Keiko K. Nomura
Department of Applied Mechanics and Engineering Sciences
University of California, San Diego
La Jolla, CA 92093-0411
knomura@ames.ucsd.edu

Research Areas and Interests:

Theoretical and computational fluid mechanics, transport phenomena, turbulence, turbulent reacting flows, and combustion. Direct numerical simulation of turbulent flows.

Education

Ph.D. (1994), Mechanical Engineering, University of California - Irvine, Irvine, CA
Dissertation: Small-scale Structure of Turbulence in a Nonpremixed Reacting Flow With and Without Energy Release (Advisor: Prof. Said Elghobashi)

M.Sc. (1983), Mechanical Engineering, University of Wisconsin - Madison, Madison, WI
Thesis: Measurement of Mass Transfer from a Simulated Fuel Particle by the Method of Holographic Interferometry.

B.Sc. (1982), Mechanical Engineering, University of Wisconsin - Madison, Madison, WI

Professional Experience

Development Engineer (1983-87), Fluid and Thermal Science Section, Battelle Pacific Northwest Lab, Richland, WA
Work: Development and application of CFD codes for two-phase flow, heat and mass transfer applications.