Taylor ErwinView profile
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Taylor Erwin is a Research Assistant Professor in the Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science at the University of Tennessee. They are affiliated with Oak Ridge National Laboratory and focus on computational fluid dynamics (CFD), high-order numerical methods, and finite-element solvers. Their work emphasizes turbulence modeling, shock capturing techniques, and aerodynamic simulation for aerospace applications. Research interests include the development of the COFFE solver within the HPCMP CREATE-AV Kestrel framework, high-performance computing optimizations, and mesh adaptation strategies. Erwin’s contributions span RANS and LES simulations, transition modeling, and validation against benchmark configurations. They collaborate on projects involving ultra-efficient aircraft design, slotted natural laminar flow concepts, and parallel computing scalability. Key technical trends in their articles include advancements in finite-element discretization, shock-capturing algorithms for discontinuous Galerkin methods, and the integration of turbulence models like Spalart-Allmaras. Recent work highlights the application of output-based mesh adaptation and high-order curved meshes for improving solution accuracy in complex flows. No scientific awards are explicitly listed in the provided information. Advising and graduate student supervision details are not mentioned. Erwin is involved with the COFFE project and the HPCMP framework, contributing to multi-level parallelism strategies and solver robustness in computational engineering. Affiliations include the University of Tennessee and Oak Ridge National Laboratory, with research activities centered on aerospace CFD challenges and high-fidelity simulation technologies.












