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Eric Johnsen

Eric Johnsen

Professor, Mechanical Engineering
Associate Chair for Undergraduate Education, Mechanical Engineering

Scientific Computing and Flow Physics Laboratory

Address

2380C GGB
2350 Hayward, Ann Arbor, MI 48109

Email: ejohnsen@umich.edu
Phone: (734) 647-1450

Degrees

PhD, California Institute of Technology, 2008
MS, California Institute of Technology, 2002
BS, University of California, Santa Barbara, 2001

Research Interests

Fluid mechanics, with an emphasis on multiphase flow, cavitation and bubble dynamics, computational fluid dynamics, high-speed flow and shock waves, turbulence and mixing, interfacial instabilities, plasmas, and high-performance computing. Applications include biomedical engineering, energy, aeronautics, turbomachinery, naval engineering and high-energy density physics.

Research Areas

Biomechanics & Biosystems Engineering, Energy, Fluids, Multi-scale Computation

Honors & Awards

  • CAREER Award, National Science Foundation, 2013
  • Young Investigator Award, Office of Naval Research, 2012
  • Ralph E. Powe Junior Faculty Enhancement Award, Oak Ridge Associated Universities, 2010
  • Post-Doctoral Fellowship, Center for Turbulence Research, Stanford, 2007-2009
  • Centennial Prize, Mechanical Engineering, Caltech, 2008

Faculty Type

Tenured and Tenure-Track

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Two of Johnsen's students win Student Paper Awards
09/03/2015
Lauren Mancia placed third in the Biomedical Acoustics Student Paper Award and Marc Henry de Frahan placed third in the CFD Student Paper Competition

Eric Johnsen selected as an NSF CAREER awardee
09/11/2013
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Two ME Faculty Honored with 2012 ONR Young Investigator Award
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Johnsen Receives ORAU Research Grant
05/25/2010
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