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Dr. Bryden is an associate professor in the
Department of Mechanical Engineering and a faculty fellow of the
Virtual Reality Applications Center.
Research interests include:
Virtual engineering of fluids and heat transfer
systems within collaborative, immersive, synthetic environments.
This includes:
- Development of new computational algorithms based
on the differential equations of fluid dynamics and heat transfer
to support real-time engineering analysis and error bounding.
- Development of robust optimization and design
tools for thermal systems described by high fidelity models
(e.g. CFD and FEA).
- Development of an integrated hierarchy of models
to permit the coupling of multiple high fidelity models (e.g.
CFD and FEA), graphical representations, detailed system process
models, and other plant information to create virtual power
plants and other virtual engineering systems.
- Development of tools that facilitate access to
these physics-based virtual systems for the performance of
analysis, design, optimization, and other engineering tasks in a
natural, intuitive, interactive, and user-centered manner.
Computational and experimental study of flame spread
and ignition over various charring materials, computational
modeling of biomass and co-fired combustion systems, and
computational modeling and design of small biomass cookstoves.
Contact Information:
3030 Black
Engineering Bldg
Iowa State University
Ames, IA 50011-2161
email: kmbryden@iastate.edu
Mechanical Engineering | Virtual Reality Applications Center | Iowa State University
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