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Professor Kevin J. Maki specializes in marine computational mechanics, focusing on developing new methods for performance evaluation of marine vehicles. His research encompasses various organized themes within the marine domain, including the creation of novel methods to couple full finite-element models of ships with nonlinear fluid models that account for breaking waves and turbulence to predict loading under extreme operating conditions. Furthermore, he has produced computational fluid dynamics-based tools, allowing the establishment of a new virtual design environment utilized by naval ship designers and engineers. His ongoing research includes projects in the automotive sector, where he leads a multi-disciplinary team that models turbulent fluid flow around vehicle bodies, assessing how minor surface alterations can affect fuel economy. His teaching includes advanced courses on numerical methods and computational fluid dynamics for senior and graduate students, emphasizing high-Reynolds number incompressible flows and air-water interfaces.
University of Michigan • Ann Arbor, MI
Serves as a Professor in the Department of Naval Architecture and Marine Engineering, focusing on marine computational mechanics and directing the Aaron Friedman Marine Hydrodynamics Laboratory.
Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science