Experimental Fluid Dynamics

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Alis
Alis Ekmekci

Assistant Professor

UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO
Institute for Aerospace Studies

4925 Dufferin Street
Toronto, Ontario, Canada M3H 5T6

Tel: (416)667-7855
Fax: (416)667-7799
E-mail: ekmekci@utias.utoronto.ca

Dr. Ekmekci leads the experimental fluids research laboratory at UTIAS. Her group conducts research in flow-structure interactions, flow control, low Reynolds number aerodynamics, flow-induced noise and vibration. Upon start of her appointment at UTIAS, she secured several internal and external grants, including NSERC Discovery, NSERC Research Tools and Infrastructure, Canadian Foundation for Innovation Leader’s Opportunity Fund, Ontario Research Fund, and UofT Connaught Award. Using these funds, she established a laboratory equipped with state-of-the-art experimental facilities and instrumentation. The main systems available in this laboratory include:

  • large-scale re-circulating water channel,
  • planar Particle Image Velocimetry (PIV) system,
  • Stereoscopic Particle Image Velocimetry (SPIV) system,
  • Volumetric 3-Component Velocimetry (V3V) system,
  • hydrogen bubble visualization system,
  • constant temperature anemometers,
  • pressure transducers,
  • several motorized linear and rotary traverse systems,
  • data acquisition and motion control units equipped with necessary hardware and software.

This infrastructure, together with other facilities available at UTIAS, leads to a unique capability to conduct several experimental projects in the area of fluid mechanics.

Please use the following links for more information:

        Recent and Ongoing Research

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        Research Team

        Information for Prospective Students

        Curriculum Vitae


The picture above shows a scene of Dr. Ekmekci's students acquiring data, using laser-based flow diagnostics tools at her experimental fluids research lab.

The research team has close interactions with colleagues from other universities, including Purdue University, University of Texas at Brownsville, and Lehigh Universities in USA, Bath University in UK, Istanbul Technical University in Turkey, and the University of Waterloo and University of Victoria in Canada. We hope that this website will promote further communication and collaboration with groups at other institutions and universities.