Research

Research interests

• Fluid mechanics and heat transfer
• Finite element methods for flow and heat transfer problems
• Adaptive finite element methods, modeling and simulation of viscous, laminar and turbulent, flows in compressible and incompressible regimes.
• Modeling and simulation of fluid structure interaction problems
• Verification and validation of CFD codes and simulations
• Sensitivity and uncertainty analysis
• Optimal design and flow control application of the sensitivity equation method
• Simulation of unsteady flows, sensitivity and control of unsteady flows
• Applications to hydrodynamics, aerodynamics, heat transfer, bio-fluid mechanics, flow induced vibration, flow around flexible structures

Research unit(s)

• Canada Research Chair in Analysis, Characterization and Multidisciplinary Design Optimization of Complex Systems, Chairholder
• Computational Engineering Research Group (GRMIAO), member
• Fluid Dynamics Laboratory (LADYF), member

NSERC subjects

• 2107  Modelling, simulation and finite element methods
• 2108  Aerospace, aeronautical and automotive engineering
• 2203  Modelling, simulation
• 2955 Numerical analysis
• 2201 Turbulence
• 2105 Hydraulics