Adaptive thermal modeling and laser-based measurements
of submicron electronic devices
Tsunami mitigation and fluid wave interactions with solid structures
Research Accomplishments
and Activities
Chair, Fluid Dynamics, American Physical Society
2002 Meeting
Founder, Forum on Advances in Free Surface and Interface Fluid Dynamics,
ASME
Founder and Director, SMU Submicron Electro-Thermal Sciences Laboratory
Recipient of over $2 million in government and industry funding
Recipient of Sigma Xi Faculty Research Award, 1996-97; Outstanding Graduate
Faculty Award, 1988-89, 1990-91,
1996-97, 2000-01; Outstanding Undergraduate Faculty Award, 1990-91, 1992-93;
and Delta Delta Delta Sorority Outstanding Faculty Award, 1990-91
J. Lindsay Embrey Trustee Professorship in Engineering, 1990-93
ASME North Texas Section Engineer of the Year, 1999-2000
Associate editor, ASME Journal of Fluids Engineering, 1998-2001
Research Philosophy
Exciting discoveries happen at the intersection
of disciplines and at the extremes of length
and time scales. My research interests are focused
on understanding nonlinear interactions in the
fields of fluid dynamics and heat transfer by
the development and use of advanced computing
software and laser-based measurement systems.
Current research thrusts include the numerical
simulation of the interactions of large waves,
such as tsunamis, with stationary and moving
structures, as well as the modeling and measurements
of ultra-fast heat transfer in submicron electronic
devices.
