Modeling and Simulation
Using models to simulate processes and gather data. Then use that data to improve the product or process at a lower cost than actually performing the process.
Testing new air bags through real-life crash tests could be time-consuming, expensive—even dangerous. Modeling and simulation finds that same information virtually, in very little time, with no smashed cars to make the physical world efficient, cost-effective, and safer.
Frank Gerner, Professor Mechanical Engineering
Active Research Faculty
Research Interests: Manufacturing systems, Industrial IoT
Research Interests: Design for manufacturing
Research Interests: Manufacturing simulation
Research Interests: Smart manufacturing
Research Interests: Computational Fluid Dynamics, Droplet Modeling, Hypersonics
Research Interests: Acoustics and vibration controls
Research Interests: Finite Element Methods, Multi-Physics Simulation