Our community of faculty scholars engage in interdisciplinary research that focuses on real world problems and lays the groundwork for the innovations of tomorrow that can improve the lives and the livelihood of people around the world. Their research generates the knowledge and understanding needed for a better society, and it strengthens our teaching mission by enriching our students' learning experience in and out of the classroom. We encourage you to further explore our featured undergraduate research work.
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Jacobitz, Frank
Journal Articles
- With Ian Sysyn, Jacob Ryan, and Jack Comfort, "On the interaction of a laminar heated boundary layer with a roughness element: A comparison of experiments and simulations for steady flow," International Journal of Heat and Fluid Flow, 2025.
- With Kai Schneider, "Scale-dependent analysis of the return to isotropy from anisotropic homogeneous turbulent shear flows originating from Batchelor and Saffman turbulence," International Journal of Heat and Fluid Flow, 2025.
- With Kai Schneider, "Revisiting Taylor's hypothesis in homogeneous turbulent shear flow," Physical Review Fluids, 2024.
- With Kai Schneider, "Lagrangian and Eulerian accelerations in turbulent stratified shear flows," Physical Review Fluids, 2021.
- "Why Do Stars Shine? A Personal Journey of Engaging Science," Pacific Division Newsletter, American Association for the Advancement of Science, vol. 68, pp. 7, 30-33, 2017.
- With Yamamura, N., Jones, A., and Schmid-Schnbein, G., "A Microvascular Model in Skeletal Muscle Fascia," Structure-Based Mechanics of Tissues and Organs, pp. 403-415, 2016.
- With Cho, E., Jerman, K., LaCalli, K., Lucero, S., Maraga, V., Pennington, D., Slavensky, A., Stein, R., and Vranicar, N., "It's Critical: Student Attitudes Toward Critical Thinking and an Assessment of a Lecture to an Introductory Engineering Class," International Journal for Innovation Education and Research, vol. 4, 12, pp. 172-188, 2016.
- With Schneider, K., Bos, W., and Farge, M., "Structure of Sheared and Rotating Turbulence: Multiscale Statistics of Lagrangian and Eulerian Accelerations and Passive Scalar Dynamics," Physical Review E, vol. 93, 2016.
- With Salhi, A., Schneider, K., and Cambon, C., "Nonlinear Dynamics and Anisotropic Structure of Rotating Sheared Turbulence," Physical Review E, vol. 89, pp. 1-17, 2014.
- With Schubert, T., "Compact International Experiences: Expanding Student International Awareness Through Short-Term Study Abroad Courses With Substantial Engineering Technical Content," Online Journal for Global Engineering Education, vol. 7, 1, pp. 1-11, 2013.
- With Black, A., Dow, W., Harrison, S., Krebs, A., McGuire, K., Storch, P., Urbano, J., Chase, B., and Schubert, T., "Free Your Mind-Unlock Your Inner Creativity," International Journal of Innovative Technology and Creative Engineering, vol. 3, pp. 127-138, 2013.
- With Schubert, T. and Kim, E., "An Assessment of Student Perceptions on the Use of Multiple Engineering Textbook Editions to Reduce Cost to Students," Journal of Applications and Practices in Engineering Education, vol. 3, 1, pp. 13-18, 2012.
- With Schneider, K., Bos, W., and Farge, M., "On Helical Multiscale Characterization of Homogeneous Turbulence," Journal of Turbulence, vol. 13, pp. 1-16, 2012.
- With Schubert, T. and Kim, E., "Student Perceptions and Learning of the Engineering Design Process: An Assessment at the Freshmen Level," Research in Engineering Design, vol. 23, Issue 3, pp. 177-190, 2012.
- With Schubert, T. and Kim, E., "Exploring Three-Phase Systems and Synchronous Motors: A Low-Voltage and Low-Cost Experiment at the Sophomore Level," IEEE Transactions on Education, vol. 54, 1, pp. 67-76, 2011.
- With Schneider, K., Bos, W., and Farge, M., "Influence of Initial Mean Helicity on Homogeneous Turbulent Shear Flow," Physical Review E, vol. 84, pp. 1-8, 2011.
- With Leake, C., Malicky, D., and McGarry, M., "A Wind Tunnel as a Senior/Capstone Design Project: Laboratory Enhancement and Assessment of Student Learning," International Journal of Mechanical Engineering Education, vol. 38, 4, 2010.
- With Schneider, K., Bos, W., and Farge, M., "On the Structure and Dynamics of Sheared and Rotating Turbulence: Anisotropy Properties and Geometrical Scale-Dependent Statistics," Physics of Fluids, vol. 22, pp. 1-13, 2010.
- With Schubert, T. and Kim, E., "Exploring the Basic Principles of Electric Motors and Generators with a Low-Cost Sophomore-Level Experiment," IEEE Transactions on Education, vol. 52, 1, pp. 57-65, 2009.
- With Addiego, N., Fabian, M., Gledhill, R., Schmachtenberger, H., Shao, A., and Wang, F., "Problem Solving in the Engineering Classroom: Peer Teaching at the Freshman Level," American Journal of Mechanical Engineering Education, Submitted.
- With Liechtenstein, L., Schneider, K., and Farge, M., "On the Structure and Dynamics of Sheared and Rotating Turbulence: Direct Numerical Simulations and Wavelet Based Coherent Vortex Extraction," Physics of Fluids, vol. 20, pp. 1-13, 2008.
