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Eric Johnsen is a Professor of Mechanical Engineering at the University of Michigan, where he has served since 2010, progressing from Assistant Professor to Associate Professor and currently Professor since 2023. He also serves as Director of the PhD Program in Scientific Computing (2024-present) and holds affiliate positions with the Michigan Institute for Computational Discovery and Engineering, Michigan Institute for Plasma Science and Engineering, and the Applied Physics Program.
Dr. Johnsen earned his PhD in Mechanical Engineering from Caltech in 2008, following an MS from Caltech in 2002 and a BS in Mechanical and Environmental Engineering from UCSB in 2001. Prior to joining Michigan, he was a Post-doctoral Fellow at Stanford's Center for Turbulence Research from 2007-2009.
His research focuses on fluid mechanics with emphasis on multiphase flows, cavitation and bubble dynamics, computational fluid dynamics, high-speed flows and shock waves, turbulence and mixing, interfacial instabilities, plasmas, and high-performance computing. His work has significant applications in biomedical engineering (particularly ultrasound and cavitation therapy), energy sciences, aeronautics, hypersonics, naval engineering, and high-energy density physics. He has developed novel numerical methods for simulating complex fluid phenomena, including high-order accurate finite difference, finite volume, and discontinuous finite element methods.
Analysis of his recent publications reveals a strong focus on multiphase flows, shock-interface interactions, bubble dynamics, and advanced numerical methods. His work spans applications from astrophysics (supernova remnants) to biomedical engineering (microbubble dynamics in blood-like fluids) to high-energy density physics (laser-plasma interactions).
Dr. Johnsen has received numerous honors including the NSF CAREER Award (2013), ONR Young Investigator Award (2012), and Ralph E. Powe Junior Faculty Enhancement Award (2010). He was named an Associate Fellow of AIAA in 2021 and received the Mechanical Engineering Department Achievement Award at Michigan in 2017.
He has advised over 25 PhD students to completion, with many going on to prominent positions in academia and industry. His research has been supported by numerous grants from DOE, NNSA, ONR, NIH, NSF, national laboratories, and industry partners. His laboratory, the Scientific Computing and Flow Physics Laboratory, maintains strong collaborations with multiple departments and institutions.
The laboratory conducts cutting-edge research using high-performance computing to investigate fundamental fluid phenomena with applications across multiple disciplines. Current projects include algorithm/software/hardware co-design for high energy density applications, research in high-energy-density laboratory astrophysics, and developing physics-based approaches for blast and traumatic brain injury prediction.
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