Kunihiko Taira - University of California, Los Angeles

Kunihiko Taira

Professor Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering University of California, Los Angeles Los Angeles, CA 90095, USA

Updated: August 10, 2021

E-mail: ktaira@seas.ucla.edu Website: Google Scholar:

Contents

Grants and Contracts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14

Research Interests . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 Workshop Support . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17

Education . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 Invited Seminars . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17

Appointments . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 Conference Presentations . . . . . . . . . . . . 20

Honors and Awards . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 Memberships . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29

Teaching . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 Services (Professional) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29

Publications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5 Services (UCLA) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31 Book . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5

Journal Papers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5 Services (FSU) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32 Conference Papers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9 Technical Report . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14 Services (Ph.D/M.S. Committee) . . . . . . . . 32

Patents . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14 Group Members . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33

Research Interests

? Computational Fluid Dynamics ? High Performance Computing ? Unsteady Aerodynamics ? Stability/Modal Analysis

? Active Flow Control ? Vortex Dynamics ? Data Science ? Network Science

Education

California Institute of Technology

? Ph.D., Mechanical Engineering (minor: Aeronautics), 2003-2008 Thesis: The immersed boundary projection method and its application to simulation and control of flows around low-aspect-ratio wings (advisor: Tim Colonius)

? M.S., Mechanical Engineering, 2002-2003

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University of Tennessee, Knoxville ? B.S., Aerospace Engineering & Mathematics (double major), Summa Cum Laude, 1998-2002

Appointments

University of California, Los Angeles, CA, USA ? Professor, 2021-present ? Associate Professor, 2018-2021 Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering

Tokyo University of Science, Tokyo, Japan ? Visiting Professor/Global Lecturer, 2021 ? Visiting Associate Professor, 2019 Graduate School of Engineering

Florida State University, Tallahassee, FL, USA ? Associate Professor, 2017-2018 ? Assistant Professor, 2011-2017 Department of Mechanical Engineering, FAMU-FSU College of Engineering Florida Center for Advanced Aero-Propulsion (FCAAP)

U.S. Air Force Research Laboratory, Wright?Patterson Air Force Base, OH, USA ? Visiting Professor, 2012, 2013 Aerospace Systems Directorate (Air Vehicles Directorate)

Honda R&D Co., Ltd., Wako, Saitama, Japan ? Engineer (Level H-3), 2010-2011 Fundamental Technology Research Center (Department of Dynamic Modeling and Simulation & Department of Structural and Fluid Dynamics)

Princeton University, Princeton, NJ, USA ? Postdoctoral Research Associate, 2008-2010 Advisor: Prof. Clancy Rowley; Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering

Princeton Plasma Physics Laboratory, US Department of Energy, Princeton, NJ, USA ? Postdoctoral Research Associate (through Princeton Univ), 2008-2010 Advisors: Prof. Clancy Rowley & Dr. David Gates Advanced Scenarios and Control, National Spherical Torus Experiment

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California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, CA, USA

? Postdoctoral Research Scholar, 2008; Graduate Research Assistant, 2002-2008 Advisor: Prof. Tim Colonius; Option of Mechanical Engineering

Oak Ridge National Laboratory, US Department of Energy, Oak Ridge, TN, USA

? Research Intern (ORISE), 2001-2002 Center for Thermal Sciences

University of Tennessee, Knoxville, TN, USA

? Undergraduate Research Assistant, 2000-2002 Advisor: Prof. Jay Frankel; Department of Mechanical, Aerospace, and Biomedical Eng

? Undergraduate Research Assistant, 2000 Advisor: Prof. Ke Nguyen; Department of Mechanical, Aerospace, and Biomedical Eng

Honors and Awards

? Visiting Professor/Global Lecturer (Tokyo Univ of Science), 2021 ? Outstanding Teaching Award (UCLA/MAE), 2019-20 ? Visiting Associate Professor (Tokyo Univ of Science), 2019 ? Developing Scholar Award (FSU), 2018 ? University Undergraduate Teaching Award (FSU), 2017 ? AIAA Associate Fellow, 2017 ? ONR Young Investigator Award, 2016 ? Teaching Excellence Award (ASME FAMU/FSU chapter), 2016 ? National Academy of Engineering, Frontiers of Engineering Education (nominated attendee),

2014 ? AFOSR Young Investigator Award, 2013 ? AFRL Summer Research Faculty Fellowship (UTC, ASEE), 2012, 2013 ? Research Excellence Award (College of Engineering, FAMU-FSU), 2013 ? First Year Assistant Professor Award (FSU), 2012 ? Richard Bruce Chapman Memorial Award, distinction for research in hydrodynamics (Caltech),

