Kunihiko “Sam” Taira

Research and Interests

Analysis, modeling, and control of fluid flows using high-performance computing by combining concepts from fluid mechanics, dynamical systems theory, network science, and data science.

Notable Publications and Books

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In the News

Department Of Defense Names Nine University Faculty To Receive Vannevar Bush Fellowships | Forbes, July 2022
Department of Defense Announces 2022 Class of Vannevar Bush Faculty Fellowship | U.S. Department of Defense, July 2022

Education

CalTech, 2008

Awards and Recognition

AIAA Associate Fellow, 2017
ONR Young Investigator Award, 2016
AFOSR Young Investigator Award, 2013
AFRL Summer Research Faculty Fellowship 2012, 2013
Developing Scholar Award (FSU), 2018
University Undergraduate Teaching Award (FSU), 2017
Research Excellence Award (COE, FSU), 2013
Richard Bruce Chapman Memorial Award (Caltech), 2008

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