Prof. Nicolas Hadjiconstantinou

Professor Hadjiconstantinou’s research concerns computational fluid mechanics, with an emphasis on multi-scale problems that require novel approaches. Examples include hybrid algorithms matching molecular descriptions to continuum descriptions through domain decomposition or successive refinement, or models that span a range of scales. We also focus on understanding the fundamentals of flow and convective heat transfer in small scale flows. This concerns non-continuum effects arising at small scales where traditional continuum approaches fail. Molecular modeling is used as a means to bridge the "gap" between the two descriptions and to develop a unified non-continuum hydrodynamic theory.