Scientific Computing and Flow Physics Laboratory

Eric Johnsen

Professor, Mechanical Engineering
Director, PhD Program in Scientific Computing

Co-director, Center for Prediction, Reasoning, & Intelligence for Multiphysics Exploration (C-PRIME)
Deputy director, Center for High-Energy-Density Laboratory Astrophysics Research (CHEDAR)

Affiliated faculty, LANL-Michigan Strategic Partnership and Accelerated Research Collaboration (SPARC)
Affiliate, Michigan Institute for Computational Discovery and Engineering
Member, Michigan Institute for Plasma Science and Engineering
Member, Applied Physics Program

Contact info

University of Michigan
1231 Beal Ave.
Ann Arbor, MI 48109-2133

Office number: 2015 Walter E. Lay Automotive Laboratory
Phone: (734) 647-1450
Email: ejohnsen (at) umich.edu

Professional appointments

2023-present: Professor, Mechanical Engineering, U. Michigan
2017-2023: Associate Professor, Mechanical Engineering, U. Michigan
2010-2017: Assistant Professor, Mechanical Engineering, U. Michigan
2007-2009: Post-doctoral Fellow, Center for Turbulence Research, Stanford

Education

Ph.D., Mechanical Engineering, Caltech, 2008
M.S., Mechanical Engineering, Caltech, 2002
B.S., Mechanical and Environmental Engineering, UCSB, 2001

Teaching

ME320 (undergraduate fluid mechanics)
ME499 (introduction to computation and machine learning for mechanical engineers)
ME520 (graduate fluid mechanics I)
ME521 (graduate fluid mechanics II)
ME523 (graduate computational fluid dynamics)

Research interests

Fluid mechanics, including multiphase flows (cavitation, bubble and droplet dynamics), unsteady flows, high-speed flows and shock waves, turbulence and mixing, interfacial instabilities, non-newtonian flows, plasmas.

Computational Science and Engineering, including computational fluid dynamics (CFD), scientific computing, high-order methods, adaptive algorithms, high-performance computing.

Applications: biomedical engineering, energy sciences, aeronautics, hypersonics, turbomachinery, naval hydrodynamics, high-energy density physics.

Selected honors and awards

Associate Fellow (2021, AIAA)
Mechanical Engineering Department Achievement Award (2017, U. Michigan)
Ted Kennedy Family Team Excellence Award (2014, U. Michigan)
CAREER Award (2013, NSF)
Young Investigator Award (2012, ONR)
Ralph E. Powe Junior Faculty Fellow (2010, ORAU)

Selected service commitments

Member, User Advisory Council, Argonne Leadership Computing Facility, 2023-present
Director, PhD Program in Scientific Computing, University of Michigan, 2024-present
Associate Chair for Undergraduate Education, U-M Mechanical Engineering Department, 2021-2024
Chair, CFD Methods Subcommittee, American Institute for Aeronautics and Astronautics Fluid Dynamics Technical Committee, 2018-2020
Member, Steering Committee, American Institute for Aeronautics and Astronautics Fluid Dynamics Technical Committee, 2014-2020