- With Kohl, J., Burke, A., and Landas, E., "The Release Behavior of Silicone Coatings with a Thickness Gradient," Progress in Organic Coatings, vol. 59, pp. 278-283, 2007.
- With Wang, Y. and Rutland, C., "Large-Eddy Simulation of Homogeneous Shear Flows with Several Subgrid-Scale Models," International Journal for Numerical Methods in Fluids, vol. 50, 7, pp. 863-883, 2006.
- With Wang, Y. and Rutland, C., "Application of the Large-Eddy Approach to the Simulation of Turbulence in Uniform Shear Flow," Numerical Heat Transfer: Part B: Fundamentals, vol. 48, 6, pp. 499-516, 2005.
- With Rogers, M. and Ferziger, J., "Waves in Stably Stratified Turbulent Flow," Journal of Turbulence, vol. 6, 32, pp. 1-12, 2005.
- "A Comparison of the Turbulence Evolution in a Stratified Fluid with Vertical or Horizontal Shear," Journal of Turbulence, vol. 3, 55, pp. 1-16, 2002.
- With Sarkar, S., "A Direct Numerical Study of Transport and Anisotropy in a Stably Stratified Turbulent Flow with Uniform Horizontal Shear," Flow, Turbulence, Combustion, vol. 63, 43104, pp. 343-360, 2000.
- "Scalar Transport and Mixing in Turbulent Stratified Shear Flow," International Journal of Heat and Fluid Flow, vol. 21, 5, pp. 535-541, 2000.
- With Sarkar, S., "Mixing by Nonvertical Uniform Shear in a Stably Stratified Environment," Industrial and Environmental Applications of Direct and Large-Eddy Simulation, 1999.
- With Sarkar, S., "On the Shear Number Effect in Stratified Shear Flow," Theoretical and Computational Fluid Dynamics, vol. 13, 3, pp. 171-188, 1999.
- With Sarkar, S., "The Effect of Nonvertical Shear on Turbulence in a Stably Stratified Medium," Physics of Fluids, vol. 10, 5, pp. 1159-1168, 1998.
- With Sarkar, S. and Van Atta, C., "Direct Numerical Simulations of the Turbulence Evolution in a Uniformly Sheared and Stably Stratified Flow," Journal of Fluid Mechanics, vol. 342, pp. 231-261, 1997.
- With Sevier, C., Sparks, M., Mengden, P., and Malicky, D., "Assessment of a Student-Designed Wind Tunnel Laboratory Experiment," International Journal of Mechanical Engineering Education, Submitted.
- With Cuomo, J., Forsythe, K., Kliegel, M., Rogers, C., and Spilde, A., "Familiarity of Engineering First-Year Students with Information Literacy Concepts," Submitted.
- With Schneider, K. and Farge, M., "Lagrangian and Eulerian Acceleration Statistics in Turbulent Stratified Shear Flows," Physical Review Fluids, Submitted.
Conference Papers and Other Media
- With Ian Sysyn and Patrick Bonner, "Simulation of Flow over a Roughness Element." San Diego, CA, 2020.
Media Appearances and Conferences
- With Ian J. Sysyn and Patrick H. Bonner, "A Simulation Study of the Flow Over a Roughness Element," Bulletin of the American Physical Society, Division of Fluid Dynamics Meeting, Virtual, Chicago, IL, 2020.
- With Mira M. Wiley, "A Study of Xylem Filtration for Fecal Coliform Removal," Bulletin of the American Physical Society, Division of Fluid Dynamics Meeting, Chicago, IL, 2020.
- With Mira Wiley, "Uganda Water Filtration Using Pine and Eucalyptus Xylem," Sigma Xi Virtual Annual Meeting & Student Research Conference, Virtual, 2020.
- With Patrick H. Bonner and Ian J. Sysyn, "Visualization of the Flow Structure Over a Roughness Element," Sigma Xi Virtual Annual Meeting & Student Research Conference, Virtual, 2020.
- With Christina Kozlovsky, Ava Bellizzi, Molly Klein, Ariel Shasha, Liron Kanisberg, Yaal Lester, Bryan Cornwall, Martha Fuller, Keith Macdonald, and James Bolender, "The development of a Remediation Approach for the Removal of Bacteria and Toxic Metals for use in Rural Uganda," Sigma Xi Virtual Student Scholars Symposium, Virtual, 2020.
- With Addiego, N., Bailey, S, and Mayhew, D., "Evaluation of the Efficiency of an ARM-based Beowulf Cluster versus a Traditional Desktop Computing for High Performance Computations," Proc. 97th Annual Meeting of the Pacific Division of the American Association for the Advancement of Science, Waimea, HI, 2017.
- "On the Orientation of Flow Structures in Stratified and Sheared Homogeneous Turbulence, Workshop on Developments in Fluid Instability," Brandenburgische Technische Universit￤t, Cottbus, Germany, 2017.
- With Moreau, A. and Aguirre, J., "On the Orientation of Vortical Structures in Homogeneous Turbulent Shear Flows," Bulletin of the American Physical Society, Division of Fluid Dynamics Meeting, Denver, CO, 2017.