2008 ? Ross M. Brown Foundation Travel Grant (Caltech), 2007 ? Special Institute Fellowship (Caltech), 2002-2003 ? Engineering and Applied Science Fellowship (Caltech), 2002-2003 ? Mechanical, Aerospace Engineering and Engineering Science Scholarship (UT), 2001-2002 ? Engineering Academic Achievement Scholarship (UT), 1999-2002 ? Dean's List, Summa Cum Laude (UT), 1998-2002 ? John M. Allen Mathematics Prize, 1st place, math competition for freshmen (UT), 1999 ? Engineering Scholarships and Fellowships (UT), 1998-1999

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Teaching

UCLA

? Spring 2022, Mechanical and Aerospace Eng 259A: Data Science for Fluid Dynamics (G) ? Winter 2022, Mechanical and Aerospace Eng 250A: Foundations of Fluid Dynamics (G) ? Fall 2021, Mechanical and Aerospace Eng 150A: Intermediate Fluid Mechanics (U) ? Spring 2021, Mechanical and Aerospace Eng 250H: Numerical Methods for Incompressible

Flows (G) ? Winter 2021, Mechanical and Aerospace Eng 250A: Foundations of Fluid Dynamics (G) ? Fall 2020, Mechanical and Aerospace Eng 150A: Intermediate Fluid Mechanics (U) ? Spring 2020, Mechanical and Aerospace Eng 259A: Data Science for Fluid Dynamics* (G) ? Winter 2020, Mechanical and Aerospace Eng 250A: Foundations of Fluid Dynamics (G) ? Fall 2019, Mechanical and Aerospace Eng 150A: Intermediate Fluid Mechanics (U)

Note: new course; planned; U/G undergraduate/graduate courses

European Research Community On Flow, Turbulence and Combustion (ERCOFTAC)

? Invited Keynote Lecturer, April 2019 Montestigliano Spring School: Network Science for Fluid Dynamics

Florida State University

? Fall 2018, Mechanical Engineering 5930: CFD for Incompressible Flows (G) ? Fall 2017, Mechanical Engineering 4930/5930: Network Analysis (U/G) ? Spring 2017, Mechanical Engineering 4930: Numerical Methods for Engineers (U) ? Fall 2016, Mechanical Engineering 5930: CFD for Incompressible Flows (G) ? Spring 2016, Mechanical Engineering 4930: Numerical Methods for Engineers (U) ? Fall 2015, Mechanical Engineering 4930/5930: Network Analysis* (U/G) ? Spring 2015, Mechanical Engineering 4930: Numerical Methods for Engineers (U) ? Fall 2014, Mechanical Engineering 5930: CFD for Incompressible Flows (G) ? Spring 2014, Mechanical Engineering 4930: Numerical Methods for Engineers* (U) ? Fall 2013, Mechanical Engineering 5709: Fluid Mechanics (G) ? Spring 2013, Mechanical Engineering 5930: CFD for Incompressible Flows (G) ? Fall 2012, Mechanical Engineering 5709: Fluid Mechanics (G) ? Spring 2012, Mechanical Engineering 5930: CFD for Incompressible Flows* (G) ? Fall 2011, Mechanical Engineering 5709: Fluid Mechanics (G)

Note: new course

American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA)

? Co-organizer/instructor (with D. Williams and D. Miller), Jan 2013 Professional Development Course: Flow Control for Specialists (2 chapters on fluid flow modeling) at 2013 AIAA Aerospace Sciences Meeting

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California Institute of Technology

? Graduate Teaching Assistant, 2004 - 2005 Aeronautics/App Comp Math 232abc: Computational Fluid Dynamics

University of Tennessee, Knoxville

? Substitute Lecturer, 2002 Mechanical Engineering 391, Engineering Analysis

? Tutor, 1999-2001 Mathematics Tutorial Center, Department of Mathematics

Publications

Book

1. T. Kajishima and K. Taira, "Computational Fluid Dynamics: Incompressible Turbulent Flows," Springer 2017.

Journal Papers

In Review 1. S. Singh, L. Ukeiley, Y. Zhang, L. Cattafesta, and K. Taira, "Supersonic Cavity Flow Control

using a Spanwise Array of Leading-Edge Tabs," in review, 2021. 2. C. S. Skene and K. Taira, "Phase Reduction Analysis of Periodic Thermoacoustic Oscillations

in a Rijke Tube," in review, 2021. 3. T. R. Ricciardi, W. R. Wolf, and K. Taira, "The Role of Transition, Intermittency and Phase

