The Pennsylvania State University
FDRCFluid Dynamics
Research Consortium
FDRC seminar series

Fall 2026

9:30 am ET · 125 Reber Building

Series organizer: Samuel Grauer

Jacqueline O’ConnorUse of information networks for understanding hydrodynamic instability on complex wake flows
Pennsylvania State University
Aditya NairData-driven approaches for simulation, modeling and control of unsteady fluid flows
University of Nevada, Reno
Matthew KrullExperimental and computational characterization of transonic turbine relevant flow fields
Pennsylvania State University
Chaopeng ShenSensitivity-aware neural operator learning: from Navier–Stokes rollouts to flood and tsunamis
Pennsylvania State University
Harish GaneshUnderstanding the drag of soft biofilms: A multidisciplinary experimental approach
University of Michigan
Zhao PanEngineering with simple math: From urinals in restrooms to diagnostics in fluid mechanics labs
University of Waterloo
Vijay VedulaTalk details forthcoming
Columbia University
Shaun HarrisTalk details forthcoming
Sandia National Laboratories
Paul DurbinTalk details forthcoming
Iowa State University
Nathan WeiTalk details forthcoming
University of Pennsylvania
Karen TholeTalk details forthcoming
Pennsylvania State University
Thanksgiving
No seminar
Sven SchmitzTalk details forthcoming
Pennsylvania State University
Jake BuzhardtTalk details forthcoming
University of Wisconsin–Madison