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Samuel Grauer is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Mechanical Engineering at Pennsylvania State University. His research focuses on inverse problems in optical diagnostics, with applications to fluid dynamics, combustion, and uncertainty quantification. He earned a PhD from the University of Waterloo (2018) and a BSc from the University of Manitoba (2014), followed by a postdoctoral fellowship at Georgia Tech's Ben T. Zinn Combustion Laboratory (2018-2020).
His research group develops advanced optical diagnostics techniques such as particle image velocimetry (PIV/PTV), background-oriented schlieren (BOS), and hyperspectral absorption tomography. These methods are applied to study high-speed turbulent flows, detonations, and heterogeneous materials. Key themes include differentiable programming, Bayesian inference, and scientific machine learning for flow reconstruction and uncertainty quantification.
Current students include PhD candidates Joseph P Molnar, Ke Zhou, and Amit K Singh, along with MS/BS researchers focusing on computational fluid dynamics and experimental diagnostics. His work has been published in leading journals such as Journal of Computational Physics, Combustion and Flame, and Applied Optics.
Professional affiliations include Google Scholar and ResearchGate profiles. His lab collaborates internationally, with equipment spanning high-speed imaging systems and advanced laser diagnostics. Prospective students with programming skills and interests in fluid physics are encouraged to contact him via sgrauer@psu.edu.
