About Dr. Helenbrook
Biography
I am currently the the Paynter-Krigman Endowed Chair in Engineering Science Simulation at Clarkson University. I obtained my B.S. degree from the University of Notre Dame and Ph.D. degree from Princeton University all in mechanical engineering. After my Ph.D., I was a post-doctoral researcher at Stanford University working on the Applied Strategic Computing Initiative. I was a fellow in the Faculty Fellowship program at NASA Langley in 2002 and at NASA Kennedy in 2005. More recently I spent a year as a visiting faculty at the Université catholique de Louvain in Belgium in 2009.
Research Interests
My research interests are mainly in the development and application of numerical simulation techniques for fluid flows and heat transfer. Most of my recent work has been developing adaptive, arbitrary-Lagrangian-Eulerian (ALE), hp-finite element methods, which enable efficient high-order of accuracy simulations of single and multi-phase flows. Recent application areas include solidification modeling of silicon and aluminum manufacturing processes, droplet and spray modeling, as well as more classical aerodynamic optimization applications such as optimization of luge sleds for the US Olympic Luge Association (USLA) and optimal design of ducted wind turbines.
Contact
Email:bhelenbr@clarkson.edu
Phone:315/268-2204
Office: 259 CAMP Building
Mailbox: CU Box 5725
Google Scholar Page
Dr. Helenbrook’s Google Scholar Page.