105 Hollister Hall

255-1719

pjd38@cornell.edu

Peter Diamessis joined the CEE faculty in January 2006. He received his undergraduate degree in Mechanical Engineering from the National Technical University of Athens (NTUA), Greece in 1995. As a student at NTUA, he was an active member of the environmentalist student group. He worked for a year as a research assistant at the Computational Fluid Dynamics laboratory at NTUA focusing on the development of a multifractal cascade model for fluid turbulence.

From 1996 to 2001, he pursued graduate studies at the Mechanical and Aerospace Department (formerly Applied Mechanics and Engineering Sciences Dept.) of the University of California, San Diego. Following extensive coursework in fluid dynamics and physical oceanography, his PhD thesis concentrated on using direct numerical simulations of stratified homogeneous turbulence to better understand ocean microstructure measurements.

Upon receiving his PhD, he became a postdoctoral researcher in the fluid dynamics group at the Aerospace and Mechanical Engineering at the University of Southern California. His postdoc work focused on the development and implementation of numerically stable spectral multidomain techniques, subgrid scale modeling of turbulence for large eddy simulation, the study of the dynamics of stratified turbulent wakes and the investigation of instabilities in boundary layers induced by internal solitary waves in shallow waters.

 

To prospective graduate students: I am actively interested in recruiting at least one (possibly two) graduate student to begin study at Cornell CEE in Fall 2010. I strongly prefer someone with at least an M.S. degree in some field of engineering (preferably Mechanical, Civil/Environmental, Ocean or Chemical) or in Physics, Physical Oceanography or Applied Math. Strong undergraduate applicants are also welcome, although a solid computational background is a must and an exposure to spectral methods would be ideal. A genuine interest in Environmental Fluid Mechanics / Physical Oceanography is also very preferable. The topic of research will be either in high Re stratified turbulence and mixing or in the dynamics of nonlinear internal waves.

If the above possibility interests you please email with a clear and concise statement as to why you would like to work in my area of research. Please also understand that a response on my part does not mean that I have promised you a position.