfluidics; laminar and turbulent drag redution; rheology and polymer processing

Program Area:

Mechanical Engineering

Research Area:

Fluid Dynamics

Publications

Rothstein, J. P., "Transient extensional rheology of wormlike micelle solutions," J. Rheol., 47 (2003) 1227-1247.
Ou, J., Perot, J. B., and Rothstein, J. P., "Laminar drag reduction in microchannels using ultrahydrophobic surfaces," Phys. Fluids, 16 (2004)4635-4660.
Miller, E., and Rothstein, J. P., "Transient evolution of shear banding in wormlike micelle solutions," J. Non-Newtonian Fluid Mech., 143 (2007) 22-37.
Daniello, R., Waterhouse, N. E., and Rothstein, J. P., "Turbulent drag reduction using superhydrophobic surfaces," Phys. Fluids, 21 (2009) 085103.
Rothstein, J. P., "Slip on Superhydrophobic Surfaces," Annu. Rev.Fluid Mech., 42 (2010) 89-109.
Mulligan, M., and Rothstein, J. P., "Deformation and breakup of micro- and nano-particle stabilized droplets in microfluidic extensional flows," Langmuir, 27 (2011) 9760-9768.

Matthew A. Lackner

Associate Professor

ELab 324

324 ELab
University of Massachusetts
160 Governors Drive
Amherst, MA 01003-2210

lackner@ecs.umass.edu

(413) 545-4713

(413) 545-1027

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Education

B.S.E., Princeton University, 2002;
M.S., Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2004;
Ph.D., University of Massachusetts Amherst, 2007

Research

Offshore deep water wind energy; Wind turbine aerodynamics; Offshore wind turbine load mitigation and structural control; Smart wind turbine rotor control

Students interested in graduate research should see these two sites for open opportunities:
https://windenergyigert.umass.edu/apply
http://www.umass.edu/windenergy/study.requirements.php

