I have several different research projects going at any given time, too much to do myself, which means that I am always looking for students to help me. I have separated my projects below into experimental and theoretical studies. As much as we all want to be theorists (and you might be one!), I believe that it is often better for students to start with experiments to build physical intuition and build up to theoretical projects.
Experimental Projects:
- The Phase Contrast Imaging (PCI) diagnostic on the Wendelstein 7-X stellarator
- The Coupled Pendula eXperiment (CPX)
- WEN-D, the SUNY Cortland wind tunnel
- Turbulence in rotating flows (a small Taylor-Couette device)
Theoretical Projects:
- Stability of Lagrange points
- Quasi-local conservation in classical mechanics
- Wave propagation and dispersion in inhomogeneous media
- Optimization of Taylor-Couette flows
- Transitions in Braess’s Paradox
Please contact me if you are interested in any of these projects. Please also feel free to share with me ideas of your own. While I may not have time to take on a new project, I am always interested in new ideas and would be happy to talk about it with you.