Kunihiko “Sam” Taira

Kunihiko “Sam” Taira

PROFESSOR
MECHANICAL AND AEROSPACE ENGINEERING

Email: ktaira@seas.ucla.edu
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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
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