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Kourosh Shoele 

 When you have learned to explain simpler things, so you have learned what an explanation really is, you can then go on to more subtle questions.   - Richard Feynman

I am an Associate Professor in the Department of Mechanical Engineering at Florida State University. Previously, I was an Assistant Research Scientist in the Flow Physics and Computation lab in the Department of Mechanical Engineering at Johns Hopkins University (2013-2016), Research Engineer at Re Vision LLC (2011-2013) and a Post-doctoral Research Assistant (2011) in the Department of Structural Engineering at the University of California, San Diego (UCSD). I received my Ph.D. from the University of California, San Diego (UCSD) in 2011. My doctoral dissertation was about flow interaction with flexible structures. I received my M.Sc. from Sharif University of Technology in 2006 and I received my B.Sc. from  Shiraz University in 2003. 

Research themes: I am studying problems at the interface between mechanics and physics by developing and applying mathematical and computational tools with a focus on fluid-structure interaction,  renewable energies, aerospace, and biolocomotion.

Research Interests: fluid-structure interaction, multiphase fluid dynamics, aeroelasticity, bioinspired robotic systems, model reduction and unsteady vortex dynamics.

Honors & Awards:  NSF Career Award, 2020; DARPA Young Faculty Award, 2019; DARPA Young Faculty Director Fellowship, 2021; Developing Scholar Award, Rising Star (FSU), 2021;  First Year Assistant Professor Award (FSU), 2017; Best poster award, NASA International Workshop on Environment and Energy, San Diego, 2010; Featured article: Physics of Fluids, Vol.34, 2022; Inside JEB featured article: Journal of Experimental Biology, vol. 211 2008; Ranked 1st in the eighth Scientific Olympiad of Engineering in Iran,2003.

  Currently accepting graduate students and Postdocs: email or visit to discuss

Email: kshoele at fsu dot edu