David R. Dowling
Professor
Naval Architecture and Marine Engineering Mechanical Engineering
2019 Auto Lab
Ann Arbor MI 48109-2133(734) 936-0423
Teaching: ^top
Classes taught
ME 236 Thermodynamics W'93
ME 240 Introduction to Dynamics F'96, F'00 M
E 320 Fluid Mechanics I W'96
ME 330 Thermal & Fluid Sciences II F'98(as ME 499)
ME 395 Thermal-Fluid Sci. Lab. W'95, F'97
ME 395 Junior Mech. Eng. Lab. W'98, W'99, F'99, W'00, W'02, F'03
ME 424 Engineering Acoustics W'94, F'97, F'99, F'01, F'02, W'05
ME 432 Combustion F'92, F'94
ME 450 Design & Manufacturing III W'99
ME 520 Adv. Fluid Mechanics I F'93, F'94
ME 521 Adv. Fluid Mechanics II W'04
ME 524 Adv. Engineering Acoustics F'95(as ME 599), F'97, W'01, W'03
Research Interests: ^top
My research covers a variety of topics in acoustics and fluid mechanics, and combines experimental, theoretical, and computational techniques. These projects are linked by the fact that fluid dynamics and acoustic waves in fluids both spring from the same conservation equations (acoustics is the linear theory of fluid dynamics). Approximately half of these research projects are collaborative efforts, and involve Profs. S. Ceccio & W. Schultz from Mechanical Engineering, and Prof. M. Perlin from Naval Architecture and Marine Engineering. Support for these research projects has come from the Office of Naval Research, Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency, Whirlpool Corporation, Ford Motor Company, and Dept. of Energy-Honeywell Kansas City Plant.