Mike Kirby Graduate Student Division of Applied Mathematics and Department of Computer Science Brown University kirby@cfm.brown.edu

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I am now a faculty member in the School of Computing at the University of Utah. Click here for my new webpage

Research Interests

My research focus is on large-scale scientific computing and visualization, with an emphasis on the scientific cycle of mathematical modeling, computation, visualization, evaluation, and understanding.

My primary research interests are:

Computational Science and Engineering

Concurrent Programming

Scientific Visualization

Interdisciplinary Collaboration across Computer Science, Engineering, and Applied Math

Computational Steering

High Performance Computing

Research Project Areas

• Use of Discontinuous Galerkin Methods for Compressible Flows
• Mesh Movement Algorithms for Moving Geometry Computations
• Spectral Vanishing Viscosity for Large-Eddy Simulation
• Modeling of the "Energy Harvesting Eel"
• Modeling of Microfluidic Devices
• Use of Painterly Methods for Multi-valued Data Representations
• Use of Interactive Immersive Environments for Understanding Biological Flows
• Computational Benchmarking

Curriculum Vitae: pdf / html

CRUNCH Group

I am a member of the CRUNCH group, the simulation science research group directed by my Ph.D advisor, Professor George Karniadakis.

Contact Information

Mike Kirby
Box F, Division of Applied Mathematics
Brown University
Providence, RI 02912
Office: (401) 863-3694
FAX:   (401) 863-3369
kirby@cfm.brown.edu

Last updated 01/26/02