Dr. Diego Donzis, assistant professor in the Department of Aerospace Engineering at Texas A&M University, was the keynote speaker at the first annual Rocky Mountain Fluid Mechanics Research Symposium held recently in Boulder, Colorado. Donzis spoke on extreme events in turbulence: scaling and direct numerical simulations.
The symposium brought together students, faculty and professional researchers with a common interest in fluid mechanics. The primary purpose of the symposium was to provide student researchers along the Colorado Front Range the opportunity to present and discuss their work.
Donzis has been with the department since 2009 and his research interests include large-scale, high-performance computing, fluid dynamics, turbulence and turbulent mixing. He received his bachelor's degree in aeronautical engineering from Universidad Tecnologica Nacional, Argentina in 2001, his master's degree in aerospace engineering from Georgia Institute of Technology in 2004 and Ph.D. in aerospace engineering from Georgia Institute of Technology in 2007. He has received the Francois Frenkiel award, the NSF CAREER award, two TEES Select Young Faculty awards, two INCITE awards by DOE and best graduates from Argentina by the National Academy of Engineering of Argentina.