The Center of Energy and Fluid Mechanics covers a broad range of fundamental topics directly related to thermofluids and energy, such as heat transfer, turbulence physics and modeling, computational fluid dynamics, and experimental fluid mechanics, energy efficiency, renewable energy, hydrogen and fuel cells, clean combustion, energy and environment in transports, and turbomachinery.
The applied research includes: investigation of biomass gasification, pyrolysis and combustion, formation of fine particulate matter in biomass combustion, design tools for air turbines and small cross-flow hydraulic turbines, wave energy conversion technologies, ocean wave energy utilization, new and renewable energy technologies, environmental impact of sustainable mobility solutions, alternative vehicle technologies and energy pathways, and algal industrial biorefineries.
