Faculty

Michael Amitay, Associate Professor

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Research Center Affiliations:

General Areas of Research:

· Wind Energy
· Aeronautics
· Aerospace
· Heat Transfer
· Fluids
· Fluid Mechanics
· Flow Diagnostics

Research Activities:


My research interests are in developing active flow control technologies for single and multi-phase flows with applications in macro- and micro-scale aeronautical/mechanical systems, and in medical/dentistry applications. In the field of flow control of single-phase flows, I apply various active flow control techniques on miniature Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAVs). These vehicles, which are essentially small scale flying robots, lately became an area of interest in the aerospace community with the initiation of the MicroUAV program by DARPA. Such miniature flying robots are envisioned for a variety of applications, from military intelligence gathering to more mundane civil applications such as security patrol; anywhere the extension of human perception is of value. In multi-phase flows, I implement the new approach of directed jet technology in micro-dentistry. I envision it as the basis for a new unified dental treatment device, providing the dentist with a more efficient approach to routine dental caries treatment. Conceivably, one tool can be used to perform all of the steps required in routine dental treatment. Furthermore, this technique can be easily applied to control of mixing in combustion and for noise reduction.