PhD in Applied Mathematics - Fluid Mechanics in Ithaca United States | Cornell University

Graduate study options cover all specialization areas represented by over one hundred faculty members across multiple disciplines. These professors come from fourteen departments spanning the College of Engineering, College of Arts and Sciences, College of Agriculture and Life Sciences, and the Samuel Curtis Johnson Graduate School of Management. Students can further broaden their education through minor subject selections. The Applied Mathematics program admits graduate students with diverse academic backgrounds featuring strong mathematical foundations, typically accepting only PhD candidates. The program currently has approximately forty students and generally takes four to five years to finish.

For applied mathematicians, fluid mechanics presents numerous intriguing challenges. While the Navier-Stokes equations governing fluid movement appear deceptively simple, they give rise to complex behaviors in liquid and gas dynamics. Mastering applications ranging from groundwater systems and combustion processes to ocean currents, animal locomotion, or surface tension effects requires advanced fluid mechanics knowledge. Theoretical investigations into fluid behavior generate mathematical inquiries involving numerical methods, dynamic systems, random processes, and computational techniques. This classic domain offers applied mathematicians in CAM abundant research opportunities across various fluid-related fields with faculty working throughout engineering disciplines.