KIANOOSH YOUSEFI
kyousefi@utdallas.edu
Phone: 972-883-6947
Office: ECSW 4.150K
800 West Campbell Rd.
Mailstop: ECW 31
Richardson, TX 75080-3021
ASSISTANT PROFESSOR
Experience
Associate Research Scientist, Department of Civil Engineering and Engineering Mechanics, Columbia University, New York, NY, 2021‒2022.
Postdoctoral Researcher, School of Marine Science and Policy, University of Delaware, Newark, DE, USA, 2020‒2021.
Education
Ph.D., Mechanical Engineering, University of Delaware, Newark, DE, USA, 2020
M.S., Mechanical Engineering, Islamic Azad University, Mashhad, Iran, 2013
B.S., Mechanical Engineering, Islamic Azad University, Mashhad, Iran, 2009
Research Interests
Fluid dynamics, turbulence, turbulent boundary layer flows, air-sea interactions, free surface processes, surface gravity waves.
Five Most Recent Journal Publications, Book Chapters, and Books
- Yousefi, K., Hora, G. S., Yang, H., Veron, F. & Giometto, M. G. 2024 A machine learning model for reconstructing skin friction drag over ocean surface waves. Journal of Fluid Mechanics, 983, A9.
- Yousefi, K., Veron, F. & Buckley, M. P. 2021 Turbulent and wave kinetic energy budgets in the airflow over wind-generated surface waves. Journal of Fluid Mechanics, 920, A33.
- Buckley, M. P., Veron, F. & Yousefi, K. 2020 Surface viscous stress over wind-driven waves with intermittent airflow separation. Journal of Fluid Mechanics, 905, A31.
- Yousefi, K., Veron, F. & Buckley, M. P. 2020 Momentum flux measurements in the airflow over wind-generated surface waves. Journal of Fluid Mechanics, 895, A15.
- Yousefi, K. & Veron, F. 2020 Boundary layer formulations in orthogonal curvilinear coordinates for flow over wind-generated surface waves. Journal of Fluid Mechanics, 888, A11.
Major Honors and Awards
- Young Investigator Program (YIP) Award Recipient, Office of Naval Research, 2025.
- USNC/TAM Travel Fellowship, International Congress of Theoretical and Applied Mechanics, US National Committee for Theoretical and Applied Mechanics, National Academy of Sciences, 2024.
- Computing Innovation Fellowship, National Science Foundation (NSF), Sub-awarded through the Computing Research Association (CRA), 2021.