Computational fluid dynamics expert joins engineering faculty

The Department of Mechanical and Biomedical Engineering welcomed Christina Taylor as an assistant professor for the College of Engineering. Taylor will lead the newly formed Computational Fluid Dynamics and Modeling Group, where her work fuses engineering, applied mathematics and computational science to tackle rising challenges in complex fluid systems.

Taylor earned her bachelor's degree in mechanical engineering from the South Dakota School of Mines and Technology and master's and doctoral degrees in computational and applied mathematics from Rice University. Prior to joining Boise State, she served as a Peter O'Donnell Jr. Postdoctoral Fellow at the Oden Institute for Computational Engineering and Science at the University of Texas at Austin and as a National Science Foundation Graduate Research Fellow at Rice.

Her research focuses on developing robust numerical methods for simulating river and ocean flows and modeling complex phenomena such as supersonic aerodynamics. Her work also includes data-driven approaches for prediction and control using graph-based algorithms and computational geometry.

Taylor's projects sit at the intersection of engineering, applied mathematics and computing, with applications in environmental systems and aerodynamics. At Boise State, her research group will contribute to teaching computational methods and fluid dynamics in the Department of Mechanical and Biomedical Engineering.

With roots in rural South Dakota, Taylor is passionate about increasing access to mathematics and computing in engineering curricula and supporting rural and low-income students pursuing careers in STEM.

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