Mechanical Engineering Faculty Profile:

Dr. Elias Balaras
Associate Professor of Mechanical Engineering

2246 Jeong H. Kim Engineering Building
University of Maryland
College Park, MD 20742

Phone: 301.405.2868

Email: balaras@umd.edu
Website

Research Interests

Multiscale/multiphysics modeling in physical and biological systems, applications of blood flow modeling in disease research, medical device design and surgical planning, insect flight biomechanics, fluid-structure interactions.

Education

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

Select 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 Memberships

Reviewer, Physics of Fluids A, Computers and Fluids, AIAA Journal

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