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Dr. James C. Sutherland


Assistant Professor
, Chemical Engineering
B.S. Chemical Engineering, University of Utah, 1999
Ph.D. Chemical Engineering, University of Utah, 2004

Dissertation: Evaluation of Large-Eddy Simulation Mixing and Reaction Models for Nonpremixed Combustion using Direct Numerical Simulation

 

 


50 South Central Campus Drive
Room 3290
University of Utah
Salt Lake City, Utah 84112-1114

Phone: 801-585-1246
Fax: 801-585-1456
Email: James.Sutherland[@]utah.edu
Office: 380 INSCC

Biographical Sketch

James Sutherland joined the Faculty at the University of Utah in October, 2006.  Prior to his appointment at the University, Dr. Sutherland was a post-doctoral researcher in the Thermal/Fluids Computational Engineering Sciences department at Sandia National Laboratories.

Dr. Sutherland's research is in the area of combustion simulation.  Specific areas of research interest include multiscale turbulence/chemistry interaction, particle transport, software design for CFD applications, smart algorithm and model design. Click here for an example image of this work*.

Dr. Sutherland's personal interests include backpacking, boating and hiking.

* from E. R. Hawkes, R. Sankaran, J. C. Sutherland, and J. H. Chen, Scalar Mixing in Direct Numerical Simulations of Temporally-Evolving Plane Jet Flames with Detailed CO/H2 Kinetics, 26th Symposium (International) on Combustion (to appear).


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