Penn State

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.

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