معرفی
Bianca Viggiano is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Mechanical Engineering at Polytechnique Montréal. She holds a Ph.D. in Mechanical Engineering from Portland State University, where her thesis on turbulent jet dynamics earned the Outstanding Dissertation Award. Her research focuses on fluid mechanics, turbulence, multiphase flows, and modeling/simulation, with affiliations to the Fluid Dynamics Laboratory (LADYF). She has published over 20 peer-reviewed articles and received prestigious awards, including the Young Scientist Prize from the European Fluid Mechanics Conference.
Education:
- B.Sc. Applied Mathematics (University of Oregon, 2011)
- B.Sc. Mechanical Engineering (Portland State University, n.d.)
- M.Sc. Mechanical Engineering (Portland State University, n.d.)
- Ph.D. Mechanical Engineering (Portland State University, 2022)
Research Interests:
- Fluid mechanics, turbulence, multiphase flows, and modeling.
- Applications in renewable energy (wind turbines) and thermal management (solar panel cooling).
- Experimental and computational techniques for flow analysis.
Publications: Recent work includes studies on inertial particle clustering in jets, Lagrangian modeling of turbulent flows, and wind turbine wake dynamics. Articles span journals like Physical Review Fluids and International Journal of Multiphase Flow.
Awards: Highlights include the 2022 Outstanding Dissertation and Young Scientist Prize for contributions to fluid dynamics research.
Advising & Grants: Actively recruiting students for projects on turbulence and multiphase systems. Collaborates on funded initiatives, including the New Frontiers in Research Fund.
Labs/Teams: Member of the Fluid Dynamics Laboratory (LADYF), focusing on advanced fluid mechanics research.
