Jaime Mudrich (Mechanical Engineering )

In 2011, Bios

About DOE Fellow
Jaime Mudrich graduated from Florida International University in August of 2011 with a bachelor’s degree in mechanical engineering and a minor in chemistry. His research interests include semi-autonomous robotics for domestic applications, mechanical design of power systems, topology optimization, and computational physics. Jaime began pursuit of a master’s degree in mechanical engineering at Florida International University in January, 2012. The focus of the degree will be multiphase simulations with an emphasis on solid-fluid interaction in complex domains by utilizing the lattice Boltzmann method and mesh-free structural analysis.

From January to September, 2011, Jaime participated in an internship program with Integrated Medical Systems International, Inc. During the internship, he participated in the analysis of commercial medical equipment and design of replacement mechanical components, with the intent of providing affordable, quality, third-party repairs to hospitals. Jaime is now working with Beckman Coulter as a mechanical engineer for the past 3 years.

DOE Related Projects
As a U.S. Department of Energy fellow, Jaime is currently working on the development of a three-dimensional, multiphase, lattice Bolztmann computational fluid dynamics solver under the mentorship of Dr. Seckin Gokaltun. The solver will be used for simulations of multiphase flows related to radioactive waste mixing in high-level waste storage tanks.

Thus far, Jaime has helped to parallelize the LBM code in both two and three dimensions. He has performed scalability studies on the parallel codes to identify the optimal quantity of processors needed to maximize computational efficiency. His current objective is to assist in benchmarking the LBM code against contemporary, commercial multiphase simulation packages.