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Mechanical Engineering

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Publications

Hao, Y., Lackner, M.A., “Wind Farm Wake Modeling and Wake Impacts Analysis Using the NWTC Design Codes.” Wind Engineering, Vol. 41, No. 1: 62-73, 2016.
Chase D., Danai K., Lackner M.A., Manwell J.F., “Damage Localization of Wind Turbine Tower and Blades by Signature Isolation in the Time-Scale Domain.” Under review, Wind Energy, 2016.Pourazarm P., Caracoglia
L., Lackner M.A., Modarres-Sadeghi Y., “Perturbation Methods for the Reliability Analysis of Wind-Turbine Blade Failure due to Flutter.” Accepted for Publication, Journal of Wind Engineering & Industrial Aerodynamics, 2016.
Benitz, M.A., Carlson, D.W., Seyed-Aghazadehb, B., Modarres-Sadeghi, Y., Lackner, M.A., Schmidt, D., “CFD Simulations and Experimental Measurements of Flow Past Free-Surface Piercing, Finite Length Cylinders with Varying Aspect Ratios.” Computers and Fluids,, Available Online: http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0045793016302006, 2016.
La Cava, W., Danai, K., Spector, L., Flemming, P., Wright, A., Lackner, M.A., “Automatic identification of wind turbine models using evolutionary multi-objective optimization.” Renewable Energy, Vol. 87: 892-902, 2016.
Stewart, G.M., Lackner, M.A., Arwade, S.R., Hallowell, S., Myers, A.T., “Statistical Estimation of Extreme Loads for the Design of Offshore Wind Turbines.” Wind Engineering, Vol. 39, No. 6: 629-640, 2015.
Gaertner, E., Lackner, M.A., “Modeling Dynamic Stall for a Free Vortex Wake Model.” Wind Engineering, Vol. 39, No. 6: 675-692, 2015.
Pourazarm P., Caracoglia L., Lackner M.A., Modarres-Sadeghi Y., “Period-Doubling Route to Chaos in a Two-Degree-of-Freedom Plate Placed in Water.” Journal of Fluids and Structures, Vol. 57: 375–390, 2015.
Pourazarm P., Caracoglia L., Lackner M.A., Modarres-Sadeghi Y., “Stochastic Analysis of Flow-Induced Dynamic Instabilities of Wind Turbine Blades.” Journal of Wind Engineering & Industrial Aerodynamics, Vol. 137: 37–45, 2015.
Stewart, G., Robertson, A., Jonkman, J., Lackner, M.A., “The creation of a comprehensive metocean data set for offshore wind turbine simulations.” Available Online DOI: 10.1002/we.1881, 2015.
Graf P.A., Stewart G., Lackner M.A., Dykes K., Veers P., “High throughput computation and the applicability of Monte Carlo integration in fatigue load estimation of floating offshore wind turbines” Available Online DOI: 10.1002/we.1870, 2015.
Benitz M.A., Lackner M.A., Schmidt D.P., “Hydrodynamics of offshore structures with specific focus on wind energy applications.” Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews, Vol. 44: 692-716, 2015.
Singh K., Baker E., Lackner M.A., “Curtailing Wind Turbine Operations to Reduce Avian Mortality.” Renewable Energy, Vol. 78: 351–356, 2015.
Pourazarm P., Modarres-Sadeghi Y., Lackner M.A., “A parametric study of the flow-induced instability for the MW-size wind turbine blades.” Wind Energy, Available Online DOI: 10.1002/we.1847, 2015.
Sebastian T., Lackner M.A., “Comparison of Aerodynamic Load Estimation Approaches for Offshore Floating Wind Turbines.” Under review Journal of Solar Energy Engineering, 2014.
Carswell W., Arwade S.R., DeGroot D.J., Lackner M.A., “Soil-Structure Reliability of Offshore Wind Turbine Monopile Foundations.” Wind Energy, Vol. 18, No. 3: 483-498, 2015.
Stewart G., Lackner M.A., “The impact of passive tuned mass dampers and wind-wave misalignment on offshore wind turbine loads.” Engineering Structures, Vol. 73, No. 15: 54-61, 2014.
Chase D., Danai K., Lackner M.A., Manwell J.F., “Detection of Damage in Operating Wind Turbines By Signature Distances.” International Journal of Prognostics and Health Management, Vol. 4, No. 018, 2013.
Stewart G., Lackner M.A., “Optimization of a Passive Tuned Mass Damper for Reducing Loads in Offshore Wind Turbines.” Accepted for publication, IEEE Transactions on Control Systems Technology: Special Issue on Wind Energy, 2012.
Sebastian T., Lackner M.A., “Analysis of the Induction and Wake Evolution of an Offshore Floating Wind Turbine.” Energies: Special Issue on Wind Energy, Vol. 5, No. 4: 968-1000 2012.
Sebastian T., Lackner M.A., “Development of a Free Vortex Code for Offshore Floating Wind Turbines.” Renewable Energy, Available online: DOI: 10.1016/j.renene.2012.03.033, 2012.
Sebastian T., Lackner M.A., “Characterization of the Unsteady Aerodynamics of Offshore Floating Wind Turbines.” Wind Energy, Available online: DOI: 10.1002/we.545, 2012.
Lackner M.A., “An Investigation of Variable Power Collective Pitch Control for Load Mitigation of Floating Offshore Wind Turbines.” Wind Energy, Available online: DOI: 10.1002/we.1502, 2012.
Arwade S.R., Lackner M.A., Grigoriu, M.D., “Probabilistic models for wind turbine and wind farm performance” Journal of Solar Energy Engineering, Vol. 133, No. 4: 041006, 2011.
Stewart G., Lackner M.A., “The Effect of Actuator Dynamics on Active Structural Control of Offshore Wind Turbines” Engineering Structures, Vol. 33, No. 5: 1807-1816, 2011.
Lackner M.A., Rotea, M., “Passive Structural Control of Offshore Wind Turbines.” Wind Energy, Vol. 14, No. 3: 373-388, 2011.
Morgan E.C., Lackner M.A., Vogel R., Baise L., “Probability Distributions for Offshore Wind Speeds” Energy Conversion and Management, Vol. 52, No. 1: 15-26, 2011.
Lackner M.A., Rotea, M., “Structural Control of Floating Wind Turbines.” Mechatronics, Vol. 21, No. 4: 704-719, 2011.
Lackner M.A., McGowan J.G., Manwell J.F., Rogers A.L., “A New Method for Improved Hub Height Mean Wind Speed Estimates using Short-Term Hub Height Data.” Renewable Energy, Vol. 35, No. 10, 2010.
Lackner M.A., van Kuik G.A.M., “The Performance of Wind Turbine Smart Rotor Control Approaches During Extreme Loads.” Journal of Solar Energy Engineering, Vol. 132, No. 1: 011008, 2010.
Lackner M.A., “Controlling Platform Motions and Reducing Blade Loads for Floating Wind Turbines.” Wind Engineering, Vol. 33, No. 6: 541-553, 2010.
Lackner M.A., van Kuik G.A.M., “A Comparison of Smart Rotor Control Approaches using Trailing Edge Flaps and Individual Pitch Control.” Wind Energy, Vol. 13, No. 2-3: 117-134, 2009.
Lackner M.A., Rogers A.L., Manwell J.F., “Uncertainty Analysis in MCP-Based Wind Resource Assessment and Energy Production Estimation.” Journal of Solar Energy Engineering, Vol. 130, August, 2008.
Lackner M.A., Rogers A.L., Manwell J.F., “The Round Robin Site Assessment Method: An Innovative Strategy for Efficient Wind Energy Site Assessment.” Renewable Energy, Vol. 33, No. 9, 2008.
Lackner M.A., Manwell J.F., “A New Decision Making Approach to Wind Energy Site Assessment.” Wind Engineering, Vol. 31, No. 4: 247-265, 2007.
Lackner M.A., Elkinton C.N., “An Analytical Framework for Offshore Wind Farm Layout Optimization.” Wind Engineering, Vol. 30, No. 1: 17-31, 2007.

