Professional Feature - Ann Almgren

Ann Almgren is a Senior Scientist in the Center for Computational Sciences and Engineering at Lawrence Berkeley National Lab and the Department Head of Applied Mathematics in the Applied Mathematics and Computational Research Division.

Lessons learned on a ten year detour

Jim Graham is a partner at Scimatic Software, a commercial enterprise producing software for scientists. He recounts the lessons learned in the many twists and turns of his career after graduating as a particle physicist.

Dynamical Systems Theory and Industrial Research

Slaven Peles is a Senior Research Engineer with United Technologies Research Center in East Hartford, CT. Before joining United Technologies in 2007 he worked as a postdoc at UCSB and was a Joseph Ford Fellow at Georgia Tech. He obtained his Ph.D. in physics from the University of Manitoba in Canada. Over the last several years his research has been focused on dynamical systems theory and its applications. These are his thoughts on how dynamical systems theory could make an impact in industry.

Welcome to academia after 30 years in industry

After 30 years of working at Harwell Laboratory in Oxfordshire, Andrew Cliffe left his position as a Senior Consultant with Serco Assurance for a Professorship at the University of Nottingham. Hinke Osinga asks him about the differences between working in a company and at a university and how he decided on his career path.

Taking Delay Equation Dynamics to the Cutting Edge

The importance of machining to the aerospace industry has led to the partnering of Dr. Brian Mann at Duke University with Boeing researchers Ryan Hanks, Amy Helvey, and Dr. Keith Young who are investigating the dynamics of a machining process called milling.

Industry experience at The Aerospace Corporation

Lael Fisher, a recent PhD from Northwestern University, has found a professional home in the Navigation and Geopositioning Systems Department at The Aerospace Corporation in Los Angeles, California. Recently, Chad Topaz had the opportunity to ask Lael about her transition, which includes a switch from fluid dynamics to orbital dynamics and a switch from individual research to a team environment. Lael discusses the scientific and career development aspects of her recent experiences in this Q&A interview.

Airbus, nonlinear dynamics, and the A380

Over the past decade Airbus' Landing Gear Systems Group has been increasing its use of computer-based modeling and simulation technologies. The use of dynamical systems theory is playing an increasingly important role in identifying stability boundaries very quickly and efficiently. Etienne Coetzee, an employee at Airbus, Bristol, is a key driver of this development. Hinke Osinga talked to him on location at Airbus in Bristol to find out more about this exciting direction of research and how he got involved in it.

Dynamical Systems in Jet Engines: A Symmetry-Based Approach

Prashant Mehta, Gregory Hagen and Andrzej Banaszuk explain how dynamical systems theory is used in the design of jet engines at United Technologies Research Center.

Challenges and Dynamics at Dynetics

Bryan Rasmussen gives us some insight about his research activities on dynamical systems at the engineering company Dynetics.