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Bio

Pat Trizila

Graduate Student Research Assistant, PhD Candidate
Address: 2211 FXB, Phone: (734) 763-5890, e-mail: ptrizila@umich.edu


Pat is currently a graduate student at the University of Michigan working on his Ph.D. in aerospace engineering under the guidance of Dr. Wei Shyy. He graduated from Iowa State in 2005 with his B.S. in aerospace engineering and minors in mathematics and physics.

Research Interests

  • Computational Fluid Dynamics
  • Unsteady Aerodynamics
  • Biological Flight
  • Micro Air Vehicles
  • Moving Boundaries
  • Numerical Methods
  • Optimization
  • Surrogate Modeling

Publications Journals
  1. Shyy, W., Trizila, P., Kang, C., Aono, H., "Can Tip Vortices Enhance Lift of a Flapping Wing?", AIAA Journal, Vol. 47, (2009), pp. 289-293.
  2. Shyy, W., Lian, Y., Tang, J., Liu, H.,Trizila, P., Stanford, B., Bernal, L., Cesnik, C., Friedmann, P., and Ifju, P., "Computational aerodynamics of low Reynolds number plunging, pitching and flexible wings for MAV applications", Acta Mechanica Sinica, Vol. 24, (2008), pp. 351-371.
Conferences
  1. Shyy, W., Lian, Y., Tang , J., Liu, H., Trizila, P., Stanford, B., Bernal, L., Cesnik, C., Friedmann, P., and Ifju, P., "Computational Aerodynamics of Low Reynolds Number Plunging, Pitching and Flexible Wings for MAV Applications", AIAA paper 2008-253, 46th AIAA Aerospace Sciences Meeting and Exhibit, Reno, Nevada, Jan 7-10, 2008.
  2. Trizila, P., Kang, C., Visbal, M., and Shyy, W., "Unsteady Fluid Physics and Surrogate Modeling of Low Reynolds Number, Flapping Airfoils", AIAA-2008-3821, 38th Fluid Dynamics Conference and Exhibit, Seattle, Washington, June 2008.
  3. Trizila, P., Kang, C., Visbal, M., and Shyy, W., "A Surrogate Model Approach in 2-D Versus 3-D Flapping Wing Aerodynamic Analysis", AIAA-2008-5914, 12th AIAA/ISSMO Multidisciplinary Analysis and Optimization Conference, Victoria, British Columbia, September, 2008.