Links

CV:

Matthew Lackner CV 2017.doc

James R. Rinderle

Associate Dean of College of Engineering

Associate Professor

ELab 207C

207C ELab
University of Massachusetts
160 Governors Drive
Amherst, MA 01003

rinderle@ecs.umass.edu

(413) 545-5901

(413) 545-1027

Design Automation Laboratory

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Education

B.S., Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1976;
M.S., Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1979;
Ph.D., Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1982

Research

Conceptual and configurational design

Program Area:

Mechanical Engineering

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Publications

M.D. Goodrich and J.R. Rinderle, "An Objective Approach to Design Configuration Selection," Proceedings of the ASME Design Theory and Methodology Conference, Sacramento, CA. , September, 1997.
J.R. Rinderle, "Using Attribute Grammars to Bridge Conceptual and Parametric Design," Fourth International Conference on Artificial Intelligence in Design, Grammatical Design Workshop, June 1996.
J.R. Rinderle, "Grammatical Approaches to Engineering Design, Part II: Melding Configuration and Parametric Design Using Attribute Grammars," Research in Engineering Design, Vol. 2, No. 3, pp. 137-146, 1990.
S.P. Hoover and J.R. Rinderle, "Abstractions, Design Views and Focusing," Proceedings of the Sixth ASME Design Theory and Methodology Conference, Minneapolis, September, 1994 (Also accepted for publication in Journal of Mechanical Design).

