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Assistant Professor
Mechanical Engineering
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Steinman Hall T - 252 |
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(212)650-5210 Office
(646)489-9919 Cell |
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(253)399-2458 |
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rouson@ccny.cuny.edu |
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Education:
B.M.E., 1989, Howard University
M.S., Mechanical Engineering, 1991, Stanford University
Ph.D., Mechanical Engineering, 1997, Stanford University
Registered Professional Engineer, State of California, (Certificate No. M 31108)
Best Editorial, Engineering College Magazines Associated
Best Non-Technical Article, Engineering College Magazines Associated
Tau Beta Pi Fellowship
National Science Foundation Minority Graduate Fellowship
National Consortium for Educational Access Fellowship
GEM Fellowship
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Minority Student Fellowship
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Areas of Expertise:
turbulence in fluids, superfluids, and multiphase mixtures
quantum vortex dynamics
computational fluid dynamics
software engineering
high performance computing
fire dynamics
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Current Research Interests:
Professor Rouson has published approximately eight conference papers and journal articles with one book chapter in progress. His research has involved important collaborations with government laboratories such as the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) and Sandia National Laboratories as well as collaborations with faculty in mathematics, computer science, physics and fire protection engineering at several academic institutions. In his joint studies with Dr. Howard Baum of NIST, he has developed a novel software module for simulating boundary-layer scalar transport to be coupled with room-scale simulations of fire dynamics. With CUNY physics Prof. Joel Koplik, Prof. Rouson is performing fundamental computer simulations of the motion of quantum vortices in turbulent, superfluid liquid Helium at cryogenic temperatures. With Drs. Sheldon Tieszen and Gregory Evans of Sandia National Laboratories, Prof. Rouson has studied the laminar to turbulent transition in free convection boundary layers at temperatures typical of large-scale fire applications. Prof. Rouson also consults with industry and private clients on the cause and origin of fires.
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Current Professional Affiliations:
American Physical Society
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Selected Recent Publications:
Rouson, D.W.I. "Fire modeling for environmental applications", in Environmental Sciences and Environmental Computing, Vol. II, Envirocomp Institute, California, in preparation.
Rouson, D.W.I., Tieszen, S., Evans, G. "Modeling convection heat transfer and turbulence with fire applications: a high temperature vertical plate and a methane fire", in Proc. of the Summer Program 2002, Center for Turbulence Research, Stanford University, Stanford, CA 94305, in press.
Rouson, D. W. I, Baum, H. R. & Quintere, J. G. "A boundary layer combustion model for coupling with large eddy simulations", 2nd Joint Mtg. of U.S. Sections of the Combustion Institute, Oakland, CA, March 2001.
Rouson, D. W. I. & Eaton, J. K. "On the preferential concentration of solid particles in turbulent channel flow," Journal of Fluid Mechanics, v. 348, p., 2001.
Rouson, D. W. I. and Eaton, J. K. "Particle Interaction Models for Higher-Order Simulations of Particle-Laden Turbulence," Third Intl. Conf. on Multiphase Flow, Lyon, France, 1998.
Hosokawa, S., Eaton, J. K., Abrahamson, S. C., & Rouson, D. W. I. " High-order modeling of vortex decay in the presence of solid particles," Third Intl. Conf. on Multiphase Flow, Lyon, France, 1998.
Rouson, D. W. I. A Direct Numerical Simulation of a Particle-Laden Turbulent Channel Flow, Ph.D. Dissertation, Stanford University, Stanford, CA, 1997.
Rouson, D. W. I. & Eaton, J. K. "Direct Numerical Simulation of turbulent channel flow with immersed particles," Third Intl. Symposium on Numerical Methods in Multiphase Flow, ASME FED-Vol. 185, p. 47, 1994.
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