Piet Moeleker

Graduate Aeronautical Laboratories
Caltech

Education:

Ph.D., Aeronautics with minor in Physics, GALCIT, Caltech (expected summer 2000)

M.Sc., Aerospace Engineering, Delft University of Technology, Delft, The Netherlands (January 1996)

Experience:

Graduate Research Assistant, Caltech (June 1997 - present)

- Worked on theory of tensor-diffusivity subgrid model

- Implemented model in scalar transport equation using new Lagrangian particle method

- Tested code on 2D and 3D chaotic model flows

Research Scientist, Delft University of Technology (March 1996 - September 1996)

Master's Thesis, Delft University of Technology (January 1995 - January 1996)

- Modeled anti-icing fluids on aircraft wings as a two-phase flow

- Performed stability analysis to predict anti-icing fluid properties and behavior

Intern, Nielsen Engineering and Research, Inc., Palo Alto, CA (September 1994 - December 1994)

- Improved quality of C-grids around airfoils to reduce grid numerical errors

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