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

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