Faculty 
John McHugh, Associate Professor
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Office: Kingsbury Hall W119 |
CredentialsPh.D., Applied Mechanics, University of Michigan, 1986 |
Prof. McHugh has interests in fluid mechanics and applied math. He has held full-time positions at the David Taylor Research Center and the Offshore Company prior to his Ph.D. He has also held visiting positions at the Air Force Geophysics Laboratory, the Jet Propulsion Lag at Cal Tech and MIT.
Prof. McHugh is primary interested in analytic and computational solutions to physical problems. His current research topics include internal waves in the atmosphere of earth and other planets, origins of the deep ocean circulations, spray formation near a solid body, coating flows over compliant surfaces and non-linear waves on the surface of a fluid.
Prof. McHugh teaches courses in fluid mechanics, thermodynamics, and math. This includes ME 603 - Heat Transfer, ME 608 - Fluid Mechanics, ME 707/807 - Analytic Fluids, ME 709/809 - Computational Fluids and ME 909 - Viscous Flow.
Research Areas
- Fluid mechanics
- Stability
- Waves
- Atmospheric turbulence
- Math
For more detailed information about Prof. McHugh's research, please see the Center for Fluid Physics site.