Ashwin Ramasubramaniam

Associate Professor

ELab 208C

208C ELab
University of Massachusetts
160 Governors Drive
Amherst, MA 01003-2210

ashwin@engin.umass.edu

(413)545-4866

(413) 545-1027

http://people.umass.edu/ashwin

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Education

B. Tech., Indian Institute of Technology (Mumbai), 1999
Sc. M., Brown University, 2002
Ph. D., Brown University, 2005

Research

Computational Materials Science; Mechanical and Electronic properties of 2D Materials; Mechanics of Thin Films

Program Area:

Mechanical Engineering

Research Area:

Materials Science

Publications

Please see my Google Scholar page

Honors

Department of Energy (DOE) Office of Science Early Career Research Program Award, 2013
William N. Findley Award for the best paper on the “Mechanical Behavior of Materials”, Brown University, 2005
Materials Research Society Graduate Student Silver Award, 2004
University Fellowship, Brown University, 1999

Blair Perot

Professor

Marston 210A

210A Marston Hall
University of Massachusetts
160 Governors Drive
Amherst, MA 01003-2210

perot@ecs.umass.edu

(413) 545-3925

(413) 545-1027

Research Laboratory

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Education

B.S.E., Princeton University, 1987;
M.S., Stanford University, 1989;
Ph.D., Stanford University, 1994

Research

Turbulence Modeling; Computational Fluid Dynamics; Numerical Methods; Supercomputers & Parallel Computation; Droplets, Hydrophobic Surfaces, and Micro Flows

Program Area:

Mechanical Engineering

Research Area:

Publications

Y. Song and J. B. Perot, CFD Simulation of the NREL Phase VI Rotor , Wind Engineering, 39 (3), 299–310, 2015. doi: 10.1260/0309-524X.39.3.299
T. P. Eiting, J. B. Perot, E. R. Dumont, How much does nasal cavity morphology matter? Patters and rates of olfactory airflow in phyllostomid bats, Proceedings of the Royal Society B – Biological Sciences, 7:282 (1800) :20142161, 2015. doi: 10.1098/rspb.2014.2161.
B. Koren, R. Abgrall, P. Bochev, J. Frank and J. B. Perot Physics-compatible Numerical Methods, Journal of Computational Physics, 257 B, 1039-1526, 2014, doi: 10.1016/j.jcp.2013.10.015
C. J. Zusi and J. B. Perot, Simulation and Modeling of Turbulence Subjected to a Periods of Axisymmetric Contraction or Expansion, Physics of Fluids, 26, 115103, 2014; http://dx.doi.org/10.1063/1.4901188
T.P. Eiting, T. D. Smith, J. B. Perot and E. R. Dumont, The Role of the Olfactory Recess in Olfactory Airflow, Journal of Experimental Biology, 217 (10), 1799-1803, 2014, doi:10.1242/jeb.097402
J. B. Perot and C. J. Zusi, Differential Forms for Scientists/Engineers, Journal of Computational Physics, 257B, 1373–1393, 2014. DOI: 10.1016/j.jcp.2013.08.007
C. J. Zusi and J. B. Perot, Simulation and Modeling of Turbulence Subjected to a Period of Uniform Plane Strain, Physics of Fluids, 25, 110819, 2013, DOI: 10.1063/1.4821450
S.V. Kathuria, A. Chan, R. Graceffa, R. Nobrega, C. R.Matthews, T. C. Irving, J. B. Perot, O. Bilsel, Advances in turbulent mixing techniques to study microsecond protein folding reactions. Biopolymers, 99 (11), 888-896, 2013. DOI: 10.1002/bip.22355
A. Khajeh-Saeed, and J. B. Perot, Direct Numerical Simulation of Turbulence Using GPU Accelerated Supercomputers, Journal of Computational Physics, 235, 241-257, 2013.
M. B. Martell and J. B. Perot, The Oriented-Eddy Collision Model, Flow Turbulence and Combustion, 89 (3), 335-359, 2012.
A. Khajeh-Saeed, and J. B. Perot, Computational Fluid Dynamics Simulations using Many Graphics Processors, Computing in Science and Engineering, 14 (3), 10-19, 2012.
J. B. Perot, Determination of the Decay Exponent in Mechanically Stirred Isotropic Turbulence, Advances in Physics, 1, 022104, 2011.
J. B. Perot, Discrete Conservation Properties of Unstructured Mesh Schemes, Annual Reviews of Fluid Mechanics, 43, 299–318, 2011.
A. Khajeh-Saeed and J. B. Perot, Chapter 13: GPU-Supercomputer Acceleration of Pattern Matching, GPU Computing Gems, Emerald Edition, Wen-mei Hwu editor, Elsevier Inc, pp 185-198, 2011.

