Michael Allshouse

Michael Allshouse is an Associate Teaching Professor in the Department of Mechanical and Industrial Engineering at Northeastern University, affiliated with the College of Engineering. He holds a PhD, MSc, and BSc in Mechanical Engineering from MIT (2013, 2010, 2008). His research focuses on nonlinear dynamics, geophysical fluid dynamics, computational fluid mechanics, disaster response, and experimental fluid systems. He is a member of the American Physics Society, American Society of Mechanical Engineers, and Society of Industrial and Applied Mathematicians.

His work emphasizes fluid dynamics in environmental and geophysical contexts, including internal wave behavior, submesoscale flow analysis, and Lagrangian coherent structure detection. Key methods include Gaussian Process Regression for data sparse reconstruction and experimental validation of fluid-structure interactions. Notable contributions address energy flux quantification in internal waves, drifter deployment strategies for surface convergence detection, and seagrass deformation effects on fluid instability. His recent studies explore rough surface interactions, barotropic/baroclinic forcing in topographic waves, and medical dosimetry modeling in asthma subjects.

Dr. Allshouse’s research bridges computational modeling, experimental validation, and environmental applications, with implications for disaster response, ocean transport prediction, and biomedical engineering systems.