Yuri Bazilevs is the E. Paul Sorensen Professor in the School of Engineering at Brown University. His research interests are in computational science and engineering, with emphasis on the modeling and simulation in solids and structures, fluids, and their coupling in High-Performance Computing environments. For his research contributions Yuri received many awards and honors, including the 2018 Walter E. Huber Research Prize from the ASCE, the 2020 Gustus L. Larson Award from the ASME, and the Computational Mechanics Award from the International Association for Computational Mechanics (IACM). He is included in the lists of Highly Cited Researchers, both in the Engineering (2015-2018) and Computer Science (2014-2019) categories. Yuri recently completed his service as the President of the US Association for Computational Mechanics (USACM) and as the Chairman of the Applied Mechanics Division of the ASME. He currently serves on the US National Committee for Theoretical and Applied Mechanics (USNCTAM).

Abstract: Fluid—Structure Interaction (FSI) is receiving a lot of attention recently due to the important role it plays in the applications directly related to US national security. For example, to maintain air superiority and sea dominance the US needs to produce major advances in hypersonics and undersea mechanics, respectively, both areas requiring a deep understanding of and the ability to predict the coupled FSI phenomena involved. In this talk I will present recent breakthroughs in advanced computational FSI modeling that enables the application of what are considered by some “academic” methods to accurate and effective simulation of mechanical and structural systems with high levels of realism and fidelity. The presentation will focus on describing the problem classes of interest, the modeling challenges involved, and the modeling approaches developed to address the said challenges. I will also show several, hopefully convincing examples and studies ranging from cardiovascular modeling to undersea-blast FSI that make use of the said methods.