- With Aguirre, J. and Moreau, A., "On the Orientation of Vortical Structures in Rotating and Sheared Homogeneous Turbulence," Proc. 10th International Symposium on Turbulence and Shear Flow Phenomena, Chicago, IL, 2017.
- With Schneider, K. and Farge, M., "On the Scale-Dependent Helicity in Stably Stratified Turbulent Shear Flows," Proc. 97th Annual Meeting of the Pacific Division of the American Association for the Advancement of Science, Waimea, HI, 2017.
- "On the Structure and Dynamics of Turbulent Stratified Shear Flows," MEGSA Symposium, University of California at Riverside, Riverside, CA, 2017.
- "On the Structure and Dynamics of Turbulent Stratified Shear Flows," German Aerospace Center, Gttingen, Germany, 2017.
- With Moreau, A. and Aguirre, J., "On the Structure Orientation in Homogeneous Turbulent Shear Flows, Part I: Analysis Method Development," Proc. 97th Annual Meeting of the Pacific Division of the American Association for the Advancement of Science, Waimea, HI, 2017.
- With Moreau, A. and Aguirre, J., "On the Structure Orientation in Homogeneous Turbulent Shear Flows, Part II: Application to Stratified and Rotating Shear Flows," Proc. 97th Annual Meeting of the Pacific Division of the American Association for the Advancement of Science, Waimea, HI, 2017.
- "Scale-Dependent Helical Properties of Turbulent Stratified Shear Flows," 16th EUROMECH European Turbulence Conference, Stockholm, Sweden, 2017.
- With Bailey, S. and Orech, M., "With Dignity: Observations of an Effective Transfer of Design and Building Instructions of an Assistive Latrine Aid Device for Landmine Survivors in Rural Uganda," Proc. 97th Annual Meeting of the Pacific Division of the American Association for the Advancement of Science, Waimea, HI, 2017.
- With Schneider, K. and Farge, M., "Acceleration Statistics in Stably Stratified Turbulent Shear Flows," Proc. 96th Annual Meeting of the Pacific Division of the American Association for the Advancement of Science, San Diego, CA, 2016.
- "An Assessment of Two Short-Term Study-Abroad Engineering Courses," Proc. 96th Annual Meeting of the Pacific Division of the American Association for the Advancement of Science, San Diego, CA, 2016.
- With Addiego, N., Bailey, S., Edwards, C., and Mayhew, D., "Construction of a Beowulf Cluster for High Efficiency Computing," Proc. 96th Annual Meeting of the Pacific Division of the American Association for the Advancement of Science, San Diego, CA, 2016.
- With Nunn, L. and Williams, M., "Design of a Latrine Aid for Landmine Survivors: A Faculty Perspective," Proc. 96th Annual Meeting of the Pacific Division of the American Association for the Advancement of Science, San Diego, CA, 2016.
- With Cuomo, J., Forsythe, K., Kliegel, M., Rogers, C., and Spilde, A., "Familiarity of Engineering First-Year Students with Information Literacy Concepts," Proc. 96th Annual Meeting of the Pacific Division of the American Association for the Advancement of Science, San Diego, CA, 2016.
- With Moreau, A. and Aguirre, J., "On the Orientation of Turbulent Structures in Stably Stratified Shear Flows," Bulletin of the American Physical Society, Division of Fluid Dynamics Meeting, Portland, OR, 2016.
- "On the Structure and Dynamics of Homogeneous Turbulent Shear Flows," Faculty of Engineering and the Environment, University of Southampton, Southampton, UK, 2016.
- "On the Structure and Dynamics of Turbulent Stratified Shear Flows," Institut de Math￩matiques de Marseille, Centre de Math￩matiques et d'Informatique, Aix-Marseille Uni, Marseille, France, 2016.
- With Aguirre, J. and Moreau, A., "On the Structure Orientation in Rotating and Sheared Homogeneous Turbulence," Bulletin of the American Physical Society,Division of Fluid Dynamics Meeting, Portland, OR, 2016.
- "Orientation of Flow Structures in Turbulent Shear Flows, Workshop on Turbulence Dynamics and Control honoring Professor Helmut Eckelmann's 80th birthday," Max-Planck-Institut fur Dynamik und Selbstorganisation, Gttingen, Germany, 2016.
- With Moreau, A., "Orientation of Vortical Structures in Turbulent Stratified Shear Flow," VIIIth International Symposium on Stratified Flows, San Diego, CA, 2016.
- "Why do Stars Shine? A Personal Journey of Engaging Science" Presidential Address, Proc. 96th Annual Meeting of the Pacific Division of the American Association for the Advancement of Science, San Diego, CA, 2016.
- With Dow, W. and Chen, P., "Comparison of the Microcirculation in the Human Conjunctiva in Healthy and Diabetic Patients," Proc. 96th Annual Meeting of the Pacific Division of the American Association for the Advancement of Science, San Francisco, CA, 2015.
- With Schneider, K. and Farge, M., "Lagrangian and Eulerian Statistics of Vorticity Dynamics in Turbulent Stratified Shear Flows," Bulletin of the American Physical Society, Division of Fluid Dynamics Meeting, Boston, MA, 2015.
