Earl H. Dowell

William Holland Hall Distinguished Professor

Thomas Lord Department of Mechanical Engineering and Materials Science

earl.dowell@duke.edu

185 Hudson Hall, Box 90300, Durham, NC 27708-0300

185 Hudson Hall, Box 90300, Durham, NC 27708

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Research Interests

Aeroelasticity, acoustics, nonlinear dynamics, structural dynamics, and unsteady aerodynamics.

Selected Grants

Analysis of Non-Synchronous Vibrations and Other Aeromechanical Flow Instabilities Using Novel Frequency-Domain Techniques

ResearchCo-Principal Investigator · Awarded by Guide Consortium · 2022 - 2026

Collaborative Research: Experiment, Theory, and Simulation of Aeroelastic Limit Cycle Oscillations for Energy Harvesting Applications

ResearchPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by National Science Foundation · 2019 - 2023

Fluid Structural Thermal Interactions (FSTI) in Hypersonic Flow

ResearchPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by North Carolina State University · 2019 - 2023

Building the future of transportation- Hyperloop pod transit system

ResearchPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by North Carolina State University · 2020 - 2021

Data-driven physics-constrained model reduction of the Navier-Stokes equations

ResearchPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign · 2017 - 2020

Statistical Energy Analysis and Asymptotic Modal Analysis of Nonlinear and Nonconservative Engineering Systems

ResearchPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by Army Research Office · 2014 - 2018

A New Approach for Reduced Order Modeling of the Direct Navier-Stokes Equations

ResearchPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by National Science Foundation · 2014 - 2018

Reduce Order Airwake Modeling for Aircraft/Ship Integration Modeling and Simulation

ResearchPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by Corvid Technologies · 2017 - 2018

Simulation and Wind-tunnel Experiments of Nonlinear Fluid-Structure Interaction in Transonic and Subsonic Flows

ResearchPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by US-Israel Binational Science Foundation · 2013 - 2017

Collaborative Research: Power Generation from Fluid-Structure Interaction using Mathematical, Computational and Experimental Modeling

ResearchPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by National Science Foundation · 2013 - 2016

Development of rapid linear and non-linear physics based flutter/LCO analysis methods

ResearchCo Investigator · Awarded by Continuum Dynamics, Inc. · 2015 - 2015

Solarelastic stability of solar sail structures

FellowshipPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by National Aeronautics and Space Administration · 2012 - 2014

Collaborative Research: Mathematical, Computational and Experimental Modeling of the Multidisciplinary Dynamics of Fluid-Structure Interaction

ResearchPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by National Science Foundation · 2011 - 2013

Nonlinear High Fidelity Aeroelastic Analysis for Novel Configurations

ResearchPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by Air Force Office of Scientific Research · 2009 - 2009

Improved Physical Understanding of Limit Cycle Oscillations in Support of Flight Flutter Testing

ResearchPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by Air Force Office of Scientific Research · 2007 - 2009

An Aeroelastic Analysis Capability for the FUN3D Flow Solver

FellowshipPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by National Aeronautics and Space Administration · 2007 - 2009

NASA Graduate Student Researchers Program

FellowshipPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by National Aeronautics and Space Administration · 2006 - 2007

Theoretical Prediction of Limit Cycle Oscillations in Support of Flight Flutter Testing

ResearchPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by Air Force Office of Scientific Research · 2004 - 2007

A Study of Uncertainties in Nonlinear Aeroelastic Systems

ResearchPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by Air Force Office of Scientific Research · 2004 - 2006

Funding for Advanced Wind Tunnel Test Equipment to Support Current and Proposed AFOSR/Duke University Research Efforts

EquipmentPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by Air Force Office of Scientific Research · 2005 - 2006

ITR: Novel Hybrid (Discrete/Continuous): Computational Models for Very High Dimensional Nonlinear Dynamical Systems: From the Molecular to the Continuum Scale

ResearchPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by National Science Foundation · 2002 - 2006

WEAVE: Web-based Educational Framework for Analysis, Visualization and Experimentation

ResearchCo-Principal Investigator · Awarded by National Science Foundation · 2002 - 2006

Dynamics Days 2004

ConferencePrincipal Investigator · Awarded by National Science Foundation · 2004 - 2004

