Dr. Michael Mueller

Biography

Professor Mueller’s research interests encompass computational modeling of multi-physics turbulent flows with applications to energy, propulsion, environment, combustion, offshore wind, aerosols, and plasmas. Additionally, his research interests extend to broader areas of computational data sciences, uncertainty quantification, algorithms for heterogeneous computational architectures, and data-based modeling using Machine Learning and Artificial Intelligence algorithms. In 2020, he was jointly appointed as a Faculty Researcher at the National Renewable Energy Laboratory. He currently serves as the Interim Director of the Princeton Institute for Computational Science and Engineering and is an Editor for the Proceedings of the Combustion Institute. He is a Fellow of the American Society of Mechanical Engineers and an Associate Fellow of the American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics. His research has been recognized with several awards, including the Hiroshi Tsuji Early Career Researcher Award from the Combustion Institute and the Young Investigator Program Award from the Army Research Office. Professor Mueller has also received the Princeton University Graduate Mentoring Award and the Distinguished Teacher Award from the School of Engineering and Applied Science. Prior to serving as Acting Chair, he was the Director of Graduate Studies from 2020 to 2023 and Associate Chair from 2023 to 2025.

Research Interests