Interference in Airfoil Secondary Tones," in review, 2021. 2021 4. A. G. Nair, K. Taira, B. W. Brunton, and S. L. Brunton, "Phase-Based Control of Periodic Fluid Flows," Journal of Fluid Mechanics, accepted, 2021. 5. K. Fukami, R. Maulik, N. Ramachandra, K. Fukagata, and K. Taira, "Global Field Reconstruction from Sparse Sensors with Voronoi Tessellation-Assisted Deep Learning," Nature Machine Intelligence, accepted, 2021. 6. Q. Liu, Y. Sun, C.-A. Yeh, L. S. Ukeiley, L. N. Cattafesta, and K. Taira, "Unsteady Control of Supersonic Turbulent Cavity Flow Based on Resolvent Analysis," Journal of Fluid Mechanics, accepted, 2021. 7. K. Taira, "Machine Learning for Fluid Flow Analysis," Special Issue on `Machine Learning x Thermal-Fluids Engineering,' JSME Magazine (invited, in Japanese), 124(1232), 6-9, 2021. 8. S. Andalib, K. Taira, and H. P. Kavehpour, "Data-Driven Time-Dependent State Estimation for Interfacial Fluid Mechanics in Evaporating Droplets," Scientific Reports, 11, 13579, 2021. 9. M. A. Khodkar, J. T. Klamo, and K. Taira, "Phase-Locking of Laminar Wake to Periodic Vibrations of a Circular Cylinder," Physical Review Fluids, 6, 034401, 2021.

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10. M. Gopalakrishnan Meena and K. Taira, "Identifying Vortical Network Connectors for Turbulent Flow Modification," Journal of Fluid Mechanics, 915, A10, 2021.

11. C.-A. Yeh, M. Gopalakrishnan Meena, and K. Taira, "Network Broadcast Mode Analysis and Control of Turbulent Flows," Journal of Fluid Mechanics, 910, A15, 2021. s

12. K. Fukami, K. Fukagata, and K. Taira, "Machine Learning Based Spatio-Temporal Super Resolution Reconstruction of Turbulent Flows," Journal of Fluid Mechanics, 909, A9, 2021.

13. B. An, M. Nohmi, M. Obuchi, Q. Liu, and K. Taira, "A Research Outlook on Turbulent Vortex Control in Pump Sump," Hydraulics and Pneumatics, 1, 2021.

14. R. Richardson, B. Eckert, Y. Zhang, L. N. Cattafesta, A. Edstrand, Y. Sun, P. Schmid, and K. Taira, "Experimental Attenuation of a Trailing Vortex Inspired by Stability Analysis," Proceedings of IUTAM Transition 2019, Springer, in press, 2021.

2020

15. R. Maulik, K. Fukami, N. Ramachandra, K. Fukagata, and K. Taira, "Probabilistic Neural Networks for Fluid Flow Model-Order Reduction and Data Recovery," Physical Review Fluids, 5, 104401, 2020.

16. K. Zhang, S. Hayostek, M. Amitay, A. Burtsev, V. Theofilis, and K. Taira, "Laminar Separated Flows over Finite-Aspect-Ratio Swept Wings," Journal of Fluid Mechanics, 905, R1, 2020.

17. M. A. Khodkar and K. Taira, "Phase-Synchronization Properties of Laminar Cylinder Wake for Periodic External Forcings," Journal of Fluid Mechanics, 904, R1, 2020.

18. C.-A. Yeh, S. I. Benton, K. Taira, and D. J. Garmann, "Resolvent Analysis of an Airfoil Laminar Separation Bubble at Re = 500,000," Physical Review Fluids, 5, 083906, 2020.

19. S. L. Brunton, M. S. Hemati, and K. Taira, "Special Issue on Machine Learning and DataDriven Methods in Fluid Dynamics," Theoretical and Computational Fluid Dynamics, 34, 333337 (invited), 2020.

20. K. Fukami, K. Fukagata, and K. Taira, "Assessments of Supervised Machine Learning for Fluid Flows," Theoretical and Computational Fluid Dynamics, 34, 497-519 (invited), 2020.

21. K. Zhang, S. Hayostek, M. Amitay, W. He, V. Theofilis, and K. Taira, "On the Formation of Three-Dimensional Flows over Wings under Tip Effects," Journal of Fluid Mechanics, 895, A9, 2020.

22. Q. Liu, B. An, M. Nohmi, M. Obuchi, and K. Taira, "Active Flow Control of a Pump-Induced Wall-Normal Vortex with Steady Blowing," Journal of Fluids Engineering, 142(8), 081202, 2020.