Conference on Chaos and Nonlinear Dynamics: Dynamic Days 2004

ConferencePrincipal Investigator · Awarded by Army Research Office · 2003 - 2004

Theoretical Prediction of Limit Cycle Oscillations in Support of Flight Flutter Testing

ResearchPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by Air Force Office of Scientific Research · 2001 - 2003

Limit Cycle Oscillations and Nonlinear Aeroelastic Wing Response: Reduced Order Aerodynamic Models

ResearchPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by Air Force Office of Scientific Research · 2001 - 2003

Dynamics and Control of Nonlinear Fluid-structure Interaction

ResearchPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by Air Force Office of Scientific Research · 1999 - 2002

A Teleconferencing Facility for the Pratt School of Engineering

EquipmentPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by Lord Foundation of North Carolina · 2001 - 2002

Acquisition of a Point-to-Point Laser Doppler Vibrometer Measurement System

EquipmentCo-Principal Investigator · Awarded by Air Force Office of Scientific Research · 2001 - 2002

Limit Cycle Oscillations and Nonlinear Aeroelastic Wing Response: Reduced Order Aerodynamic Models

ResearchPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by Air Force Office of Scientific Research · 1997 - 2001

The National Journal of Young Investigators

Institutional SupportPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by National Science Foundation · 1998 - 2000

Nonlinear Dynamics and Aeroelasticity of Rotocraft in Forward Flight

ResearchPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by Army Research Office · 1991 - 1999

Nonlinear Dynamics and Control of Wings and Panels

ResearchPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by Air Force Office of Scientific Research · 1996 - 1999

Experimental and Theoretical Aeroelastic Study of a Wing and Control Surface with Free Play

ResearchPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by National Aeronautics and Space Administration · 1994 - 1999

Limit Cycle Oscillations and Nonlinear Aeroelastic Wing Reponse: Reduced Order Aerodynamic Models

ResearchPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by Air Force Office of Scientific Research · 1997 - 1998

Acquisition of a Controlled Strain Rheometer for Studies of Biological Materials

EquipmentPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by Lord Foundation of North Carolina · 1996 - 1998

Research in Novel III-V Semiconductors & Lasers

ResearchPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by Lord Foundation of North Carolina · 1997 - 1998

Computing Laboratory Infrastructure...

Public ServicePrincipal Investigator · Awarded by Lord Foundation of North Carolina · 1997 - 1998

Enhancement of Audio Visual Instruction...

ResearchPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by Lord Foundation of North Carolina · 1997 - 1998

International Initiative in Science & Engineering

Public ServicePrincipal Investigator · Awarded by Lord Foundation of North Carolina · 1997 - 1998

Mechanical Engineering Wind Tunnel Repairs (Howle)

Construction/RenovationPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by Lord Foundation of North Carolina · 1997 - 1998

Development of Duke Water Bonding Lab

Construction/RenovationPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by Lord Foundation of North Carolina · 1997 - 1998

Research in Non Linear Dynamics...(H. Wang)

ResearchPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by Lord Foundation of North Carolina · 1997 - 1998

Enabling Hardware Development: CNC Upgrade

EquipmentPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by Lord Foundation of North Carolina · 1997 - 1998

Research Lab for Drug Delivery Systems (Yuan)

Construction/RenovationPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by Lord Foundation of North Carolina · 1997 - 1998

Undergraduate Lab Equip. (Ybarra & George)

EquipmentPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by Lord Foundation of North Carolina · 1997 - 1998

U/G Engineering Course in C++

ResearchPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by Lord Foundation of North Carolina · 1996 - 1998

Research in Hearing... (Collins)

ResearchPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by Lord Foundation of North Carolina · 1996 - 1998

Phase II Research Start-up Funds (Chilkoti)

Public ServicePrincipal Investigator · Awarded by Lord Foundation of North Carolina · 1996 - 1998

Limit Cycle Oscillations (LCO) and Nonlinear Aeroelastic Wing Response: Reduced Order Aerodynamic Models

ResearchPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by Air Force Office of Scientific Research · 1997 - 1998

Experimental and Theoretical Aeroelastic Study of Wing and Control Surface with Free Play

ResearchPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by National Aeronautics and Space Administration · 1994 - 1997