• Associate Professor, Mechanical Engineering
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Educational Background

  • Ph.D., Mechanical Engineering, Texas A&M University — 2013
  • M.S., Mechanical Engineering, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University — 2008
  • B.S., Mechanical Engineering, Texas Tech University — 2007

Research Interests

    • Experimental Fluid Mechanics
    • Computational Fluid Mechanics
    • Hydrodynamic Instabilities 
    • Multiphase Flows
    • Droplet Breakup
    • Detonations
    • Shock-Drive Multiphase Mixing 

Awards & Honors

  • American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA) senior member - 2023
  • Joint Center for Resilience National Security Faculty Fellowship - 2022
  • Junior Faculty Excellence in Research Award, University of Missouri College of Engineering - 2020
  • U.S. National Science Foundation CAREER Award - 2019
  • Junior Faculty Excellence in Teaching Award, University of Missouri College of Engineering - 2019
  • Graduate Teaching Fellow, Texas A&M Mechanical Engineering department of Mechanical engineering - 2013

Selected Publications

  • Duke-Walker, V., McFarland, J., “Vorticity suppression by multiphase effects in shock-driven variable density mixing,” Int. J. Multiphase Flow - 2024
  • Musick, B., Paudel, M., Ramaprabhu, P., McFarland, J., “Numerical Simulations of Droplet Evaporation and Breakup Effects on Heterogeneous Detonations”, Comb. and Flame (2023).
  • Maxon, W.C., Nielsen, T., Denissen, N., Regele, J., McFarland, J., “A High Resolution Simulation of a Single Shock-Accelerated Particle”, J. of Fluids Eng. (2021).
  • Duke-Walker, V., Maxon, W.C., Almuhna, S., McFarland, J., “Evaporation and Breakup Effects in the Shock-Driven Multiphase Instability”, J. of Fluid Mech. (2021).
  • 5. Black W., Denissen N., McFarland J., “Particle Force Model Effects in a Shock-Driven Multiphase Instability”, Shock Waves, (2018).
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