- With Schneider, K. and Farge, M., "Multiscale Statistics of Lagrangian and Eulerian Acceleration in Turbulent Stratified Shear Flows," 15th EUROMECH European Turbulence Conference, Delft, Netherlands, 2015.
- With Besnoy, A., "Observations of Teaching Information Literacy to Engineering Freshmen and Sophomores," Proc. 96th Annual Meeting of the Pacific Division of the American Association for the Advancement of Science, San Francisco, CA, 2015.
- With Schneider, K. and Farge, M., "On Acceleration Statistics in Turbulent Stably Stratified Shear Flows," Aix-Marseille Universit￩, Marseille, France, 2015.
- With Schneider, K. and Farge, M., "On Acceleration Statistics in Turbulent Stably Stratified Shear Flows," EUROMECH Colloquium 567: Turbulent Mixing in Stratified Flows, Department of Applied Mathematics and Theoretical Physics, Centre for Mathematical Sciences, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, UK, 2015.
- With Schneider, K. and Farge, M., "On Acceleration Statistics in Turbulent Stratified Shear Flows," Proc. 9th International Symposium on Turbulence and Shear Flow Phenomena, Melbourne, Australia, 2015.
- With Addiego, N., Fabian, M., Gledhill, R., Schmachtenberger, H., Shao, A., and Wang, F., "Problem Solving in the Engineering Classroom: Peer Teaching at the Freshman Level," Proc. 96th Annual Meeting of the Pacific Division of the American Association for the Advancement of Science, San Francisco, CA, 2015.
- With Moreau, A., Pratt, Q., and Schmachtenberger, H., "Visualization of Flow Structures in Turbulent Shear Flows," Proc. 96th Annual Meeting of the Pacific Division of the American Association for the Advancement of Science, San Francisco, CA, 2015.
- "A Comparison of the Development and Delivery of Two Short-Term Study-Abroad Thermal Sciences Courses," Bulletin of the American Physical Society, Division of Fluid Dynamics Meeting, San Francisco, CA, 2014.
- With Schubert, T., "An Assessment of Student International Awareness and Global Competency from Compact International Experience Courses," 12th Annual Hawaii International Conference on Education, Honolulu, HI, 2014.
- With Dow, W. and Chen, P., "Comparison of the Microcirculation in the Human Conjunctiva in Healthy and Diabetic Patients," Proc. 95th Annual Meeting of the Pacific Division of the American Association for the Advancement of Science, Riverside, CA, 2014.
- With Besnoy, A., "Information Literacy at the Freshman Level: Observations and Experiences from Three First-Semester Engineering Courses," Proc. 95th Annual Meeting of the Pacific Division of the American Association for the Advancement of Science, Riverside, CA, 2014.
- With Cho, E., Jerman, K., LaCalli, K., Lucero, S., Maraga, V., Pennington, D., Slavensky, A., Stein, R., and Vranicar, N., "It's Critical: Student Attitudes Toward Critical Thinking and an Assessment of a Lecture to an Introductory Engineering Class," Proc. 95th Annual Meeting of the Pacific Division of the American Association for the Advancement of Science, Riverside, CA, 2014.
- With Schneider, K., Bos, W., and Farge, M., "Lagrangian and Eulerian Acceleration Properties in Homogeneous Turbulence with Shear and Rotation," Proc. 95th Annual Meeting of the Pacific Division of the American Association for the Advancement of Science, Riverside, CA, 2014.
- With Schneider, K. and Farge, M., "Lagrangian and Eulerian Acceleration Statistics in Turbulent Stratified Shear Flows," Bulletin of the American Physical Society, Division of Fluid Dynamics Meeting, San Francisco, CA, 2014.
- With Besnoy, A., Goldman, C., Huston, C., and Potter, M., "Panel Discussion: Faculty and Librarian Perspectives on Embedded Librarianship, Assessment, Information Literacy, the New ACRL Framework," Proc. 95th Annual Meeting of the Pacific Division of the American Association for the Advancement of Science, Riverside, CA, 2014.
- With Wittman, K. and Friedlander, S., "Visualization of Direct Numerical Simulation Results of an Advection-Diffusion Equation for Magneto-Geostrophic Turbulence," Proc. 95th Annual Meeting of the Pacific Division of the American Association for the Advancement of Science, Riverside, CA, 2014.
- With Dow, W. and Chen, P., "An Analysis of the Microcirculation in the Human Conjunctiva," Proc. ASME Summer Bioengineering Conference, Sunriver, OR, 2013.
- With Besnoy, A., Burkhart, H., Huston, C., and Krist, P., "Assessment of an Information Literacy Pilot Project: Impressions of Researchers, Classroom and Library Faculty," Proc. 94th Annual Meeting of the Pacific Division of the American Association for the Advancement of Science, Las Vegas, NV, 2013.
- With Schubert, T., "Compact International Experiences: Two-year Reflections on Short-term Study-abroad Elective Engineering Courses," ASEE Pacific Southwest Section Conference: Engineering Education in a Global Context, Riverside, CA, 2013.
- With Schubert, T., "Enhancing Student International Awareness and Global Competency through Compact International Experience Courses," Bulletin of the American Physical Society, Division of Fluid Dynamics Meeting, Pittsburgh, PA, 2013.
