H-BRS doctoral student Dominik Wilde at UC San Diego

In January 2022, doctoral student Dominik Wilde began a four-month research stay at UC San Diego with the Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering.

In his doctoral thesis supervised by H-BRS and  Siegen University, Dominik Wilde is working on methods for calculating compressible flows in the supersonic range, which are particularly important for the aerospace industry. Wilde will have the opportunity to work with his host at UC San Diego, Prof. Sutanu Sarkar, an experienced researcher who has himself published widely on compressible flows. Therefore Wilde expects interesting discussions and suggestions for further work.
 
Furthermore, during his stay he will have the opportunity to gain insights into neighbouring fields of research. Motivated by its location by the Pacific Ocean, one of the research foci of UC San Diego is oceanography. Prof. Sarkar's research group also traditionally works on the calculation and prediction of stratified currents, such as those that occur in oceans or the atmosphere. Findings in this area serve to better understand the changes in ocean currents due to climate change.

Dominik Wilde has been a PhD student at the department of EMT with Prof. Dr. Dirk Reith since 2017, as well as a member of the Institute for Technology, Resource Efficiency and Energy Efficiencent Engineering (TREE) and the Graduate Institute (GI).