Honors

N.W.O.Visiting Professor, Delft University of Technology, 2010-2011
Professor of the Year, ASME Student Society, 2008, 2010.
J.M. Burgers Visiting Professor, Delft University of Technology, Netherlands, 2003-2004
Lilly Fellowship, Center for Teaching, 2002-2003.
Joseph Goldstein Award for Outstanding Junior Faculty, University of Massachusetts, 2002.
College Outstanding Teacher Award, University of Massachusetts, 2002.
STEMTEC Fellow, Five Colleges, 2002.
College Outstanding Advisor Award, University of Massachusetts, 2000.
Terman Graduate Fellowship, Stanford University, 1988-1989.
Summa Cum Laude (Highest Honors), Princeton University, 1987.
Phi Beta Kappa, National Honor Society, Princeton University, 1987.
Tau Beta Pi, Engineering Honor Society, Princeton University, 1986.

Yahya Modarres-Sadeghi

Associate Professor

Graduate Program Director

Gunness 10B
University of Massachusetts
160 Governors Drive
Amherst, MA 01003-2210

modarres@engin.umass.edu

(413)545-2468

(413) 545-1027

Fluid-Structure Interactions Lab

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Education

B.S., Sharif University of Technology, Tehran, Iran, 1998
M.S., University of Tehran, Tehran, Iran, 2001
Ph.D., McGill University, Montreal, Canada, 2006

Research

Fluid-Structure Interactions, Flow-Induced Vibrations, Nonlinear Dynamics, Chaos Random Vibrations, Off-Shore Wind Turbines, Stability of Wind Turbine Blades

