Faculty 
Gregory P. Chini, Associate Professor
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Office: Kingsbury Hall W113 |
CredentialsPh.D., Aerospace Engineering, Cornell University, 1999 |
Prof. Greg Chini received his M.S. and Ph.D. degrees in Aerospace Engineering from Cornell University in 1996 and 1999, respectively, and his B.S. degree in Aerospace Engineering from the University of Virginia in 1993. He joined the Mechanical Engineering faculty at UNH in 1999. Since then, Prof. Chini has also worked as a visiting researcher in the Division of Applied and Computational Mathematics at the California Institute of Technology and in the Theoretical Mechanics Division of the School of Mathematical Sciences at Nottingham University (UK). In 2007, Prof. Chini was appointed founding Co-Director of the CEPS Ph.D. program in Applied Mathematics..
Prof. Chini teaches undergraduate courses in Fluid Dynamics (ME 608) and Thermodynamics (ME 503) along with several advanced fluid dynamics and applied mathematics courses, including Waves in Fluids (ME 7/812), Viscous Flow (ME 909), and Asymptotic Methods (IAM 995).
Research Areas
Prof. Chini's research interests are in the allied fields of fluid dynamics and physical applied mathematics. His research involves the mathematical modeling of geophysical, environmental, biological and industrial flows. The existence and stability of coherent features (e.g. nonlinear waves, vortices, and boundary layers) in such flows are of particular interest. Using hybrid analytical-numerical techniques (e.g. asymptotic and spectral methods), he aims to develop simplified models of complex fluid-mechanical systems; these models are used for identifying key physical processes and for purposes of prediction, design, and control. His specific areas of interest include:
- Geophysical (especially Oceanographic), Environmental, Biological and Industrial Fluid Dynamics
- Mathematical Modeling, Asymptotic Analysis, Bifurcation Theory, Physical Applied Mathematics, Numerical Solution of PDEs
- Nonlinear Dynamics, Transport, and Mixing in Turbulent Convection and Boundary Layers
- Surface-Tension Driven Flows of Biological Thin Films, Pulmonary Alveolar Mechanics.
For more information, please see the Center for Fluid Physics web page at: www.cfp.unh.edu.
Recent Publications
- G. P. CHINI AND S. LEIBOVICH. Resonant Langmuir circulation-internal wave interaction. Part 2. Langmuir circulation instability, Journal of Fluid Mechanics (2004), 20 pages, in press.
- O. E. JENSEN, G. P. CHINI AND J. R. KING. Thin-film flows near isolated humps and interior corners, Journal of Engineering Mathematics (2004), 21 pages, in press.
- G. P. CHINI AND S. LEIBOVICH. Resonant Langmuir circulation-internal wave interaction. Part 1. Internal wave reflection, Journal of Fluid Mechanics (2003), 495, pp. 35-55.
- G. P. CHINI AND S. LEIBOVICH. An analysis of the Klemp & Durran radiation boundary condition as applied to dissipative internal waves, Journal of Physical Oceanography (2003) 33, pp. 2394-2407.
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