SIMCenter Presents Associate Professor Steven Miller

Seminar Topic: Present and Upcoming Research Portfolio of the Theoretical Fluid Dynamics and Turbulence Group at the University of Florida

Abstract  

Professor Steven A. E. Miller will give an overview of current and upcoming research projects conducted by the Theoretical Fluid Dynamics and Turbulence Group at the University of Florida. These include:

•Examining the main efforts of the Office of Naval Research program involving the noise from shock wave turbulence interactions.
•A National Atmospheric and Oceanic Administration research program that involves field-measurements, wind-tunnel tests, and theoretical predictions of tornadoes combined with the weather.
•The United States Air Force investigation of turbulent combustion instability. The main theoretical approach will be presented to predict the acoustically driven instability.
•Two newly formed programs for the use of plasma control in turbulent jet flows and rotor wakes.
Finally, will outline the teaching portfolio that is related to the research program at the graduate and undergraduate level.

Biography

Assistant Professor Steven A. E. Miller conducts research in fluid dynamics, aeroacoustics, and related disciplines. He joined the University of Florida Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering in August of 2016. He is a 2019 United States Air Force Faculty Fellow. He worked for seven years as a Research Aerospace Engineer at the National Aeronautics and Space Administration Langley Research Center. He received his Ph.D. and M.S. in Aerospace Engineering from the Pennsylvania State University, his B.S. in Mechanical Engineering from Michigan State University, and studied statistics in Taganrog State University in Russia. He received numerous awards including: The NASA Early Career Achievement Medal, the 2019 USAF AFRL Faculty Fellowship, the Doug Ensor Award, the AIAA Hampton Roads Section Robert A. Mitcheltree Young Engineer of the Year Award, and the AIAA Laurence J. Bement Young Professional Paper Award. His hobbies involve art history and pure mathematics.

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