Willem (Wim) M. van Rees
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Willem (Wim) M. van Rees

Google Scholar ID: laqdo5YAAAAJ
Department of Mechanical Engineering, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
incompressible fluid mechanicsvortex dynamicsflow-structure interactionoptimal swimmingshape-shifting materials
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Academic Achievements
  • Academic Achievements:
  • - Xinjie Ji awarded Mathworks Engineering Fellowship
  • - Army Research Office Early Career Award
  • - Department of Energy Early Career Award
  • - APS/DFD 2019 poster award
Research Experience
  • Research projects include: Vortex dynamics (such as vortex-vortex interaction and helicity dynamics), optimal bio-inspired swimmers (using evolutionary optimization techniques to optimize the gait and shape of self-propelled swimmers), and design of shape-shifting structures (these are structures that change their shape when subject to an environmental stimulus such as heat, light or humidity).
Background
  • Research Interests: Using computational methods to solve forward and inverse problems in science and engineering. Expertise: Developing accurate, high-performance numerical methods and using these to find optimal solutions. Brief Introduction: The van Rees Lab is a research group at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT).
Co-authors
6 total
Petros Koumoutsakos
Petros Koumoutsakos
Harvard University
L Mahadevan
L Mahadevan
Harvard, Cambridge, MIT
Mattia Gazzola
Mattia Gazzola
University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
Jennifer A. Lewis
Jennifer A. Lewis
Harvard University
Etienne Vouga
Etienne Vouga
University of Texas at Austin
Ryan L. Truby
Ryan L. Truby
Northwestern University, Asst Professor, Materials Science & Engineering, Mechanical Engineering