April. 19, 2024
Lean Fang passed his PhD prelim exam, and Khanh and Sherly passed their MS final exams. Congratulations!
April. 17, 2024
Our paper, Field inversion machine learning augmented turbulence modeling for time-accurate unsteady flow [doi], was published in Physics of Fluids!
Feb. 11, 2024
Our paper, A Duality-Preserving Adjoint Method for Segregated Navier-Stokes Solvers [doi], was published in Journal of Computational Physics!
Dec. 20, 2023
Our paper, Control Co-Design Optimization of Spacecraft Trajectory and System for Interplanetary Missions [doi], was published in Journal of Spacecraft and Rockets!
Sep. 15, 2023
Our collaborative paper, A Machine Learning Study to Predict Wind-Driven Water Runback Characteristics [doi], was published in Physics of Fluids!
May 20, 2023
Our paper, Accelerating Unsteady Aerodynamic Simulations Using Predictive Reduced-order Modeling [doi][preprint], was published in Aerospace Science and Technology!
Apr. 19, 2023
Usama passed the MS thesis defense. Cheers!
Feb. 23, 2023
Ping He has been named a Michael and Denise Mack 2050 Challenge Scholar. Congrats! [News]
Jan. 26, 2023
Heyecan presented his paper, CFD Based Multi-Component Aerodynamic Optimization for Wing Propeller Coupling. [doi][preprint] in the AIAA SciTech conference 2023!
Sep. 28, 2022
Our paper, Simultaneous wing shape and actuator parameter optimization using the adjoint method [doi][preprint], was published in Aerospace Science and Technology!
Aug. 9, 2022
Gage presented his paper, A Coupled Spacecraft System and Trajectory Optimization Framework using GMAT and OpenMDAO. [preprint] in the AAS/AIAA Astrodynamics Specialist Conference, 2022!
Jun. 30, 2022
Lean presented his paper, A Consistent Fixed-point Discrete Adjoint Method for Segregated Navier-Stokes Solvers. [doi][preprint] in the AIAA Aviation conference 2022!
Apr. 20, 2022
DAFoam v3 released. A major update that integrated DAFoam with OpenMDAO for multidisciplinary design optimization. [Release notes]
Jan. 3, 2022
Heyecan and Zilong presented their papers, Coupled Wing-Propeller Aerodynamic Optimization Using the Adjoint Method. [doi][preprint] and Unsteady Aerodynamic Analysis Using a Galerkin Reduced-order Modeling Approach [doi][preprint], in the AIAA Scitech conference 2022!
August. 4, 2021
Tuong Tran presented the paper, Unsteady aerodynamic optimization of airfoils considering shape and propeller parameters. [doi][preprint], in the AIAA Aviation conference 2021!
Mar. 15, 2021
Our paper, Rapid airfoil design optimization via neural network-based parameterization and surrogate modeling [preprint], was accepted for publication in Aerospace Science and Technology!
Dec. 24, 2020
DAFoam-v2.2 released! A major update that adds the Jacobian-free adjoint capability using automatic-differentiation. See the details [here]
Oct. 8, 2020
Our paper, Efficient mesh generation and deformation for aerodynamic shape optimization [preprint], was accepted for publication in AIAA Journal!
Sep. 17, 2020
DAFoam-v2.1 released! A major update that adds the unsteady adjoint capability along with new objective functions, better interfaces and optimized code structures. See the details [here]
Sep. 1, 2020
Adam, Andrew, Joaquin, Kyle, and Tarith joined the iDesign Lab as undergraduate research assistants. Welcome!
Aug. 25, 2020
Our papers on boundary layer similarity and optical turbulence simulations have been published in MNRAS, EFM, and BLM!
Jul. 25, 2020
DAFoam-v2.0 released! It is a major update that introduces multiple features for a more efficient interface, better performance, and more modulated code structures. See the details [here]
Apr. 28, 2020
DAFoam-v1.1 released! We added Python 3 support and updated dependency versions. See the details [here]
Apr. 2, 2020
Ping He accepted an Assistant Professor position from the Aerospace Engineering Department at Iowa State University, starting in Aug. 2020.
Jan. 10, 2020
Ping He presented the paper, A time-spectral adjoint method for aerodynamic shape optimization under period wakes [doi][preprint][Slides], in the AIAA Scitech conference 2020!
Oct. 9, 2019
Our paper, DAFoam: An open source discrete adjoint framework for multidisciplinary design optimization with OpenFOAM [doi][preprint], was accepted for publication in AIAA Journal!
Aug. 6, 2019
Our paper, Design optimization for self-propulsion of a bulk carrier hull using a discrete adjoint method. [doi][preprint], was accepted for publication in Computers & Fluids!