- With Schneider, K., Bos, W., and Farge, M., "Fluctuating Helicity in Homogeneous Turbulence," Proc. 94th Annual Meeting of the Pacific Division of the American Association for the Advancement of Science, Las Vegas, NV, 2013.
- With Black, A., Dow, W., Harrison, S., Krebs, A., McGuire, K., Storch, P., Urbano, J., Chase, B., and Schubert, T., "Free Your Mind-Unlock Your Inner Creativity," Proc. 94th Annual Meeting of the Pacific Division of the American Association for the Advancement of Science, Las Vegas, NV, 2013.
- With Buckley, J. and Thurber, B., "Journeying through Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance," Proc. 94th Annual Meeting of the Pacific Division of the American Association for the Advancement of Science, Las Vegas, NV, 2013.
- With Schneider, K., Bos, W., and Farge, M., "On Helical Properties of Homogeneous Turbulence," University of Notre Dame, Notre Dame, IN, 2013.
- With Schneider, K., Bos, W., and Farge, M., "On Lagrangian and Eulerian Acceleration in Rotating and Sheared Homogeneous Turbulence," Bulletin of the American Physical Society, Division of Fluid Dynamics Meeting, Pittsburgh, PA, 2013.
- With Schneider, K., Bos, W., and Farge, M., "On Multiscale Acceleration Statistics in Rotating and Sheared Homogeneous Turbulence," Proc. 8th International Symposium on Turbulence and Shear Flow Phenomena, Poitiers, France, 2013.
- With Besnoy, A., Galvan, V., Goldman, C., and Kraus, P., "Panel Discussion: Teaching and Library Faculty Partnerships," Proc. 94th Annual Meeting of the Pacific Division of the American Association for the Advancement of Science, Las Vegas, NV, 2013.
- With Schneider, K., Bos, W., and Farge, M., "Progress in Statistical Theory and Pseudo-Spectral Direct Numerical Simulations," Proc. EUROMECH Colloquium 542, Lyon, France, 2013.
- With Schubert, T., Morse, M., and Ngo, T., "Prototype Exemplars: The Path to Effective Design or Design Fixation," ASEE Annual Conference and Exposition, Atlanta, GA, 2013.
- With Schneider, K., Bos, W., and Farge, M., "Scale-Dependent Statistics of Lagrangian and Eulerian Acceleration in Rotating and Sheared Homogeneous Turbulence," 14th EUROMECH European Turbulence Conference, Lyon, France, 2013.
- With Yamamura, N. and Schmid-Schnbein, G., "Spatial Analysis of the Microcirculation in Rat Spinotrapezius Muscle Fascia," Proc. ASME Summer Bioengineering Conference, Sunriver, OR, 2013.
- With Schneider, K., Bos, W., and Farge, M., "Acceleration Statistics in Rotating and Sheared Turbulence," Bulletin of the American Physical Society, Division of Fluid Dynamics Meeting, San Diego, CA, 2012.
- With Yamamura, N. and Schmid-Schnbein, G., "Comprehensive Spatial Display of the Microcirculation in a Capillary Bundle from Rat Spinotrapezius Muscle Fascia Tissue," Bulletin of the American Physical Society, Division of Fluid Dynamics Meeting, San Diego, CA, 2012.
- With Schubert, T., "Expanding Student International Awareness Through Short-Term Study Abroad Courses With Substantial Engineering Technical Content," Bulletin of the American Physical Society, Division of Fluid Dynamics Meeting, San Diego, CA, 2012.
- With Schneider, K., Bos, W., and Farge, M., "Multiscale Characterisation of Helical Properties in Homogeneous Turbulence," Bulletin of the American Physical Society, Division of Fluid Dynamics Meeting, San Diego, CA, 2012.
- With Dow, W. and Chen, P., "Simulations of the Microcirculation in the Human Conjunctiva," Bulletin of the American Physical Society, Division of Fluid Dynamics Meeting, San Diego, CA, 2012.
- With Schubert, T., Morse, M., and Ngo, T., "The Impact of a Prototype Exemplar on Design Creativity: A Case Study in Novice Designers," ASEE Annual Conference and Exposition, San Antonio, TX, 2012.
- With Schneider, K., Bos, W., and Farge, M., "Visualization and Statistical Analysis of Rotating and Sheared Homogeneous Turbulence," Proc. 93rd Annual Meeting of the Pacific Division of the American Association for the Advancement of Science, Boise, ID, 2012.
- With Schubert, T., "Compact international experiences: One path to expanding student international awareness through short-term study-abroad elective engineering courses," ASEE Annual Conference and Exposition: Your Passport to Engineering Education, Vancouver, Canada, 2011.
- With Jones, A., "Comprehensive Simulations of the Microcirculation in Rat Spinotrapezius Muscle Fascia," Proc. ASME Summer Bioengineering Conference, Farmington, PA, 2011.
- With Schneider, K., Bos, W., and Farge, M., "Direct Numerical Simulations of Homogeneous Turbulent Shear Flow with Initial Mean Helicity," Bulletin of the American Physical Society, Division of Fluid Dynamics Meeting, Baltimore, MD, 2011.
- "Helical Properties of Homogeneous Turbulence, Helmut Eckelmann Colloquium," Georg-August Universit￤t, Gttingen, Germany, 2011.
