
Kunihiko “Sam” Taira
PROFESSOR
MECHANICAL AND AEROSPACE ENGINEERING
46-147A, Eng IV
Email: ktaira@seas.ucla.eduPhone: (310) 825-7660
Websites
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
IN THE NEWS
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