Wind + Sea

From navy ships to underwater dragonfly nymphs. From aircraft to birds. We're studying it all.

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Contact Line Dynamics

Studying how non-uniform wetting properties affect free-surface flows

Active Flow Control

Finding new ways to make aircraft safer and more fuel efficient

Dimpled Air-Injection Surfaces

Improving air-lubrication drag reduction methods.

Aerodynamic Stability of Multipropulsors

Making drones more efficient and easier to study.

Completed Projects

Formation and Persistence of Micro-scale Gas Pockets on Superhydrophobic Surfaces
Unconventional Wind Turbine Design
Free Surface Bubbly Flows
Direct Free Surface Impact Force Measurement
Wind Turbine Optimization Through Wind Deflectors
Universal Time Scale for Vortex Ring Formation
Optimum Thrust of a Pulse Jet
Experimental Investigation of Non-slender Delta Wings
Wing Tip Vortex Formation
Heat Transport Processes
Time-Dependent Fluid Dynamic Forces
Cylinder Motion
Atmospheric Boundary Layer Project
Wing Shape Optimization