23. J. H. M. Ribeiro, C.-A. Yeh, and K. Taira, "Randomized Resolvent Analysis," Physical Review Fluids, 5, 033902, 2020.

24. K. Taira, M. S. Hemati, and L. S. Ukeiley, "Modal Analysis of Fluid Flows: Introduction to the Virtual Collection," AIAA Journal, 58(3), 991-993 (invited), 2020.

25. K. Taira, M. S. Hemati, S. L. Brunton, Y. Sun, K. Duraisamy, S. Bagheri, S. T. M. Dawson, and C.-A. Yeh, "Modal Analysis of Fluid Flows: Applications and Outlook," AIAA Journal, 58(3), 998-1022 (invited), 2020.

26. Y. Sun, Q. Liu, L. N. Cattafesta, L. S. Ukeiley, and K. Taira, "Resolvent Analysis of Compressible Laminar and Turbulent Cavity Flows," AIAA Journal, 58(3) 1046-1055 (invited), 2020.

27. Y. Kojima, C.-A. Yeh, K. Taira, and M. Kameda, "Resolvent Analysis on the Origin of TwoDimensional Transonic Buffet," Journal of Fluid Mechanics, 885, R1, 2020.

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2019

28. K. Fukami, K. Fukagata, and K. Taira, "Applications of a Machine-learned Super-Resolution Algorithm to Two-Dimensional Flow Fields," Nagare-Journal of Japan Society of Fluid Mechanics, 38(6), 395-398 (invited), 2019.

29. Z. Bai, N. B. Erichson, M. Gopalakrishnan Meena, K. Taira, and S. L. Brunton, "Randomized Methods to Characterize Large-Scale Vortical Flow Networks: A Scalable Framework for Low-Rank Approximation," PLOS One, 14(11), e0225265, 2019.

30. A. G. Nair, C.-A. Yeh, E. Kaiser, B. R. Noack, S. L. Brunton, and K. Taira, "Cluster-Based Feedback Control of Turbulent Post-Stall Separated Flows," Journal of Fluid Mechanics, 875, 345-375, 2019.

31. B. L. O. Ramos, W. R. Wolf, C.-A. Yeh, and K. Taira, "Active Flow Control for Drag Reduction of a Plunging Airfoil under Deep Dynamic Stall," Physical Review Fluids, 4, 074603, 2019.

32. K. Taira, "Revealing Essential Dynamics from High-Dimensional Fluid Flow Data and Operators," Nagare-Journal of Japan Society of Fluid Mechanics (invited), 38, 52-61, 2019.

33. K. Fukami, K. Fukagata, and K. Taira, "Super-Resolution Reconstruction of Turbulent Flows with Machine Learning," Journal of Fluid Mechanics, 870, 106-120, 2019.

34. C.-A. Yeh and K. Taira, "Resolvent-Analysis-Based Design of Airfoil Separation Control," Journal of Fluid Mechanics, 867, 572-610, 2019.

35. P. C. Woerner, A. G. Nair, K. Taira, and W. S. Oates, "Sparsification of Long Range Force Networks for Molecular Dynamics Simulations," PLOS One, 14(4), e0213262, 2019.

36. Y. Sun, Q. Liu, L. N. Cattafesta, L. S. Ukeiley, and K. Taira, "Effects of Sidewalls and LeadingEdge Blowing on Flows over Long Rectangular Cavities," AIAA Journal, 57(1), 106-119, 2019.

37. Y. Zhang, Y. Sun, N. Arora, L. N. Cattafesta, K. Taira, and L. S. Ukeiley, "Suppression of Cavity Flow Oscillations via Three-Dimensional Steady Blowing," AIAA Journal, 57(1), 90105, 2019 (invited).

2018

38. A. M. Edstrand, Y. Sun, P. J. Schmid, K. Taira, and L. N. Cattafesta, "Active Attenuation of a Trailing Vortex Inspired by a Parabolized Stability Analysis," Journal of Fluid Mechanics, 855, R2, 2018.

39. Q. Liu, B. An, M. Nohmi, M. Obuchi, and K. Taira, "Core-Pressure Alleviation for a WallNormal Vortex by Active Flow Control," Journal of Fluid Mechanics, 852, R1, 2018.

40. A. G. Nair, S. L. Brunton, and K. Taira, "Networked Oscillator Based Modeling and Control of Unsteady Wake Flows," Physical Review E, 97, 063103, 2018.

