Mechanical Engineering Faculty Profile:

Dr. Elias Balaras
Associate Professor of Mechanical Engineering

Computational fluid dynamics; biomedical fluid flows; fluid-structure interactions; turbulence and transition
(301) 405-8268 |  balaras@umd.edu | Room 3131, Building 088, Glenn L. Martin Hall

Education
Ph.D., Swiss Federal Institute of Technology (Lausanne), 1995

Recent Publications
Piomelli, U., and E. Balaras, “Wall-Layer Models for Large-Eddy Simulations,” Annu. Rev. Fluid Mech., Vol. 34, 2002.

Balaras, E., U. Piomelli, and J.M. Wallace, “Self-Similar States in Turbulent Mixing Layers,” Journal of Fluid Mechanics, Vol 446, 2001.

Li, N., E. Balaras, and U. Piomelli, “Inflow Conditions for Large-Eddy Simulations of Mixing Layers,” Physics of Fluids, Vol. 12, No. 4, 2000.

Piomelli, U., E. Balaras, and A. Pascarelli, “Turbulent Structures in Accelerating Boundary Layers,” Journal of Turbulence, Vol. 1, 2000.

Sarghini, F., U. Piomelli, and E. Balaras, “Scale-Similar Models for Large-Eddy Simulations,” Physics of Fluids, Vol. 11, No. 6, 1999.

Scientific and Professional Membership
Reviewer, Physics of Fluids A, Computers and Fluids, AIAA Journal

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