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Vimalan Adaikalanathan

Vimalan Adaikalanathan

Postdoctoral Researcher

 https://orcid.org/0009-0000-1801-6244

Personal profile

Biography

Dr. Vimalan Adaikalanathan is a Postdoctoral Researcher in the Earth and Ocean Lab at University College Cork (UCC), currently working on the DETECT (Digital Environmental Technology for Enhanced Coastal Zone Management) project.  He specializes in Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD), High-Performance Computing (HPC), and multiphase flow modeling. He earned his MS (2016) and PhD (2024) in Mechanical Engineering from the University of Texas at Arlington, where his research focused on modeling complex flow phenomena, including wave-structure interactions, droplet impact and turbulent flows.

Research Interests

  •  Multiphase CFD
  • High-performance computing (HPC) and scientific visualization
  •  Data-driven environmental and climate modeling
  • Machine learning for fluid dynamics.

Expertise related to UN Sustainable Development Goals

In 2015, UN member states agreed to 17 global Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) to end poverty, protect the planet and ensure prosperity for all. This person’s work contributes towards the following SDG(s):

  1. SDG 14 - Life Below Water
    SDG 14 Life Below Water