MEET, MEET

Hello! I am Meet Patel, a PhD student in the Multiphase, Multiphysics lab of Prof. Jesse Capecelatro. I work on numerical modeling and simulations of high-speed particle-laden flows. My work has been largely funded by NASA to address the challenge of plume-surface interaction. Additionally, I have been developing a tool to reconstruct pressure from experimental measurements using smooth particle hydrodynamics.

I am passionate about solving scientific fluid dynamics problems and a strong proponent of curiosity-driven creativity!

I love dogs. A tea and coffee aficionado, and enjoys cooking authentic Indian cuisine with side experimentation with fusion dishes.

Publications, pre-prints, and in-press

L. Bruni, M. Patel, F. Evrard, J. Capecelatro, L. Villafañe Roca
Data-Driven Characterization of Crater Morphology During Plume-Surface Interaction. AIAA (2025). [Link]

J.S. Rubio, N.S. Rodrigues, Y. Qi, M. Patel, M. T. Gorman, M. X. Diaz-Lopez, J. Capecelatro, P. M. Danehy, R. Ni
Dusty Streaks on the Moon: Fingerprints of Multiphase Flow Instabilities. Nature Science (2024). Revision submitted.

M. Patel, J. S. Rubio, D. Shekhtman, N. Parziale, J. Rabinovitch, R. Ni, J. Capecelatro
Experimental and numerical investigation of inertial particles in underexpanded jets. Journal of Fluid Mechanics (2024). [Link]

M. Patel, J. Capecelatro
A high-order low-dissipation Euler–Lagrange method for compressible gas-particle flows. ICCFD (2022). [Link]

M. Patel, J. Rabinovitch, J. Capecelatro
Eulerian–Lagrangian Simulations of Plume-Induced Sheared Granular Beds under Martian Conditions. AIAA (2022). [Link]

Presentations and Abstracts

M. Patel, J. Capecelatro. Two-way coupling in particle-laden compressible jets. 12th International Conference on Multiphase Flow, Toulouse, France (2025). Accepted.

M. Patel, H. Ganesh, J. Capecelatro. Fast and accurate reconstruction of pressure from PTV measurements using smooth particle hydrodynamics. 16th International Symposium on Particle Image Velocimetry, Tokyo, Japan (2025). Accepted.

L. Bruni, M. Patel, F. Evrard, J. Capecelatro, L. Villafañe. Data-driven Characterization of Crater Morphology During Plume-surface Interaction. 2025 AIAA SciTech Forum, Orlando, FL (2025).

M. Patel, J. Capecelatro. Simulations and modeling of compressible gas-particle flows using high-order low-dissipation Euler–Lagrange approach. The Burgers Program: Summer Research School in Fluid Dynamics Topics in Turbulence, University of Maryland, College Park (2024). (Poster)

M. Patel, S. Bhat, H. Ganesh, J. Capecelatro. Fast estimation of pressure from PTV measurements using smooth particle hydrodynamics. 76th Annual Meeting of the APS Division of Fluid Dynamics, Washington, DC (2023).

M. Patel, S. Bhat, H. Ganesh, J. Capecelatro. Fast estimation of pressure from PTV measurements using smooth particle hydrodynamics. 15th International Symposium on Particle Image Velocimetry, San Diego, CA (2023).

M. Patel, J. Capecelatro. Numerical Simulations of an Underexpanded Jet Impinging on a Granular Bed. Fluid Dynamics Seminar Series, Department of Mechanical Engineering, University of Michigan (2023).

M. Patel, J. Rubio, R. Ni, J. Rabinovitch, J. Capecelatro. Inertial particle dynamics in underexpanded jets. 11th International Conference on Multiphase Flow, Kobe International Conference Center, Kobe, Japan (2023).

M. Patel, J. Capecelatro. An Euler–Lagrange Approach for Turbulent Particle-laden Compressible Flows. 17th International Workshops on the Physics of Compressible Turbulent Mixing, Atlanta, GA (2022).

M. Patel, J. Capecelatro. A high-order low-dissipation Euler–Lagrange method for compressible gas-particle flows. 11th International Conference on Computational Fluid Dynamics, Maui, HI (2022).

M. Patel, S. Bhat, H. Ganesh, J. Capecelatro. Fast estimation of pressure from PTV measurements using smooth particle hydrodynamics. Fluid Dynamics Seminar Series, Department of Mechanical Engineering, University of Michigan (2022).

M. Patel, J. Rabinovitch, J. Capecelatro. Eulerian–Lagrangian Simulations of Plume-Induced Sheared Granular Beds under Martian Conditions. AIAA SciTech Forum and Exposition, San Diego, CA (2022).

M. Patel, J. Capecelatro. Numerical Simulations of an Underexpanded Jet Impinging on a Granular Bed. 74th Annual Meeting of the APS Division of Fluid Dynamics, Phoenix, AZ (2021).

M. Patel, J. Rabinovitch, J. Capecelatro. Numerical Simulations of Granular Bed Erosion Under Martian Conditions. 74th Annual Meeting of the APS Division of Fluid Dynamics, Phoenix, AZ (2021).

M. Patel, G. S. Shallcross, R. O. Fox, J. Capecelatro. A two-equation Eulerian–Lagrangian model for simulation of shock-induced flow through particle suspensions. AIAA SciTech Forum and Exposition (2021).

M. Patel, J. Capecelatro, J. Rabinovitch, R. Ni. Experimental Investigation of Two-Way Coupling in Particle-Laden Compressible Flows. 73rd Annual Meeting of the APS Division of Fluid Dynamics, Chicago, IL (2020).

M. Patel, J. Rubio, R. Ni, J. Rabinovitch, J. Capecelatro. Numerical Simulation of Particle-Laden Underexpanded Jets. 73rd Annual Meeting of the APS Division of Fluid Dynamics, Chicago, IL (2020).

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MEET, MEET

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Get in touch at meetm@umich.edu