FDRC Seminar Series
Each semester, FDRC invites speakers from across the United States and abroad to present their research on fluid dynamics to members of the Penn State community. Topics include fundamental research on turbulence, numerical methods for CFD, the development of experimental techniques, and engineering applications related to medicine, propulsion, combustion, and more.
Seminars are accompanied by complimentary coffee and donuts!
Past Series
Speaker schedules from past seminar series are shown below.
Fall 2024
Series hosted by Tamy Guimarães.
| Date | Speaker | Affiliation | Host |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aug. 29 | Sebanti Chattopadhyay | Pennsylvania State University | Nathan Kein |
| Sep. 5 | Frank Engel | United States Geological Survey | Roberto Fernández |
| Sep. 12 | Melissa Brindise | Pennsylvania State University | Robert Kunz |
| Sep. 19 | Hiroaki Nishikawa | National Institute of Aerospace | James Coder |
| Sep. 26 | Ralph Volino | United States Naval Academy | Xiang Yang |
| Oct. 3 | Justin Jaworski | Virginia Tech | Zachary Berger |
| Oct. 10 | Paul Milewski | Pennsylvania State University | Tamy Guimarães |
| Oct. 17 | Karthik Duraisamy | University of Michigan | Xiang Yang |
| Oct. 24 | Brett Bornhoft | Air Force Research Lab | Xiang Yang |
| Oct. 31 | Binbin Wang | University of Missouri | Xiaofeng Liu |
| Nov. 7 | Jimmy Goldschmidt | Pennsylvania State University | Zachary Berger |
| Nov. 14 | Christopher Douglas | Pennsylvania State University | Samuel Grauer |
| Nov. 21 | Gary Settles | Pennsylvania State University | Samuel Grauer |
| Nov. 28 | Thanksgiving | ||
| Dec. 5 | Sayantan Bhattacharya | University of Maryland, Baltimore County | Melissa Brindise |
| Dec. 12 | Pedro Sáenz | University of North Carolina | Paul Milewski |
Spring 2024
Series hosted by Tamy Guimarães.
| Date | Speaker | Affiliation | Host |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jan. 18 | Kunihiko "Sam" Taira | University of California, Los Angeles | Romit Maulik |
| Jan. 25 | Paul Danehy | NASA Langley Research Center | Samuel Grauer |
| Feb. 1 | Jean Hertzberg | University of Colorado Boulder | Azar Panah |
| Feb. 8 | Emily Ryan | Boston University | Jacqueline O'Connor |
| Feb. 22 | Fabian Bombardelli | University of California, Davis | Xiaofeng Liu |
| Feb. 29 | Sally Bane | Purdue University | Samuel Grauer |
| Mar. 7 | Spring Break | ||
| Mar. 14 | Jennifer Duan | Arizona State University | Roberto Fernández |
| Mar. 21 | John Farnsworth | University of Colorado Boulder | Tamy Guimarães |
| Mar. 28 | Romit Maulik | Pennsylvania State University | Samuel Grauer |
| Apr. 4 | Christine Gilbert | Virginia Tech | Tamy Guimarães |
| Apr. 11 | Philippe Lavoie | University of Toronto | Zachary Berger |
| Apr. 18 | Xiaowei Zhu | Portland State University | Xiang Yang |
| Apr. 25 | Alison Marsden | Stanford University | Keefe Manning |
Fall 2023
Series hosted by Tamy Guimarães.
| Date | Speaker | Affiliation | Host |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aug. 31 | Chris Roh | Cornell University | Margaret Byron |
| Sep. 7 | Leland Tien | Pennsylvania State University | Robert Kunz |
| Sep. 14 | Christopher Combs | University of Texas at San Antonio | James Coder |
| Sep. 21 | Lawrence Ukeiley | University of Florida | Adam Nickels |
| Oct. 5 | Roberto Fernández | Pennsylvania State University | Samuel Grauer |
| Oct. 12 | Jun Liao | Westinghouse Electric Company | Gregory Banyay |
| Oct. 19 | Rui Ni | Johns Hopkins University | Samuel Grauer |
| Oct. 26 | Dennice Gayme | Johns Hopkins University | Mark Miller |
| Nov. 2 | Tracy Mandel | University of New Hampshire | Margaret Byron |
| Nov. 9 | Ryan Murray | North Carolina State University | Zachary Berger |
| Nov. 16 | APS Prep Session | Pennsylvania State University | |
| Nov. 23 | Thanksgiving | ||
| Nov. 30 | Colleen Witzenburg | University of Wisconsin–Madison | Melissa Brindise |
| Dec. 7 | Michelle Driscoll | Northwestern University | Nathan Keim |
Spring 2023
Series hosted by Samuel Grauer.
