The Particle Physics Team has developed a strong reputation through its detection and analysis of fundamental particle behavior . Included is a strong partnership with the Thomas Jefferson National Accelerator Laboratary, as well as a partnership with Fermi Lab . The Computational Fluid Dynamics Team has achieved wide recognition for its efforts in use of direct numerical simulation techniques with multigrid refinement in analysis of turbulent and transitional 3-D flows . In addition to these significant interdisciplinary activities, there are numerous important research areas . These include the Electrical Energy Research Center which has extensive experience in solving power and machinery problems for the electric power and other industries .
Work is underway on understanding asphalt behavior and design as well as other materials .
An extensive study in the behavior of rock seed filters is underway in civil engineering . Traffic engineering and transportation studies have been conducted for several years . Expertise exists in traditional manufacturing, biotechnology, parallel computing, ballistics and projectile penetration, digital signal processing and data compression, neural nets and other areas. All rights reserved.