Douglas H. Kelley
Department of Mechanical EngineeringYale University
Mason Laboratory
9 Hillhouse Ave.
New Haven, CT 06520-8286
203-432-4348
Current Research
I am broadly interested in the interplay between order and complexity in dynamical systems, exploring that interplay using experiments in turbulent fluids. As a Postdoctoral Associate with Nicholas T. Ouellette, I am designing and constructing a two-dimesional turbulence cell about 1 meter wide, 1 meter long, and a few millimeters deep. We will use high-speed cameras to track fluorescent particles in saltwater, imposing swirling turbulence by placing magnets under the fluid cell and running electrical current through it. We hope to address questions about topological singularities in the flow, to better understand the role of spatially extended structures, and to learn from multiparticle statistics.
Publications
- S. A. Triana, D. H. Kelley, D. S. Zimmerman, D. R. Sisan, and D. P. Lathrop. “Hopf bifurcations with fluctuating gain.” Astron. Nachr. 329 7: 701-705 (2008).
- D. H. Kelley, S. A. Triana, D. S. Zimmerman, A. Tilgner, and D. P. Lathrop. “Inertial waves driven by differential rotation in a planetary geometry.” Geophys. Astrophys. Fluid Dyn. 101 5/6: 469-487 (2007).
- J. D. Diorio, D. H. Kelley, and J. M. Wallace. “The spatial correlations of dissipation and production rates in turbulent boundary and mixing layers.” Phys. Fluids 19, 035101 (2007).
- D. H. Kelley, S. A. Triana, D. S. Zimmerman, B. Brawn, D. P. Lathrop, and D. H. Martin. “Driven inertial waves in spherical Couette flow.” Chaos 16, 041105 (2006).
Education
- PhD in physics with Daniel P. Lathrop at University of Maryland, 2009: Rotating, hydromagnetic laboratory experiment modelling planetary cores
- MS in physics from Auburn University, 2004
- BS in electrical engineering, Magna Cum Laude, from Virginia Tech, 2000
Professional Activities
- Presented poster “Inertial modes in spherical Couette flow” at the 2009 Gordon Conference on Nonlinear Science.
- Presented poster “Laboratory geodynamo models: Effects of a soft iron core” at the 2008 Fall meeting of the American Geophysical Union.
- Presented talk “A hydromagnetic spherical Couette experiment with a soft iron core” at the 2008 Meeting of the APS Division of Fluid Dynamics.
- Presented poster “Integrating numerical and experimental geodynamo models” at the KITP Magnetic Field Generation in Experiments, Geophysics, and Astrophyics conference.
- Presented poster “Spatial distribution of production and dissipation of TKE in turbulent boundary and mixing layers” at the CEAFM Symposium on Fluid Science & Turbulence.
- Presented poster “Wave motions in rotating, spherical, hydromagnetic experiments” at the 2007 Fall meeting of the American Geophysical Union.
- Presented talk “Experimental studies of MHD flow in a rapidly rotating system” at the 2007 Meeting of the APS Division of Fluid Dynamics.
- Presented poster “Magnetohydrodynamics in experimental S1T1 flow” at the Les Houches Dynamo School, 2007.
- Presented talk “The spatial relationships between dissipation and production rates and vortical structures in turbulent boundary and mixing layers” at the 2007 Research Symposium on Environmental and Applied Fluid Dynamics (sponsored jointly by CEAFM and the Burgers Program)
- Presented talk “Observations of inertial waves in spherical Couette flow” at the 2006 Meeting of the APS Division of Fluid Dynamics.
- Presented poster “Driven inertial waves in spherical Couette” (with supplementary results) at the 10th Symposium of SEDI.
- Presented poster “Driven inertial waves in spherical Couette flow” in the Gallery of Nonlinear Images at the 2006 March Meeting of the APS.
- Attended 2006 Dynamics Days conference.
- Presented poster “Nonlinear magnetohydrodynamics in spherical Couette flow” at the 2005 Gordon Conference on Nonlinear Science.
- Member of the American Physical Society
- Member of the American Geophysical Union
- Member of the New York Academy of Sciences
Teaching
My teaching philosophy: Education, at its best, is lens-making. Our teaching must be more than a hard-drive copy of factual data from one brain to others, more than… [more]
- Graduate Teaching Assistant, Auburn Physics Department, August 2002-August 2004
- Taught lecture course with full responsibility for syllabus, lesson plans, lectures, homework, tests, grade assessment, and supervision of lab assistant:
- PHYS 1000, Foundations of Physics, summer 2004
- Taught laboratory courses with responsibility for laboratory activities, recitation lectures, group activities, some homework, and grading:
- PHYS 1618, Honors Physics II Laboratory, spring 2004
- PHYS 1501, General Physics I Laboratory, fall 2003
- PHYS 1511, General Physics II Laboratory, spring 2003
- PHYS 1501, General Physics I Laboratory, fall 2002
- Taught lecture course with full responsibility for syllabus, lesson plans, lectures, homework, tests, grade assessment, and supervision of lab assistant:
- Completed the “Advanced Topics in Science Teaching Series” seminar presented by the Yale Graduate Teaching Center, April 2009.
- Attended 2007 Lilly-East Conference on College and University Teaching.
- Outstanding GTA Award, Auburn Physics Department, 2003.
- Significant experience (~500 hours) as a private physics tutor at both the undergraduate and high school levels
- Elected to take graduate course in education, FOUN 6100: “Educational Psychology and Assessment,” spring 2003
- Undergraduate Teaching Assistant, Department of Mathematics, Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, VA, Fall 1997-Spring 1999
Background and Honors
- Systems engineer, Corning Cable Systems, June 2000 - August 2002.
- Designed and presented optical communication networks for data centers, LANs, HFC networks, fiber-to-the-home PONs, and more.
- Constructed an HFC system model to encompass all CATV network builds and predict sales volumes for all system components.
- Performed statistical analyses of product capabilities.
- Winner, 2008 Spotlight on Graduate Research Competition in Physics and Astronomy, University of Maryland.
- Other interests: nonlinear dynamics, chaos, self-organization, and pattern formation; network theory and disease modeling; physics education; nonlinear optics, telecommunication, distortion effects on fiber, and solitons; cycling, hiking, and backpacking; graphic design and publishing; genealogy
This page, available at http://leviathan.eng.yale.edu/~dhk, last updated 24 June 2009.