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Jesse Capecelatro

Jesse Capecelatro
Assistant Professor, Mechanical Engineering
Capecelatro Research Group

Address

2011

AL

W.E. Lay Auto Lab

1231 Beal 
Ann Arbor, MI 48109-2133

Email
jcaps@umich.edu
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 computational methods, multiphase and granular flow, turbulence, combustion, and high-performance computing. Applications include renewable energy, carbon capture, environmental flows, aerosols, turbomachinery, and space.

Faculty Type

Tenured and Tenure-Track

Related News

Angela Violi and Jesse Capecelatro receive the 2021 Mechanical Engineering Department Achievement Award

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

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

Engineers used smoke machines, physics-based modeling and route optimization algorithms to quantify risk.

ASME Pi Tau Sigma Gold Medal Awarded to Jesse Capecelatro

An award for outstanding achievement in the mechanical engineering field.

Capecelatro and Rouse receive NSF CAREER Awards

Two of ME's Assitant Professors recognized by NSF with a prestigious award.

ME Assistant Professor named part of ONR's 2019 Young Investigators

Assistant Professor Jesse Capecelatro to share funding of $16.5 million with 24 other recipients.