- With Schneider, K., Bos, W., and Farge, M., "Helical properties of sheared and rotating turbulence," 13th EUROMECH European Turbulence Conference, Warsaw, Poland, 2011.
- With Schneider, K., Bos, W., and Farge, M., "Helicity and Super-Helicity in Homogeneous Turbulent Shear Flow," Bulletin of the American Physical Society, Division of Plasma Physics Meeting, Salt Lake City, UT, 2011.
- With Schneider, K., Bos, W., and Farge, M., "On Helical Properties of Homogeneous Turbulence," Proc. 92nd Annual Meeting of the Pacific Division of the American Association for the Advancement of Science, San Diego, CA, 2011.
- With Schneider, K., Bos, W., and Farge, M., "On Helical Properties of Homogeneous Turbulence," Proc. 7th International Symposium on Turbulence and Shear Flow Phenomena, Ottawa, Canada, 2011.
- With Schneider, K., Bos, W., Farge, M., Kaneda, Y., Liechtenstein, L., Okamoto, N., and Yoshimatsu, K., "Scale-Dependent and Directional Statistics in Anisotropic Turbulence Using Wavelets," Proc. 92nd Annual Meeting of the Pacific Division of the American Association for the Advancement of Science, San Diego, CA, 2011.
- With Abraham, B., Bentz, J., Doruth, L., Foster, M., Gabbard, M., Jarosinski, M., Jones, A., and Omar, Y., "A Flow Visualization Project in Fluid Mechanics," Proc. 91st Annual Meeting of the Pacific Division of the American Association for the Advancement of Science, Ashland, OR, 2010.
- With Schubert, T. and Kim, E., "An Evaluation of the Effect on Student Learning of Using Multiple Textbook Editions in Course Delivery," Proc. 91st Annual Meeting of the Pacific Division of the American Association for the Advancement of Science, Ashland, OR, 2010.
- With Schneider, K., Bos, W., and Farge, M., "On Multiscale Geometrical Statistics of Anisotropic Homogeneous Turbulence," Bulletin of the American Physical Society, Division of Fluid Dynamics Meeting, Long Beach, CA, 2010.
- "On Turbulent Rotating Shear Flow: Vortical Structures, Anisotropy Properties, Coherent Vortex Extraction, Scake-Dependent Statistics," International Workshop on the Effect of Rotation, Shear and Solid Boundaries on the Solutions of Navier-Stokes and Euler Equations in the Turbulent Regime, Wissenschaftskolleg zu Berlin (Institute for Advanced Study), Berlin, Germany, 2010.
- "On Turbulent Rotating Shear Flow: Vortical Structures, Anisotropy Properties, Coherent Vortex Extraction, Scale-Dependent Statistics," Center for Applied Mathematical Sciences, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA, 2010.
- "On Turbulent Rotating Shear Flow: Vortical Structures, Anisotropy Properties, Coherent Vortex Extraction, Scale-Dependent Statistics," German Aerospace Center, Gttingen, Germany, 2010.
- With Schubert, T. and Kim, E., "Synthesis of Low-Voltage Three-Phase Power for Use in Low-Cost Motor and Systems Experiments at the Sophomore Level," ASEE Annual Conference and Exposition, Louisville, KY, 2010.
- With Anderson, S., Babila, E., Gabbard, M., and Weiss, C., "A Comparison of the Microcirculation in Rat Spinotrapezius Muscle and Muscle Fascia," 19th Congr￨s Franais de M￩canique, Marseille, France, 2009.
- With Schneider, K., Farge, M., and Bos, W., "Anisotropy Properties and Geometric Scale-Dependent Statistics of Sheared and Rotating Turbulence," Bulletin of the American Physical Society, Division of Fluid Dynamics Meeting, Minneapolis, MN, 2009.
- With Bos, W., Schneider, K., and Farge, M., "Anisotropy Properties of Rotating Sheared Turbulence," Proc. 6th International Symposium on Turbulence and Shear Flow Phenomena, Seoul, South Korea, 2009.
- "On Rotating Sheared Turbulence, Workshop on Zonal Flows and Anisotropic Turbulence," Centre International de Rencontres Math￩matiques, Luminy, France, 2009.
- With Weiss, C. and Gabbard, M., "Simulations of the Microcirculation in Rat Spinotrapezius Muscle and Muscle Fascia," Proc. 90th Annual Meeting of the Pacific Division of the American Association for the Advancement of Science, San Francisco, CA, 2009.
- With Bos, W., Schneider, K., and Farge, M., "Structural Features of Rotating Sheared Turbulence," 12th EUROMECH European Turbulence Conference, Marburg, Germany, 2009.
- With Schubert, T. and Kim, E., "The Engineering Design Process: An Assessment of Student Perceptions and Learning at the Freshmen Level," ASEE Annual Conference and Exposition, Austin, TX, 2009.
- "Turbulence in Rotating Shear Flows: Coherent Vortex Extraction, Anisotropy Properties, Geometrical Scale-Dependent Statistics, International Workshop on Physical and Mathematical Challenges in Light of ITER," Centre International de Rencontres Math￩matiques, Luminy, France, 2009.
- With Schubert, T. and Kim, E., "An Electric Motors and Generators Experiment for a Sophomore-Level Circuits Course," ASEE Annual Conference and Exposition: Building Bridges to Create Change in Engineering Education, Pittsburgh, PA, 2008.
