Towne Lab

Our research develops data-driven and physics-based reduced-complexity models that can be used to understand, predict, and control turbulent fluid dynamical systems.  Applications include aeroacoustics, aerodynamics, and wall-bounded flows, among others.

Principle Investigator

Aaron Towne is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Mechanical Engineering at the University of Michigan.   Before joining the faculty at Michigan, he was a Postdoctoral Fellow in the Center for Turbulence Research at Stanford University.  He received his PhD and MS degrees from the California Institute of Technology and his BS from the University of Wisconsin-Madison.  He is a recipient of the 2020 Young Investigator Program Award (YIP) from the Air Force Office of Scientific Research (AFOSR), a 2022 CAREER Award from the National Science Foundation (NSF), a 2024 Young Investigator Program Award (YIP) from the Office of Naval Research (ONR), and multiple best paper awards from the American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA) and American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME).

Current Members

Rutvij Bhagwat — Postdoctoral Researcher

Junoh Jung — PhD Candidate

Ali Farghadan — PhD Candidate

Peter Frame — PhD Candidate

James Paulson — PhD Pre-candidate

Zhicheng Kai — Masters Student

Yuhao Zhou — Masters Student

Henry Tukel — Undergraduate