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Mechanical Engineering

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B. Seyed-Aghazadeh, Y. Modarres-Sadeghi (2016). Reconstructing Vortex-Induced-Vibration Response of Flexible Cylinders Using Limited Localized Measurement Points. Journal of Fluids and Structures, 65, 433-446. Abstract
M.A. Benitz, D.W. Carlson, B. Seyed-Aghazadeh, Y. Modarres-Sadeghi, M.A. Lackner, D.P. Schmidt (2016). CFD Simulations and Experimental Measurements of Flow Past Free-Surface Piercing, Finite Length Cylinders with Varying Aspect Ratios. Computers and Fluids, 136, 247–259.Abstract
G.H. Chang, Y. Modarres-Sadeghi (2016). Flow-Induced Instabilities of Shells of Revolution with Non-zero Gaussian Curvatures Conveying Fluid. Journal of Sound and Vibration, 363, 600-612. Abstract.
M. Reiland, B. Kane, Y. Modarres-Sadeghi, H.D.P. Ryan (2015). The Effect of Leaves and Steel Support Cables on the Dynamic Properties of Red Oak (Quercus Rubra) with Co-dominant Stems. Urban Forestry and Urban Greening, 14, 844–850. Abstract.
P. Pourazarm, M. Lackner, Y. Modarres-Sadeghi (2015). Period-Doubling Route to Chaos in a Two-Degree-of-Freedom Plate Placed in Water. Journal of Fluids and Structures, 57, 375–390. Abstract.
B. Seyed-Aghazadeh, C. Budz, Y. Modarres-Sadeghi (2015). The Influence of Higher Harmonic Flow Forces on the Response of a Curved Circular Cylinder Undergoing Vortex-Induced Vibration. Journal of Sound and Vibration, 353, 395-406. Abstract.
B. Seyed-Aghazadeh, Y. Modarres-Sadeghi (2015). An Experimental Investigation of Vortex-Iinduced Vibration of a Rotating Circular Cylinder in the Crossflow Direction. Physics of Fluids, 27, 067101. Abstract.
P. Pourazarm, Y. Modarres-Sadeghi, M. Lackner (2015). A Parametric Study of Coupled-Mode Flutter for MW-size Wind Turbine Blades. Wind Energy, Abstract.
S. Ladge, Y. Modarres-Sadeghi (2015). Supercritical and Subcritical Dynamic Flow-Induced Instabilities of a Small-Scale Wind Turbine Blade Placed in Uniform Flow. Journal of Fluids and Structures, 54, 936-946. Abstract.
P. Pourazarm, L. Caracoglia, M. Lackner, Y. Modarres-Sadeghi (2015). Stochastic Analysis of Flow-Induced Dynamic Instabilities of Wind Turbine Blades. Journal of Wind Engineering & Industrial Aerodynamics, 137, 37-45. Abstract.
B. Seyed-Aghazadeh, D. Carlson, Y. Modarres-Sadeghi (2015). The Influence of Taper Ratio on Vortex-Induced Vibrations of Tapered Cylinders in the Crossflow Direction. Journal of Fluids and Structures, 53, 84-95. Abstract.
H. Zheng, R.E. Price, Y. Modarres-Sadeghi, M.S. Triantafyllou (2014). On Fatigue Damage of Long Flexible Cylinders due to the Higher Harmonic Force Components and Chaotic Vortex-Induced Vibrations. Ocean Engineering, 88, 318–329. Abstract.
C. Grouthier, S. Michelin, R. Bourguet, Y. Modarres-Sadeghi, E. de Langre (2014). On the Efficiency of Energy Harvesting Using Vortex-Induced Vibrations of Cables. Journal of Fluids and Structures, 49, 427–440. Abstract.
G.H. Chang, Y. Modarres-Sadeghi (2014). Flow-Induced Oscillations of a Cantilevered Pipe Conveying Fluid with Base Excitation, Journal of Sound and Vibration, 333, 4265–4280. Abstract.
S.M. Cox, D. Schmidt, Y. Modarres-Sadeghi, S.N. Patek (2014). A Physical Model of the Extreme Mantis Shrimp Strike: Kinematics and Cavitation of Ninjabot. Bioinsiprations and Biomimetics, 9, 016014. Abtract.
B. Kane, Y. Modarres-Sadeghi, K.R. James, M. Reiland (2014). Effects of Crown Structure on the Sway Characteristics of Large Decurrent Trees. Trees - Structure and Function, 28, 151–159. Abstract.
A. Jain, Y. Modarres-Sadeghi (2013). Vortex-Induced Vibrations of a Flexibly-Mounted Inclined Cylinder. Journal of Fluids and Structures, 43, 28-40.Abstract.
C. Grouthier, S. Michelin, Y. Modarres-Sadeghi, E. de Langre (2013). Self-Similar Vortex-Induced Vibrations of a Hanging String. Journal of Fluid Mechanics, 724, R2. Abstract.
Y. Modarres-Sadeghi, M.P. Païdoussis (2013). Chaotic Oscillations of Long Pipes Conveying Fluid in the Presence of a Large End-Mass, Computers and Structures, 122, 192–201. Abtract.
R. Bourguet, Y. Modarres-Sadeghi, G.E. Karniadakis, M.S. Triantafyllou (2011). Wake-Body Resonance of Long Flexible Structures is Dominated by Counter-Clockwise Orbits, Physical Review Letters, 107, 134502. Abstract.
M.H. Ghayesh, M.P. Païdoussis, Y. Modarres-Sadeghi (2011). Three-Dimensional Dynamics of a Fluid-Conveying Cantilevered Pipe with an Additional Spring-Support and an End-Mass, Journal of Sound and Vibration, 330, 2869-2899. Abtract.
Y. Modarres-Sadeghi, F. Chasparis, M.S. Triantafyllou, M. Tognarelli, P. Beynet (2011). Chaotic Response is a Generic Feature of Vortex Induced Vibrations of Flexible Risers, Journal of Sound and Vibration, 330, 2565–2579. Abstract.
J. Conte, Y. Modarres-Sadeghi, M.N. Watts., F.S. Hover, M.S. Triantafyllou (2010). A Fast-Starting Robotic Fish that Accelerates at 40 ms-2. Journal of Bioinspiration and Biomimetics, 5 035004. Abstract
Y. Modarres-Sadeghi, H. Mukundan, J.M. Dahl, F.S. Hover, M.S. Triantafyllou (2010). The Effect of Higher Harmonic Forces on Fatigue Life of Marine Risers. Journal of Sound and Vibration, 329, 43-55. Abstract
H. Mukundan, Y. Modarres-Sadeghi, J.M. Dahl, F.S., Hover, M.S. Triantafyllou (2009). Monitoring Fatigue Damage on Marine Risers. Journal of Fluids and Structures, 25, 617-628. Abstract
Y. Modarres-Sadeghi, M.P. Païdoussis (2009). Nonlinear Dynamics of Extensible Fluid-Conveying Pipes, Supported at Both Ends, Journal of Fluids and Structures, 25, 535-543. Abstract
Y. Modarres-Sadeghi, M.P. Païdoussis, C. Semler, E. Grinevich (2008). Experiments on Vertical Slender Flexible Cylinders Clamped at Both Ends and Subjected to Axial Flow. Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society A, 366, 1275–1296. Abstract
Y. Modarres-Sadeghi, M.P. Païdoussis, C. Semler (2008). Three Dimensional Oscillations of a Cantilever Pipe Conveying Fluid, International Journal of Non-Linear Mechanics, 43, 18-25. Abstract
Y. Modarres-Sadeghi, M.P. Païdoussis, C. Semler (2007). The Nonlinear Behaviour of a Slender Flexible Cylinder Pinned or Clamped at Both Ends and Subjected to Axial Flow, Computers and Structures, 85, 1121-1131. Abstract
Y. Modarres-Sadeghi, C. Semler, M. Wadham-Gagnon, M.P. Païdoussis (2007). Dynamics of Cantilevered Pipes Conveying Fluid. Part 3: Three-Dimensional Dynamics in the Presence of an End-Mass, Journal of Fluids and Structures, 23, 589-603. Abstract
E. de Langre, M.P. Païdoussis, O. Doare, Y. Modarres-Sadeghi (2007). Flutter of Long Cantilevered Cylinders in Axial Flow, Journal of Fluid Mechanics, 571, 371-389. Abstract
Y. Modarres-Sadeghi, M.P. Païdoussis, C. Semler (2005). A Nonlinear Model for an Extensible Slender Flexible Cylinder Subjected to Axial Flow, Journal of Fluids and Structures 21, 609-627. Abstract Addendum: 2006, 22, 597. Abstract

