Associate Professor, Mechanical Science and Engineering

Research Interests

  • Advanced flow diagnosis
  • Particle Dynamics
  • Geophysical flows, complex boundary layer processes
  • Flow-structure interaction
  • Wind and Hydrokinetic energy

 

Education

  • Ph.D., Civil Engineering, Aerospace Engineering and Mechanics Minor, University of Minnesota, 2010.
  • M.Sc. Civil Engineering, University of Minnesota, 2008.

 

Courses Taught

  • ME 310 - Fundamentals of Fluid Dynamics
  • TAM 532 - Viscous Flow
  • TAM 537 - Experimental Fluid Mechanics
  • TAM 538 - Turbulence
  • TAM 539 - Fluid Mechanics Seminar

 

Additional Campus Affiliations

Associate Head for Undergraduate Programs, Mechanical Science and Engineering
Professor, Mechanical Science and Engineering
Professor, Aerospace Engineering
Affiliate, Civil and Environmental Engineering
Professor, Earth Science and Environmental Change
Professor, Center for Latin American and Caribbean Studies

Recent Publications

Caraway, B. D., Bogucki, R., Rafuna, I., Reyna, M., Cheng, S., & Chamorro, L. P. (2026). Frequency-domain correlation of nonuniform time series: Coherence across distant wind stations. Physics of fluids, 38(1), Article 015105. https://doi.org/10.1063/5.0311886

Pan, Y., Yu, Z., Chamorro, L. P., Ma, F., & Cai, T. (2026). Outlet tube effects on cavitation cloud dynamics and erosion in self-excited waterjets. Experimental Thermal and Fluid Science, 170, Article 111573. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.expthermflusci.2025.111573

Wang, Z., Zheng, L., Chamorro, L. P., Yuan, S., Ma, F., & Cai, T. (2026). Mechanisms and acoustic signatures of rock fracture induced by double-excited pulse waterjets. Journal of Manufacturing Processes, 158, 389-400. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jmapro.2026.01.010

Bardoel, S. L., Cheng, S., Chamorro, L. P., & Fernando, H. J. S. (2025). Gravity currents past thin two-dimensional obstacles. Journal of Fluid Mechanics, 1012, Article A15. https://doi.org/10.1017/jfm.2025.412

Cheng, S., Neary, V. S., & Chamorro, L. P. (2025). Directional Variations in Tidal Flow Multifractality and Intermittency. Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans, 130(6), Article e2025JC022463. https://doi.org/10.1029/2025JC022463

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