Khosro Shahbazi at Brown University


	Khosro Shahbazi Postdoctoral Research Associate Division of Applied Mathematics Brown University 182 George Street Providence, RI 02912 USA Phone: +1(401)863-2250 Fax: +1(401)863-1355 Email: shahbazi-AT-brown.edu


Research Interests	Numerical solutions of partial differential equations High performance scientific computing and parallel algorithms High-order discontinuous Galerkin methods Multigrid algorithms and Newton-Krylov solvers High-order limiting methods for multiscale shocked flows Compressible and incompressible fluid mechanics
Employment	Brown University Postdoctoral Research Associate, Division of Applied Mathematics, November 2008 - present Research objectives: To develop efficient, reliable, high-order solvers for direct numerical simulations of high-speed multi-material compressible flows such as Richtmyer-Meshkov instabilities arising from interaction of shock wave with interface of two materials. Advisor: Jan S. Hesthaven University of Wyoming Postdoctoral Research Associate, Department of Mechanical Engineering, March 2007 - October 2008 Research objectives: To develop high-order discontinuous Galerkin solver for hypersonic flows and hp-multigrid methods for discontinuous Galerkin discretization of the compressible Navier-Stokes equations. Advisor: Dimitri J. Mavriplis
Education	Ph.D., University of Toronto, Mechanical Engineering, 2002-2007 Thesis title: A Parallel, High-order Discontinuous Galerkin Solver for the Unsteady Incompressible Navier-Stokes Equations in Complex Geometries Advisor: C. Ross Ethier M.Sc., University of Toronto, Mechanical Engineering, 2000-2002 Thesis title: Remapping Volume Tracking on Triangular Meshes Advisors: Javad Mostaghimi and Marius Paraschivoiu B.Sc., Sharif University of Technology, Mechanical Engineering, 1994-1998
Publications	Journal Publications Khosro Shahbazi, Dimitri J. Mavriplis and Nicholas K. Burgess Multigrid algorithms for high-order discontinuous Galerkin discretizations of the compressible Navier-Stokes equations Journal of Computational Physics, 228 (2009) 7917-7940. [Download] Khosro Shahbazi, Paul F. Fischer and C. Ross Ethier A high-order discontinuous Galerkin discretization of the unsteady incompressible Navier-Stokes equations Journal of Computational Physics, 222 (2007) 391-407. [Download] Khosro Shahbazi An explicit expression for the penalty parameter of the interior penalty method Journal of Computational Physics, 205 (2005) 401-407. [Download] Khosro Shahbazi, Marius Paraschivoiu and Javad Mostaghimi Second order accurate volume tracking based on remapping for triangular meshes Journal of Computational Physics, 188 (2003) 100-122. [Download] Conference Proceedings Dimitri J. Mavriplis, Cristian Nastase, Khosro Shahbazi, Li Wang and Nicholas Burgess Progress in high-order discontinuous Galerkin methods for aerospace applications 47th AIAA Aerospace Sciences Meeting Including The New Horizons Forum and Aerospace Exposition, AIAA-2009-601, Orlando, Florida, January 2009. Khosro Shahbazi, Marius Paraschivoiu and Javad Mostaghimi Volume tracking on triangular meshes 2002 ASME Joint U.S.-European Fluids Engineering Division Summer Meeting, FEDSM2002-31130, Montreal, Canada, July 2002.