WILLIAM ANDERSON
william.anderson@utdallas.edu
Phone: 972-883-4618
Office: ECSW 4.150D
800 West Campbell Rd.
Mailstop: ECW31
Richardson, TX 75080-3021
Professor of Mechanical Engineering and Associate Dean for Research
Education
June, 2011: Ph.D., Mechanical Engineering [Adviser: C. Meneveau], Johns Hopkins University
May, 2009: M.S., Mechanical Engineering [Adviser: C. Meneveau], Johns Hopkins University
July, 2007: M.S., Civil Engineering, Texas Tech University
January, 2004: B.S., Civil Engineering, James Cook University
Research Interests
Turbulent Flows, Environmental Fluid Dynamics, Boundary Layer Meteorology
Five Most Recent Journal Publications, Book Chapters, and Books
- X Yang, W Zhang, M Abkar, W Anderson, 2024: Computational fluid dynamics: Its carbon footprint and role in carbon reduction. Journal of Renewable and Sustainable Energy, 16 (5).
- Salesky S, Calaf M, Anderson W, 2022: Unstable turbulent channel flow response to spanwise-heterogeneous heat fluxes: Prandtl’s secondary flow of the third kind. Journal of Fluid Mechanics 934, A46-1—24
- Rana S, Anderson W, Day M, 2021: An entrainment paradox: how hysteretic saltation and secondary transport enable atmospheric uptake of aeolian source materials. Journal of Geophysical Research-Atmospheres 126, e2020JD033493-1—21
- Day M, Anderson W, 2021: Wind erosion on Mars exposes ideal targets for sample return. Geophysical Research Letters 48, doi.org/10.1029/2020GL090580
- Zheng Y, Anderson W, 2021: Flow-roughness heterogeneity: critical obliquity and salient parameters. Journal of Fluid Mechanics 913, A12-1—25
Major Honors and Awards
- August, 2018: Fellow, Eugene McDermott Professor
- February, 2014: Young Investigator Program, US AFOSR