Computational scientist specializing in reactive flows.

Overview of Research

My research applies computational mathematics to advance the understanding of reactive flows across a range of scientific and engineering applications, including sustainable aviation fuel combustion, CO₂ desublimation for carbon capture, and blood clot formation. This work involves the development and maintenance of open-source software in C++ and Python to enable high-fidelity simulation of complex multiphysics systems.

Selected examples below provide visual demonstrations of these research efforts.

Preferential Vaporization of Synthetic Aviation Fuels

Nonreacting simulation of JP8 (POSF10264) in the Ascent 74 combustor. This simulaiton was part of a study related to the new dual-fidelity spray model we developed in Pele.

Heterogeneous Nucleation of CO₂ in Carbon Capture Systems

Conference presentation from the Rocky Mountain Fluid Mechanics Symposium describing collaborative work with Carbon America on modeling heterogeneous nucleation processes in carbon capture systems (NLR/PR-2C00-96067).

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Hemostasis in a Microfluidic Device

Using the clotFoam framework, we simulate platelet-mediated coagulation across a range of physiologically relevant geometries. This example models hemostasis following an extravascular injury within an in vitro microfluidic device. Blood enters through the right channel while a buffer fluid flows through the left channel at a lower rate, driving blood into a horizontal channel coated with tissue factor and collagen to initiate platelet adhesion and coagulation.

Thrombosis

This simulation demonstrates thrombus formation resulting from an intravascular injury using the clotFoam software framework, highlighting the model’s ability to capture complex clot growth dynamics under flow conditions.