Peter E. Raad

Linda Wertheimer Hart Professor
Professor

Department of Mechanical Engineering

Contact Information

Education

B.S.M.E. University of Tennessee, Knoxville, 1981; M.S., University of Tennessee, Knoxville, 1982; Ph.D., University of Tennessee, Knoxville, 1986

Research Concentrations

Adaptive thermal modeling and laser-based measurements of submicron electronic devices; Tsunami mitigation and fluid wave interactions with solid structures

Research Accomplishments and Activities

Chair, Fluid Dynamics, American Physical Society 2002 Meeting; Founder, Forum on Advances in Free Surface and Interface Fluid Dynamics, ASME ; Founder and Director, SMU Submicron Electro-Thermal Sciences Laboratory; Recipient of over $2 million in government and industry funding; Recipient of Sigma Xi Faculty Research Award, 1996-97; Outstanding Graduate Faculty Award, 1988-89, 1990-91, 1996-97, 2000-01; Outstanding Undergraduate Faculty Award, 1990-91, 1992-93; and Delta Delta Delta Sorority Outstanding Faculty Award, 1990-91; J. Lindsay Embrey Trustee Professorship in Engineering, 1990-93; ASME North Texas Section Engineer of the Year, 1999-2000; Associate editor, ASME Journal of Fluids Engineering, 1998-2001

Research Philosophy

Exciting discoveries happen at the intersection of disciplines and at the extremes of length and time scales. My research interests are focused on understanding nonlinear interactions in the fields of fluid dynamics and heat transfer by the development and use of advanced computing software and laser-based measurement systems. Current research thrusts include the numerical simulation of the interactions of large waves, such as tsunamis, with stationary and moving structures, as well as the modeling and measurements of ultra-fast heat transfer in submicron electronic devices.