Unsteady Flow Interactions Laboratory

Congratulations to Tianjun, Amin, and Melike on their new paper in Bioinspiration and Biomimetics! We have shown >50% propulsive efficiency for pitching 3D foils with tailored non-uniform flexibility. Check it out! https://iopscience.iop.org/article/10.1088/1748-3190/ac7f70 Optimal foil:…Continue Reading Congratulation Tianjun, Amin, Melike on the new paper in Bioinspiration and Biomimetics!

I’m looking for a strong postdoc candidate in experimental fluid mechanics to work with on our collaborative ARPA-E project: Bio-Inspired Renewable Energy (BIRE) hydrokinetic turbine for electricity generation. I believe that diversity makes our team stronger.  Candidates of all backgrounds are encouraged to apply. See the advertisement below: Postdoctoral Research Associate Opportunity…Continue Reading Postdoctoral Research Associate Opportunity!

News story on our ONR MURI award: Here are more details….Continue Reading Lehigh-led Interdisciplinary Research Team Wins Prestigious $7.5M DOD Award

I am happy to announce that we will be leading an ONR MURI team (George Lauder, Hilary Bart-Smith, Radhika Nagpal, Dan Quinn, & Haibo Dong) here at Lehigh MEM to study the hydrodynamics of fish schooling.  DOD press release….Continue Reading I am happy to announce that we will be leading an ONR MURI team on the hydrodynamics of fish schooling!

Former PhD student of the Unsteady Flow Interactions Lab, Melike Kurt, was selected to give a seminar on her PhD research at GALCIT for the Caltech Young Investigator Series on April 8th, 2022.  Her talk is entitled, “Stable Self-organization Arises for Schooling Swimmers Through Hydrodynamic Interactions.”  Good luck and have fun at the seminar Melike!…Continue Reading Congratulations Melike on your upcoming seminar for the Caltech Young Investigator Series!

Fatma Ayancik, Amin Mivehchi, and Keith Moored have published a new paper in AIAA Journal on the scaling laws for three-dimensional combined heaving and pitching propulsors….Continue Reading Congratulations Fatma and Amin on your new AIAA Journal paper!

News coverage: Innovating power generation where ‘a river runs through it’ | sciencenewsnet.in…Continue Reading News coverage: Innovating power generation where ‘a river runs through it’ | sciencenewsnet.in

News coverage: Lehigh University engineers unlock secrets to swimming efficiency of whales, dolphins | sciencenewsnet.in…Continue Reading News coverage: Lehigh University engineers unlock secrets to swimming efficiency of whales, dolphins | sciencenewsnet.in

…Continue Reading Fun at the Thousand Islands Meeting

Nice Job Nate!…Continue Reading Congratulations to Nate on successfully defending his dissertation!