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Jonathan B. Freund

Associate Professor

jbfreund@illinois.edu		 Return to: Faculty
Office address Mailing Address Research Group
2101B MEL
217-244-7729		 1206 W Green Street
Urbana, IL 61801
Urbana, IL  61801
  The Freund Group
Research Areas
  • Aerodynamic sound, compressible turbulence, numerical methods, large-scale parallel computing, molecular dynamics simulation of nanometer scale flows and heat transfer in solids
  • See also: research summaries

Education:

  • Ph.D., Mechanical Engineering, Stanford, 1998.
  • M.S., Mechanical Engineering, Stanford, 1992.
  • B.S., Mechanical Engineering, Stanford, 1991.

Major Honors and Awards:

  • APS Division of Fluid Dynamics, Gallery of Fluid Motion, 2000

Academic Positions:

  • Associate Professor, UIUC, Aug. 2004–present
  • Assistant Professor, UIUC, July 2001–Aug. 2004
  • Assistant Professor, UCLA, Jan. 1998–July 2001

Selected Publications:

  • J. B. Freund, “Leukocyte margination in a model microvessel,” Phys.
    Fluids, 19(3) 023301 (2007).
  • M. Wei & J. B. Freund, "A noise-controlled free shear flow," J. Fluid Mech., 546, 123-152 (2006).
  • M. Wang, J. B. Freund and S. K. Lele, "Computational Prediction of Flow Generated Sound," Ann. Rev. Fluid Mech., 38, 483-512 (2006).
  • J. B. Freund, "The atomic detail of an evaporating meniscus," Phys.
    Fluids, 17 022104 (2005).
  • J. B.  Freund, “Noise sources in a low Reynolds number turbulent jet at Mach 0.9,” J. Fluid Mech., 438, 277–305 (2001).