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Professor David P. Schmidt grew up in North Carolina and attended North Carolina State University as an undergraduate.  He received a Masters of Mechanical Engineering at Stanford University.  In 1997, he earned his PhD. in Mechanical Engineering at the University of Wisconsin, Madison.
That same year, he helped to found Convergent Science LLC, a small CFD consulting firm that is currently thriving.  Most recently, David was a Visiting Scientist at MIT.  He has served on the faculty of the University of Massachusetts since 2000 and is now an Associate Professor.

David's research is in the fluid mechanics of two-phase flow.  For his PhD., he studied cavitation in diesel fuel injector nozzles.  Since then, he has focused more on sprays in combustion applications.  He is studying primary atomization, droplet collision, and new numerical methods for sprays.  His research will help diesel and aircraft engines operate efficiently while producing less pollution.  He is the winner of the Office of Naval Research Young Investigator Award for his research on direct numerical simulation of atomization.  He recently received a Fellowship to the Institute for Advanced Studies in Bologna.

David lives in Amherst with his wife, Tracy, and son, Jonathan.  In June he will have another son, whose name is to be determined.  His hobbies are bicycling, Ultimate, and ice hockey.

Professor David P. Schmidt
Member-at-Large
schmidt@ecs.umass.edu