Jon G. McGowan

Professor

Gunness Lab 12

12 Gunness Lab
University of Massachusetts
160 Governors Drive
Amherst, MA 01003-2210

jgmcgowa@ecs.umass.edu

(413) 545-2756

(413) 545-1027

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B.S., Carnegie Institute of Technology, 1961;
M.S., Stanford University, 1962;
Ph.D., Carnegie Institute of Technology, 1965

Research

Thermodynamics: heat transfer; fluid mechanics; thermal systems analysis

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Mechanical Engineering

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Publications

J. F. Manwell and J. G. McGowan, Wind Diesel System Simulation: A Screening Level Method, International Journal of Solar Energy, 17, p. 223-240, 1996.
W. Q. Jeffreis, McGowan, Manwell, Development of a Dynamic Model for No Storage Wind/Diesel Systems, Wind Engineering, 1, pp. 27-38, 1996.
McGowan, Manwell, C. Avelar, C. Warner, Hybrid Wind/PV/Diesel Hybrid Power Systems Modeling and South American Applications, Renewable Energy, 1, p. 836-847, 1996.
McGowan, Manwell, Modeling of Wind/Diesel/Hybrid Systems, Energy Environment Monitor, 11, p. 47-58, 1995.
Manwell & McGowan, A Combined Probabilistic/Time Series Model for Wind Diesel Systems Simulation, Solar Energy, 53, p. 481-490, 1994.

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