With the start of the new semester, it’s time to welcome two new undergraduate researchers to the FAST lab. Grace Ameis and Kelly Boutin. Grace will be investigating impulse enhancement of a vortex ring passing through a cylindrical aperture. The… Read More
Congratulations to Mohsen Motie-Shiraze for successfully completing and defending his Ph.D. dissertation
Congratulations to Mohsen Motie-Shiraze for successfully completing and defending his Ph.D. dissertation, titled “An investigation of normal and pathological collision mechanics in synthetic vocal fold models.” Mohsen will continue in the FAST lab as a post-doctoral researcher. 7/1/22
Tanvir Ahmed recently presented his work
Tanvir Ahmed recently presented his work, titled “Analysis of three-dimensional flow field during pronunciation of the fricative [θ]” at the 7th Thermal and Fluids Engineering Conference in Las Vegas, NV from May 16-18. 5/20/22
Dr. Erath has been awarded a grant from the National Science Foundation
Dr. Erath has been awarded a grant from the National Science Foundation (CBET-2211294), titled “Brave new whorl: Vortex ring impingement on concave surfaces.” Over the next 3 years, this work will explore the mechanics of vortex rings impinging on concave… Read More
Hannah Wendling defends her Honors thesis
Congratulations to Hannah Wendling, who defended her Honors thesis and graduated with a B.S. in Mechanical Engineering. Hannah’s thesis was titled “Fluid dynamics of fricative consonants and their implication on virus propagation.” See other announcements.
Prof. Erath chairs a special session at TFEC and gives invited presentation
Prof. Erath organized and chaired a special session on the Fluid Mechanics of Speech at the virtual 5th & 6th Thermal Fluids Engineering Conference (TFEC), held June 5 – 6. He also delivered an invited presentation titled “High-fidelity intraglottal pressure measurements in… Read More
FAST Lab members present their work at Advances in Quanitative Laryngology (AQL) conference
Mohsen Motie-Shirazi and Molly Stewart both presented their research at the recent virtual Advances in Quanitative Laryngology Conference held June 7 – 10. Mohsen gave an oral presentation titled “Influence of a posterior glottal opening on dissipated collision power: synthetic… Read More