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Directories - Faculty - Dr. James Brasseur


Dr. Brasseur

Dr. James G. Brasseur

Professor of Mechanical Engineering, Bioengineering, and Mathematics


The Pennsylvania State University
205 Reber Building
University Park, PA 16802

Phone: 814-865-3159
Fax: 814-865-8499
E-Mail: brasseur@psu.edu

Webpage: http://www.mne.psu.edu/BrasseurLab/

Expertise:
Fluid mechanics, turbulence physics, atmospherics dynamics, polymer drag reduction, large-eddy simulation and subgrid modeling of turbulent flows, direct numerical simulation, physiology and mechanics of the gastro-intestinal tract, gastro-esophageal reflux, small-intestine function, anal-rectal motility, muscle mechanics and modeling, continuum mechanics, imaging and image analysis, computational methods, scientific visualization.

Education:
Ph.D. Aeronautical and Astronautical Science, Minor: Physics, Stanford University, 1979
M.S. Aeronautical and Astronautical Engineering, Stanford University, 1976
B.S. Aerospace Engineering, University of Maryland, 1973

Positions Held:
The Pennsylvania State University, 1988-Present
Clemson University, 1985-1988
The Johns Hopkins University, 1983-1985
NASA Ames Research Center, 1979-1980

Honors/Awards:
Election into The Johns Hopkins University Society of Scholars, 2000
Visiting Fellow of Wolfson College, Cambridge University, England, 1999
President of the Dysphagia Research Society, 1999
Distinguished Lecturer and Surgical Grand Rounds, University of Southern California Medical School, 1997
Outstanding Research Award, Penn State Engineering Society, 1996
State-of-the-Art Lecture, 1st International Meeting, Dysphagia Research Society, 1992
Provost Research Award, Clemson University, 1986

Affiliations:
Department of Bioengineering, The Pennsylvania State University
Department of Mathematics, The Pennsylvania State University
Graduate Faculty