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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

  • J.M. Burgers Visiting Professor, Delft University of Technology, Netherlands, 2003-2004

  • Lilly Fellowship, Center for Teaching, 2002-2003.

  • Joseph Goldstein Award for Outstanding Junior Faculty, University of Massachusetts, 2002.

  • College Outstanding Teacher Award, University of Massachusetts, 2002.

  • STEMTEC Fellow, Five Colleges, 2002.

  • College Outstanding Advisor Award, University of Massachusetts, 2000.

  • Terman Graduate Fellowship, Stanford University, 1988-1989.

  • Phi Beta Kappa, National Honor Society, Princeton University, 1987.

  • Summa Cum Laude (Highest Honors), Princeton University, 1987.

  • Tau Beta Pi, Engineering Honor Society, Princeton University, 1986.

 

Innovations

  • Matrix Analysis of  Fractional Step Methods

  • Exact Fractional Step Methods

  • Unstructured Staggered Mesh Methods

  • Discrete Calculus Methods

  • Moving and Flipping Mesh Adaptation

  • Turbulent Potential Model

  • Eddy Collision Models

  • Oriented Eddy-Collision Models

  • Unified RANS/LES

  • Ultrahydrophobic Drag Reduction

  • Graphics Processors for CFD

  • Real-time Interactive CFD

 

An article (in Dutch) about me.


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