Areas of Teaching:
- Statics
- Dynamics
- Fluid Mechanics
- Compressible Aerodynamics
- Physical Gas Dynamics
- Computational Fluid Dynamics
Courses Taught:
Undergraduate
- Fluid Mechanics (EM 3313)
- Engineering Mechanics II (EM 2433)
- Engineering Mechanics I (EM 2413)
Graduate
- Physical Gas Dynamics (ASE 8333)
- Computational Fluid Dynamics
Areas of Research:
- Computational Fluid Dynamics
- Hypersonic Gas Dynamics
- Low Speed Fluid Mechanics
Funding Agencies:
- Waterways Experiment Station
- Polytechnic of Bari, Italy
- NASA Stennis
- National Science Foundation
- Lockheed-Martin, Denver, CO
Select Books/Book Chapters:
- Cinnella, P., and Cox, C. F., "Modern Computational Techniques for #D Hypersonic Flows," in Molecular Physics and Hypersonic Flows, Ed. M. Capitelli, pp. 543-560, Kluwer Academic Publishers, The Netherlands, 1996.
- Cinnella, P., and Cox, C. F., "Computational Reacting Flow," in The Computer Science and Engineering Handbook, Ed. A. B. Tucker, Jr., pp. 892-911, CRC Press, Boca Raton, FL, 1996.
- Carino, R. L., Cox, C. F., Zhu, J., and Cinnella, P., "On Building a Parallel Version of a 'Real Gas' Flow Solver," in Nonlinear Problems in Aviation and Aerospace, Ed. S. Sivasundaram, Vol. 11, pp. 195-208, Gordon and Breach, The Netherlands, 2000.
Select Journal Publications:
- Szego, S., Cinnella, P., and Cunnigham, A. B., "Numerical Simulation of Biofilm Processes in Closed Conduits," Journal of Computational Physics, Vol. 108, No. 2, pp. 246-263, 1993.
- Elbert, G. J., and Cinnella, P., "Truly Two-Dimensional Algorithms for Radiative Heat-Transfer Calulations in Reactive Flows," Computers and Fluids, Vol. 24, No. 5, pp. 523-552, 1995.
- Cao, L., Zhu., J., and Cinnella, P., "An Efficient Computational Method for Simulations of Reaction-Diffusion Processes," Computer Physics Communications, Vol. 126, pp. 41-46, 2000.
Select Conference Presentations/Proceedings:
- Yevi, G., and Cinnella, P., "Simulation of Pollutant Dispersion in Porous Media Via a Network Model," in Sixth International Symposium on Computational Fluid Dynamics, A Collection of Technical Papers, Vol. 3, pp. 1455-1460, Lake Tahoe, Nevada, 1995.
- Busby, M. A., and Cinnellam P., "Steps Toward More Accurate and Efficient Simulations of Reactive Flows," Paper No. 98-2425, AIAA 29th Fluid Dynamics Conference, 1998.
- Zaccanti, M. R., and Cinnella, P., "Effective Preconditioning Methods for the Euler Equations," Paper No. 2000-2253, AIAA Fluids 2000 Conference, 2000.
Honors and Awards:
- Hearing Distinguished Professor, MSU, 1999/2000
- Research Unit Award for Outstanding Contribution in Research, Medallion Certificate-Southeastern Section ASEE, 1996
- Outstanding Research Paper in the College of Engineering, Mississippi State University, 1995
- Outstanding Research Paper in the College of Engineering, Mississippi State University, 1993
Professional Memberships:
- American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA), Senior Member
- American Society of Engineering Education (ASEE)
- Society for Industrial Applied Mathematics (SIAM)
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