Flow Sensing and Control
Rotating Cylinders
Flow separation dominates the hydrodynamic forces on bluff bodies, so efficient separation control has been and continues to be an area of intense ...
Multi-Element Foils
Multi-element foils offer enhanced performance for numerous large angle of attack and high lift applications. For this performance gain to ...
Object Identification
When an underwater vehicle moves, it displaces water, generating a unique velocity and pressure field around it. The presence of an obstacle in the ...
Hydrofoil Energy Extraction
Vortex detection and tracking has applications across a wide range of mechanical and biological systems. For flapping foil ocean energy systems, shed ...
Yaw Angle Control
Over millions of years, fish have evolved in unique ways to adapt to the idiosyncracies of their environments. The Blind Mexican Cavefish...
Global Vorticity Shedding
Global vorticity shedding is a phenomenon where the
boundary layer vorticity on an object is released
into the fluid as a free vortex when the object is ...
Biomimetics
Seal Whiskers
A major challenge for autonomous underwater vehicles (AUVs) is being able to intelligently assess their surroundings. Here we look to the harbor seal ...
Flapping Foils
Flapping hydrofoils, similar to the oscillating fins of fish, can dwarf the efficiency of the propeller, making them a promising alternative in ship and ...
Vortex Induced Vibrations
Vortex Induced Vibrations
Vortex induced vibration (VIV) is a phenomenon observed for bluff bodies in a free stream. The shedding of asymmetric vortices from the bluff body...
MEMS Pressure Sensors
CB-PDMS
Goal: To employ an array of MEMS flow sensors for the development of an ideal artificial lateral-line system that closely mimics the biological neuromasts ...
Piezo Array Sensor
This work utilizes piezoelectric MEMS pressure sensors employing a combination of PZT composite material and silicon by using micromachining ...
SU-8 Pillar
The project is towards developing an artificial lateral-line MEMS sensor array bio-mimicking the functional implications of superficial neuromasts...