- With Anderson, S., "An Improved Comprehensive Model for the Apparent Viscosity of Blood," Bulletin of the American Physical Society, Division of Fluid Dynamics Meeting, San Antonio, TX, 2008.
- With Liechtenstein, L., Schneider, K., and Farge, M., "Direct Numerical Simulation and Coherent Vortex Extraction of sheared and rotating turbulent flow," Bulletin of the American Physical Society, Division of Fluid Dynamics Meeting, San Antonio, TX, 2008.
- With Schubert, T. and Kim, E., "Introducing the Principles of Electromechanical Energy Conversion with a Low-Cost Experiment for Lower-Division Students," Proc. 89th Annual Meeting of the Pacific Division of the American Association for the Advancement of Science, Waimea, HI, 2008.
- With Kohl, J. and Bonilla, C., "Release Behavior Due to Shear and Pull-off of Silicone Coatings with a Thickness Gradient," European Coatings Conference-Marine Coatings, Berlin, Germany, 2008.
- "Turbulence in a Velocity Spiral," Proc. 89th Annual Meeting of the Pacific Division of the American Association for the Advancement of Science, Waimea, HI, 2008.
- With Porterfield, C., Engebrecht, C., and Metzger, I., "Development of a Comprehensive Model of the Apparent Viscosity of Blood for Simulations of the Microcirculation in Rat Spinotrapezius Muscle Fascia," Bulletin of the American Physical Society, Division of Fluid Dynamics Meeting, Salt Lake City, UT, 2007.
- "Rotating Stratified Turbulence with Vertical and Non-Vertical Shear," Proc. 5th International Symposium on Turbulence and Shear Flow Phenomena, Munich, Germany, 2007.
- With Engebrecht, C., Metzger, I., and Porterfield, C., "Simulation of the Microcirculation in Rat Spinotrapezius Muscle Fascia," Proc. ASME Summer Bioengineering Conference, Keystone, CO, 2007.
- With Kohl, J., Burke, A., and Landas, E., "The Release Behavior of Silicone Coatings with a Thickness Gradient or Inclined Surface," 30th Annual Meeting of the Adhesion Society, Tampa, FL, 2007.
- With Menon, J., Duffin, P., and Tullis, R., "Virus Removal from Blood Using Hollow-Fiber Cartridges," Proc. 88th Annual Meeting of the Pacific Division of the American Association for the Advancement of Science, Boise, ID, 2007.
- "From the Microcirculation to the Snowjet: Mechanical Engineering at the University of San Diego, Annual Awards Banquet Presentation," San Diego Chapter of the American Society of Mechanical Engineering, San Diego, CA, 2006.
- With Menon, J., Duffin, P., and Tullis, R., "Hollow-Fiber Cartridges: Model Systems for Virus Removal from Blood," Proc. Frontiers in Biomedical Devices Conference, Irvine, CA, 2006.
- With Engebrecht, C., Metzger, I., and Porterfield, C., "Properties of the Microcirculation in Capillary Bundles of Rat Spinotrapezius Muscle Fascia," Bulletin of the American Physical Society, Division of Fluid Dynamics Meeting, Tampa, FL, 2006.
- "The Effect of Rotation on Turbulence and Turbulent Mixing in Stably Stratified Shear Flows," Ocean Sciences Meeting, American Geophysical Union, Honolulu, HI, 2006.
- "Turbulence in Rotating Stratified Shear Flow," Proc. 87th Annual Meeting of the Pacific Division of the American Association for the Advancement of Science, San Diego, CA, 2006.
- "Two Research Interests in Bio-Fluid Mechanics: Virus Removal from Blood and the Microcirculation in Skeletal Muscle Fascia," Universit￩ de Provence, Aix-Marseille I, Marseille, France, 2006.
- "Direct Numerical Simulations of Turbulent Stratified Shear Flow," Universit￩ Provence, Aix-Marseille I, Marseille, France, 2005.
- With Olson, R. and Kramer, K., "Do Engineering Freshmen Find Value in Extracurricular Seminars Designed to Enhance Collegiate Success?" ASEE Annual Conference and Exposition: The Changing Landscape of Engineering and Technology Education in a Global World, Portland, OR, 2005.
- "Effects of Shear and Rotation on Turbulent Flow in a Stratified Fluid," Proc. 4th Symposium on Turbulence and Shear Flow Phenomena, Williamsburg, VA, 2005.
- With Menon, J., Duffin, P., and Tullis, R., "Hollow-Fiber Cartridges: Model Systems for Virus Removal From Blood," 58th Annual Meeting of the Division of Fluid Dynamics, American Physical Society, Chicago, IL, 2005.
- With Beth, C. and Salado, J., "Modeling of the Skeletal Muscle Microcirculation," 57th Annual Meeting of the Division of Fluid Dynamics, American Physical Society, Seattle, WA, 2004.
- "Turbulent Mixing in Stratified Shear Flows with a Vertical Variation of the Mean Velocity Direction," Ocean Sciences Meeting, American Geophysical Union, Portland, OR, 2004.
- "A Direct Numerical Study of Turbulent Dispersion in Stratified Shear Flows," 56th Annual Meeting of the Division of Fluid Dynamics, American Physical Society, East Rutherford, NJ, 2003.
