Prof. Tim Colonius — Research Profile
California Institute of Technology · Mechanical and Civil Engineering
Graduate application deadlines
Mechanical and Civil Engineering
Mechanical Engineering (ME) — MS/PhD
Fall 2027Application deadline
Dec 15, 2026
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Prof. Tim Colonius at California Institute of Technology Mechanical and Civil Engineering lists Fluid dynamics, global instabilities, cavitation and bubble dynamics, aerodynamic sound, closed-loop flow control and reduced-order modeling, Biomedical fluid dynamics, shock-waves, lithotripsy and ultrasound, Numerical methods, interface capturing, immersed-boundary methods, high-order-accurate methods, nonreflecting boundary conditions as their registered research area.
Research areas
Fluid dynamics, global instabilities, cavitation and bubble dynamics, aerodynamic sound, closed-loop flow control and reduced-order modeling, Biomedical fluid dynamics, shock-waves, lithotripsy and ultrasound, Numerical methods, interface capturing, immersed-boundary methods, high-order-accurate methods, nonreflecting boundary conditions
Research keywords
Recent papers
- Resolvent modelling of subsonic jet noiseNewJournal of Fluid Mechanics · Nov 3
- Flapping motion in screeching round jetsJournal of Fluid Mechanics · Oct 15
- Cyclostationary analysis of forced turbulent jetsJournal of Fluid Mechanics · Oct 1
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