School of Mechanical and Materials Engineering
Faculty
Gordon Taub
Associate Professor (Career Track)
WSU NPS 424, WSU Everett
425-405-1739
gordon.taub@wsu.edu
Education
- Ph.D. in Mechanical Engineering, University of Florida, 2013
- M.S. in Applied Mathematics, University of Washington, 2008
- B.S. in Applied Computational and Mathematical Science (ACMS) (essentially applied math) . Area of Concentration: Mathematical modeling of mechanical engineering systems, University of Washington, 2007
Professional Preparation
- Post Doctoral Fellow, École Polytechnique, Laboratoire d’Hydrodynamique (LadHyX), 2014 – 2013
Research Interests
- Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD)
- Renewable Energy
- Wind farm design
- Hydro-kinetic energy harvesting
- Flow Induced Vibrations (FIV)
- Turbulent jets and plumes
Selected Publications
- Taub, G.N., Lee, H., Balachandar, S., and Sherif, S.A., “An examination of the high order statistics of developing jets, lazy and forced plumes at various axial distances from their source.” Journal of Turbulence 16, (2015)
- Taub, G.N., Lee, Hyungoo, S. Balachandar, and S.A. Sherif, “A direct numerical simulation study of higher order statistics in a turbulent round jet”, Phys. Fluids 25 115102 (2013)
- Taub, G.N., Lee, Hyungoo, Balachandar, and S.A. Sherif, “A study of similarity solutions for laminar swirling axisymmetric flows with both buoyancy and initial momentum flux.”, Phys. Fluids 23 113601 (2011)