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Biography

Dr. Blair Perot
219 Engineering Lab University of
Massachusetts Amherst, MA 01003-2210 (413)
545-3925 perot@ecs.umass.edu
Employment
Associate Professor, University of Massachusetts,
Amherst, MA (2003 - Present).
Department of Mechanical and Industrial Engineering
Graduate School of Marine Sciences and Technology
Visiting Professor, Delft University of Technology, Netherlands (2003 - 2004).
Department of Applied Mathematics
Assistant Professor,
University of Massachusetts,
Amherst, MA (1997 - 2003).
Department of
Mechanical and Industrial Engineering
Founder,
Aquasions Inc.,
Canaan, NH. (1995 - Present).
Staff Scientist,
Los Alamos National Laboratory,
Los Alamos, NM. (1994 - 1995).
Fluid Dynamics Group
(T3)
Education
Stanford University,
M.S., Ph.D.,
Mechanical Engineering,
1994
Dissertation: “Shear-Free
Turbulent Boundary Layers”.
Ph.D. Minor: Computer
Science: Parallel Architectures and Algorithms.
Princeton University,
B.S.E.,
Aerospace Engineering, 1987
Thesis: “A Method for Determining the Dimension
of Chaotic Systems”.
Minor: Physics.
Honors & Awards
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J.M. Burgers
Visiting Professor,
Delft University of Technology, Netherlands, 2003-2004
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Lilly
Fellowship, Center
for Teaching, 2002-2003.
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Joseph Goldstein Award for
Outstanding Junior Faculty,
University of Massachusetts, 2002.
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College Outstanding Teacher
Award,
University of Massachusetts, 2002.
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STEMTEC
Fellow, Five Colleges, 2002.
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College Outstanding Advisor
Award,
University of Massachusetts, 2000.
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Terman
Graduate Fellowship,
Stanford University, 1988-1989.
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Phi Beta
Kappa, National
Honor Society, Princeton University, 1987.
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Summa Cum
Laude (Highest
Honors), Princeton University, 1987.
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Tau Beta Pi,
Engineering Honor Society, Princeton University, 1986.
Innovations
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Matrix
Analysis of Fractional Step Methods
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Exact
Fractional Step Methods
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Unstructured
Staggered Mesh Methods
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Discrete
Calculus Methods
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Moving and
Flipping Mesh Adaptation
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Turbulent
Potential Model
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Eddy Collision
Models
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Oriented
Eddy-Collision Models
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Unified RANS/LES
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Ultrahydrophobic Drag Reduction
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Graphics
Processors for CFD
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Real-time
Interactive CFD
An article
(in Dutch) about me.
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