41. M. Gopalakrishnan Meena, A. G. Nair, and K. Taira, "Network Community-Based Model Reduction for Vortical Flows," Physical Review E, 97, 063107, 2018.

42. K. Taira and H. Nakao, "Phase-Response Analysis of Synchronization for Periodic Flows," Journal of Fluid Mechanics, 846, R2, 2018.

43. P. M. Munday and K. Taira, "Quantifying Wall-Normal and Angular Momentum Injections in Airfoil Separation Control," AIAA Journal, 56(5), 1830-1842, 2018.

44. M. Gopalakrishnan Meena, K. Taira, and K. Asai, "Airfoil Wake Modification with Gurney Flap at Low-Reynolds Number," AIAA Journal, 56(4), 1348-1359, 2018.

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45. A. M. Edstrand, P. J. Schmid, K. Taira, and L. N. Cattafesta, "A Parallel Stability Analysis of a Trailing Vortex Wake," Journal of Fluid Mechanics, 837, 858-895, 2018.

2017

46. K. Taira, S. L. Brunton, S. T. M. Dawson, C. W. Rowley, T. Colonius, B. J. McKeon, O. T. Schmidt, S. Gordeyev, V. Theofilis, and L. S. Ukeiley, "Modal Analysis of Fluid Flows: An Overview," AIAA Journal, 55(12), 4013-4041, 2017 (invited).

47. Y. Sun, K. Taira, L. N. Cattafesta, and L. S. Ukeiley, "Biglobal Instabilities of SpanwisePeriodic Compressible Open-Cavity Flows," Journal of Fluid Mechanics, 826, 270-301, 2017.

48. C.-A. Yeh, P. M. Munday, and K. Taira, "Laminar Shear Layer Modification Using Localized Periodic Heating," Journal of Fluid Mechanics, 822, 561-589, 2017.

49. Y. Sun, K. Taira, L. N. Cattafesta, and L. S. Ukeiley, "Spanwise Effects on Instabilities of Compressible Flow over a Long Rectangular Cavity," Theoretical and Computational Fluid Dynamics, 31(5-6), 555-565, 2017 (invited).

50. M. P. Rockwood, K. Taira, and M. A. Green, "Detecting Vortex Formation and Shedding in the Wake of a Circular Cylinder Using Lagrangian Coherent Structures," AIAA Journal, 55(1), 15-23, 2017.

2016

51. A. M. Edstrand, T. B. Davis, P. J. Schmid, K. Taira, and L. N. Cattafesta, "On the Mechanism of Trailing Vortex Wandering," Journal of Fluid Mechanics, 801, R1, 2016.

52. K. Taira, A. G. Nair, and S. L. Brunton, "Network Structure of Two-Dimensional Decaying Isotropic Turbulence," Journal of Fluid Mechanics, 795, R2, 2016.

53. I. Goumiri, C. Rowley, S. Sabbagh, D. Gates, S. Gerhardt, M. Boyer, R. Andre, E. Kolemen, and K. Taira, "Modeling and Control of Plasma Rotation for NSTX Using Neoclassical Toroidal Viscosity and Neutral Beam Injection," Nuclear Fusion, 56(3), 036023, 2016.

54. U. La?cis, K. Taira, and S. Bagheri, "An Implicit Solver for Newton's Equations of Motion within the Immersed Boundary Projection Method Framework," Journal of Computational Physics, 305, 300-318, 2016.

2015

55. D. Canuto and K. Taira, "Two-Dimensional Compressible Viscous Flow around a Circular Cylinder," Journal of Fluid Mechanics, 785, 349-371, 2015.

56. J. McNally, E. Fernandez, G. Robertson, R. Kumar, K. Taira, F. Alvi, K. Murayama, and Y. Yamaguchi, "Drag Reduction on Flat-Back Ground Vehicle with Active Flow Control: Experiment and Simulation" Journal of Wind Engineering and Industrial Aerodynamics (invited), 145, 292-303, 2015.

57. A. G. Nair and K. Taira, "Network-Theoretic Approach to Sparsified Discrete Vortex Dynamics," Journal of Fluid Mechanics, 768, 549-571, 2015.

58. J. Bin, W. S. Oates, and K. Taira, "Thermoacoustic Modeling and Uncertainty Analysis of Two-Dimensional Conductive Membranes," Journal of Applied Physics, 117, 064506, 2015.

59. P. M. Munday, K. Taira, T. Suwa, D. Numata, and K. Asai, "Nonlinear Lift on a Triangular Airfoil in Low-Reynolds-Number Compressible Flow," Journal of Aircraft, 52(3), 924-931, 2015.

2014

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