- With Pokkunuri, P. and Mahalingam, S., "An Examination of Time Scale Effects on the Combustion of Hydrogen in Air," Western States Section/The Combustion Institute Fall Meeting, Los Angeles, CA, 2003.
- "Efficiency of Parallel Direct Numerical Simulations of Turbulent Stratified Shear Flow," Proc. 41st Aerospace Sciences Meeting, American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics, Reno, NV, 2003.
- With Wang, Y. and Rutland, C., "Large-Eddy Simulation of Homogeneous Shear Flow," Proc. 41st Aerospace Sciences Meeting, American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics, Reno, NV, 2003.
- "Turbulent Dispersion in Stably Stratified Shear Flows," Proc. 3rd Symposium on Turbulence and Shear Flow Phenomena, Sendai, Japan, 2003.
- "Turbulent Stratified Shear Flows," Kyoto University, Kyoto, Japan, 2003.
- With Schmid-Schnbein, G., "A Numerical Model for the Microcirculation in Skeletal Muscle Fascia," 55th Annual Meeting of the Division of Fluid Dynamics, American Physical Society, Dallas, TX, 2002.
- "Direct Numerical Simulations of Turbulent Stratified Shear Flow," Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ, 2002.
- "Parallel Simulations of Geophysical Flow, Special Seminar Series on Modeling and Computation in the Physical and Biological Sciences," Institute for Geophysics and Planetary Physics, University of California at Riverside, Riverside, CA, 2002.
- "Research Topics in Mechanical Engineering, Latinos in Sciences Society," University of California at Riverside, Riverside, CA, 2002.
- "Turbulence and Mixing in Stratified Shear Flow with a Vertical Variation of the Velocity Direction," Western Pacific Geophysics Meeting, Wellington, New Zealand, 2002.
- With Rogers, M. and Ferziger, J., "Waves in Turbulent Stably Stratified Shear Flow," Proc. Summer Program, Center for Turbulence Research, Stanford, CT, 2002.
- "Direct Numerical Simulations of Turbulence in Stratified Shear Flows, Workshop on Three-dimensional Stratified and Sheared Turbulent Flows," cole Normale Sup￩rieur, Paris, France, 2001.
- "Integral Scale Evolution in Stratified Shear Flows," 54th Annual Meeting of the Division of Fluid Dynamics, American Physical Society, San Diego, CA, 2001.
- With Kwan, M. and Schmid-Schnbein, G., "Numerical Simulation of Flow in Skeletal Muscle Microcirculation," 54th Annual Meeting of the Division of Fluid Dynamics, American Physical Society, San Diego, CA, 2001.
- "Turbulence in a Stratified Shear Flow with a Variation of the Mean Velocity Direction," Proc. 2nd Symposium on Turbulence and Shear Flow Phenomena, Stockholm, Sweden, 2001.
- "Turbulence in Stratified Shear Flows," Brandenburgische Technische Universit￤t, Cottbus, Germany, 2001.
- "Turbulent Stratified Shear Flow with a Variation of the Magnitude or Direction of the Mean Velocity," 53rd Annual Meeting of the Division of Fluid Dynamics, American Physical Society, Washington, D. C., 2000.
- "Scalar Transport and Mixing in Turbulent Stratified Shear Flow," Proc. 1st Symposium on Turbulence and Shear Flow Phenomena, Santa Barbara, CA, 1999.
- "Scalar Transport in Turbulent Stratified Shear Flow," 52nd Annual Meeting of the Division of Fluid Dynamics, American Physical Society, New Orleans, LA, 1999.
- With Sarkar, S., "A Parallel Approach to the Direct Numerical Simulation of Turbulence," GAMM Annual Meeting, Bremen, Germany, 1998.
- With Sarkar, S., "Anisotropy Properties of Stratified Shear Flow," 51st Annual Meeting of the Division of Fluid Dynamics, American Physical Society, Philadelphia, PA, 1998.
- With Sarkar, S., "Turbulence and Internal Waves Forced by Horizontal Shear in a Vertically Stratified Fluid," Ocean Sciences Meeting, American Geophysical Union, San Diego, CA, 1998.
- With Sarkar, S., "The Effect of Horizontal and Vertical Shear on Turbulent Transport in a Stably Stratified Fluid," 50th Annual Meeting of the Division of Fluid Dynamics, American Physical Society, San Francisco, CA, 1997.
- With Sarkar, S., "The Influence of Shear Number in Stably Stratified Turbulent Shear Flow," Proc. 11th Symposium on Turbulent Shear Flows, Grenoble, France, 1997.
- With Sarkar, S., "Turbulence Evolution in Stably Stratified Flow with Non-Vertical Shear," 49th Annual Meeting of the Division of Fluid Dynamics, American Physical Society, Syracuse, NJ, 1996.
- With Sarkar, S. and Van Atta, C., "Parameterization of the Turbulence Evolution in Stratified Shear Flow," 48th Annual Meeting of the Division of Fluid Dynamics, American Physical Society, Irvine, CA, 1995.
- With Sarkar, S. and Van Atta, C., "Direct Numerical Simulation of a Stratified Turbulent Shear Flow," 47th Annual Meeting of the Division of Fluid Dynamics, American Physical Society, Atlanta, GA, 1994.