UB - University at Buffalo, The State University of New York UB Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering
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  • Paul E. DesJardin, Professor

  • Education: Ph.D., Mechanical Engineering, Purdue University, 1998
    Office: 336 Jarvis Hall
    Phone: (716) 645-1467
    FAX: (716) 645-2883
    E-mail: ped3 .at. eng.buffalo.edu
    Curriculum Vitae: Click for PDF
    Research Interests: Computational fluid dynamics, multiphase reacting flows, fire and combustion, fluid-structure simulation.

    Current Projects:

    • "Flame Spread Modeling Over Composite Structures using Fully-Coupled Fluid-Structure Simulations", Office of Naval Research 9/06-9/09, PI: P. E. DesJardin
    • "CAREER: High Fidelity Modeling and Simulation of Fire Suppression", National Science Foundation, 1/04 - 1/09, PI: P. E. DesJardin

    Selected Papers:

    • Godoy, W. and DesJardin, P.E., "Radiation Driven Evaporation for Polydisperse Water Sprays," Int. J. of Heat and Mass Transfer, accepted (2008).
    • Xie, W. and DesJardin, P.E., "A Level Set Embedded Interface Method for Conjugate Heat Transfer Simulation of Low Speed 2D Flows," Computers and Fluids, 37, pp. 1262-1275 (2008).
    • Carrara, M. D. and DesJardin, P.E., "A Filtered Mass Density Function Approach to Modeling Separated Two-Phase Flows Using LES II: Simulation of a Droplet Laden Temporally Developing Mixing Layer", Int. J. of Multiphase Flows, 34, pp. 748-766 (2008).
    • Glaze, D. J., Yoon, S. S., Hewson, J. C., DesJardin, P.E., "Modeling Transport Phenomena of High Mass Loadings with Applications to Fire Suppression," Numerical Heat Transfer, Part B, 53, pp. 118-142 (2008).
    • Godoy, W. and DesJardin, P.E., "Efficient Calculation of Transmission Calculations for Polydisperse Water Sprays Using Spectral Scaling", J. of Quant. Spec. Rad. Trans., 108, pp. 440-453 (2007).
    • Shihn, H. and DesJardin, P.E., "Near-Wall Modeling of a Heated Vertical Wall Using One-Dimensional Turbulence", Int. J. of Heat and Mass Transfer, 50, pp. 1314-1327 (2007).
    • Luo, C. and DesJardin, P.E., "Thermo-mechanical Damage Modeling of a Glass-Phenolic Composite Material", Composites Science and Technology, 67, pp. 1475-1488 (2007).
    • Yoon, S. S., DesJardin, P. E., Hewson, J. C., Tieszen, S. R. and Blanchat, T. K., "Unsteady RANS Modeling of Water Spray Suppression for Large Scale Compartment Pool Fires," Atomization and Sprays, 17, pp. 1-45 (2007).