Associate Professor, Mechanical Engineering
Associate Professor, Aerospace Engineering
Mentoring Plan
Address
2011 AL
1231 Beal, Ann Arbor, MI 48109-2133
Phone: (734) 936-2137
Degrees
Ph.D., Mechanical & Aerospace Engineering, Cornell University, 2014
M.S., Mechanical & Aerospace Engineering, Cornell University, 2012
M.S., Mechanical Engineering, University of Colorado, 2011
B.S., Mechanical Engineering, SUNY Binghamton, 2009
Research Interests
Fluid mechanics, with an emphasis on multiphase flow, turbulence, reacting flows, and high-performance computing. Applications include renewable energy, disease transmission, and space exploration.
Research Areas
Fluids, Multi-scale Computation
Faculty Type
Tenured and Tenure-Track
Related News
Jesse Capecelatro details recent developments in computational modeling of dry powder inhalers
08/25/2022
Efforts to model air flow and track drug particles for specific drugs and patients are often costly, but a range of options are available to DPI designers for problem-solving through the complexities of achieving appropriate flows for each drug and patient, Dr. Capecelatro argues.
ME faculty promotions approved by Regents
05/23/2022
The Regents of the University of Michigan have approved the promotions of four ME faculty.
Angela Violi and Jesse Capecelatro receive the 2021 Mechanical Engineering Department Achievement Award
02/12/2021
The annual Mechanical Engineering Department Achievement Awards have been given to Professor Angela Violi and Professor Jesse Capecelatro.
School bus safety during the COVID-19 pandemic: 8 recommendations
09/14/2020
In The Conversation, Capecelatro offers suggestions like keeping windows open, shorter trips and below half-capacity seating on public buses
The science behind campus bus changes during COVID-19
08/31/2020
Engineers used smoke machines, physics-based modeling and route optimization algorithms to quantify risk.
ASME Pi Tau Sigma Gold Medal Awarded to Jesse Capecelatro
06/07/2019
An award for outstanding achievement in the mechanical engineering field.
Capecelatro and Rouse receive NSF CAREER Awards
02/16/2019
Two of ME's Assitant Professors recognized by NSF with a prestigious award.
ME Assistant Professor named part of ONR's 2019 Young Investigators
12/19/2018
Assistant Professor Jesse Capecelatro to share funding of $16.5 million with 24 other recipients.
Five ME Students Receive 2018 NSF GRFP awards
04/04/2018
The purpose of the NSF GRFP (National Science Foundation Graduate Research Fellowship Program) is to help ensure the vitality and diversity of the scientific and engineering workforce of the United States.
ME Welcomes Four New Faculty
10/24/2016
The ME department is pleased to welcome Jesse Capecelatro, Daniel Cooper, Bogdan Ioan Popa, and Yue Fan, who are joining the faculty as assistant professors