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
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
Cheng, S., Jetti, Y. S., Neary, V. S., Ostoja-Starzewski, M., & Chamorro, L. P. (2025). Incorporating long-range dependence and fractal features in turbulence spectra. Scientific reports, 15(1), Article 31663. Advance online publication. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-025-16950-1
Esquivel-Puentes, H. A., Vacca, A., Chamorro, L. P., Garcia-Bravo, J., Warsinger, D. M., & Castillo, L. (2025). Simultaneous electricity generation and low-energy-intensive water desalination using a hydraulic wind turbine. Desalination, 601, Article 118526. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.desal.2025.118526
Jetti, Y. S., Cheng, S., Porcu, E., Chamorro, L. P., & Ostoja-Starzewski, M. (2025). A covariance function with fractal, Hurst, and scale-bridging effects for random surfaces and turbulence. Zeitschrift fur Angewandte Mathematik und Physik, 76(2), Article 59. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00033-025-02444-7