Olivier Desjardins

Dr. Olivier Desjardins is a Professor in the Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering at Cornell University. His research focuses on large-scale numerical modeling of turbulent reacting multiphase flows with industrial applications. Using world-class parallel computers, his group develops numerical methods and models to investigate multi-scale and multi-physics fluid mechanics problems in engineering devices such as combustors or biomass reactors. High-fidelity computational techniques like large-eddy simulations and direct numerical simulations are central to his work. Dr. Desjardins joined the Cornell MAE faculty in July 2011, previously serving on the Mechanical Engineering faculty at the University of Colorado at Boulder.

Olivier Desjardins is a Professor of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering at Cornell University, specializing in Fluid Mechanics, Multiphase Flows, Turbulence, and Computational Fluid Dynamics. His research focuses on developing advanced numerical methods for simulating complex fluid dynamics phenomena, including turbulent atomization, particle-laden flows, and multiphase interactions. Desjardins has contributed significantly to the development of conservative schemes, level set methods, and Euler–Lagrange strategies for accurate and robust simulations of multiphase flows. His work addresses challenges in capturing interface dynamics, conserving mass and momentum, and modeling fluid–particle interactions in turbulent environments.