| Date | Speaker | Affiliation | Host |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jan. 12 | Clarence Rowley | Princeton University | Jacqueline O'Connor |
| Jan. 19 | Joseph Kuehl | University of Delaware | James Coder |
| Jan. 26 | Nicholas Ouellette | Stanford University | Margaret Byron |
| Feb. 2 | Xiaofeng Liu | Pennsylvania State University | Robert Kunz |
| Feb. 9 | SciTech Blitz Talks | Pennsylvania State University | |
| Feb 16. | Matthew Berry | Raytheon Missiles & Defense | Zachary Berger |
| Feb. 23 | Todd Lowe | Virginia Tech | Tamy Guimarães |
| Mar. 2 | Jeffrey Sutton | Ohio State University | Samuel Grauer |
| Mar. 9 | Spring Break | ||
| Mar. 16 | Christopher Crowley | Johns Hopkins University | Samuel Grauer |
| Mar. 23 | Casey Harwood | University of Iowa | Tamy Guimarães |
| Mar. 30 | David Darmofal | Massachusetts Institute of Technology | David Williams |
| Mar. 31 | Azar Panah | Penn State Berks | Robert Kunz |
| Apr. 6 | James Brasseur | University of Colorado Boulder | Robert Kunz |
| Apr. 13 | Jane Bae | California Institute of Technology | Xiang Yang |
| Apr. 20 | Jifu Tan | Northern Illinois University | Melissa Brindise |
| Apr. 27 | Andrew Banko | United States Military Academy, West Point | Samuel Grauer |
Fall 2022
Series hosted by Samuel Grauer.
| Date | Speaker | Affiliation | Host |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep. 1 | Sidharth GS | Iowa State University | Samuel Grauer |
| Sep. 8 | Suo Yang | University of Minnesota, Twin Cities | Jacqueline O'Connor |
| Sep. 15 | Alireza "Navid" Hooshanginejad | Brown University | Samuel Grauer |
| Sep. 22 | Qi Wang | San Diego State University | Xiang Yang |
| Sep. 29 | Ronald Joslin | National Science Foundation | Robert Kunz |
| Oct. 6 | Theresa Saxton-Fox | University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign | Xiang Yang |
| Oct. 13 | Chi Young Moon | Argonne National Laboratory | Tamy Guimarães |
| Oct. 20 | Arnold Mathijssen | University of Pennsylvania | Margaret Byron |
| Oct. 27 | Tamer Zaki | Johns Hopkins University | Samuel Grauer |
| Nov. 3 | James Braun | Purdue University | Tamy Guimarães |
| Nov. 10 | Michael Roan | Pennsylvania State University | Zachary Berger |
| Nov. 17 | APS Prep Session | Pennsylvania State University | |
| Nov. 24 | Thanksgiving | ||
| Dec. 1 | Michelle DiBenedetto | University of Washington | Margaret Byron |
| Dec. 8 | Matthew Zahr | University of Notre Dame | David Williams |
Spring 2022
Series hosted by Matthew Rau.
| Date | Speaker | Affiliation | Host |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jan. 20 | Yixuan Song | Pennsylvania State University | Matthew Rau |
| Jan. 27 | Ashwini Karmarker | Pennsylvania State University | Jacqueline O'Connor |
| Feb. 3 | Bryan Schmidt | Case Western Reserve University | Samuel Grauer |
| Feb. 10 | Blair Johnson | University of Texas at Austin | Margaret Byron |
| Feb. 17 | Ray Najjar | Pennsylvania State University | Matthew Rau |
| Feb. 24 | Choon-Sik Jhun | Penn State Health Milton S. Hershey Medical Center | Matthew Rau |
| Mar. 3 | Emanuel Chiryath | Pennsylvania State University | Robert Kunz |
| Mar. 10 | Spring Break | ||
| Mar. 17 | Matthew Reidenbach | University of Virginia | Matthew Rau |
| Mar. 31 | Daniel Harris | Brown University | Margaret Byron |
| Apr. 14 | Yashar Mehmani | Pennsylvania State University | Matthew Rau |
| Apr. 21 | Yalan Song | Pennsylvania State University | Xiaofeng Liu |
| Apr. 21 | Alberto Redaelli | Politecnico di Milano | Keefe Manning |