Professor C. P. T. Groth
University of Toronto
Institute for Aerospace Studies
4925 Dufferin St., Ontario, Canada M3H 5T6
Phone: +1-416-667-7715
Email: groth (at) utias.utoronto.ca
Web: http://arrow.utias.utoronto.ca/~groth/
Education
- Ph.D. - University of Toronto
- M.A.Sc. - University of Toronto
- B.A.Sc. - University of British Columbia
Awards and Honors
- Associate Director, Centre for Computational Science and Engineering (CCSE), University of Toronto, 2021-present.
- Gaspard Monge Visiting Professorship, Ecole Polytechnique, Paris, 2020.
- Department of National Defence / Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council (DND/NSERC) Discovery Grant Supplement Award, 2019.
- Member, Scientific Committee, International Workshop on Moment Methods in Kinetic Theory (MMKT), 2017-present.
- G.N. Patterson Lecture, University of Toronto Institute for Aerospace Studies, 2016.
- Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada Discovery Accelerator Supplement Award, 2014.
- Royal Academy of Engineering, Distinguished Visiting Fellowship Award, University of Cambridge, 2013.
- President, CFD Society of Canada, 2009-2010.
- Member, Scientific Committee, International Conference on Computational Fluid Dynamics (ICCFD), 2008-present.
- Premier's Research Excellence Award, Ontario Ministry of Energy, Science, and Technology, 2000-2005
Research Overview
Professor Groth heads the CFD and Propulsion group at UTIAS. He is a theoretical and computational fluid dynamicist with expertise in high-performance computing/parallel algorithm design, adaptive mesh refinement (AMR), and finite-volume schemes for both compressible non-reacting and reactive flows. He also has expertise in the computation of non-equilibrium, rarefied, and magnetized flows, and the development of generalized transport models and solution methods following from kinetic theory.
Professor Groth's numerical method research currently focuses on output-based anisotropic AMR for both steady and unsteady flows, high-order spatial and temporal discretization methods for flows with shocks, complexity reduction via moment closure methods, and data assimilation methods for performing data-driven simulations. He is currently pioneering the development and application of high-order and AMR methods for high-speed compressible flows of gases and plasmas, as well as reactive flows, and the formulation of accurate and robust moment closure techniques for describing a range of micro-physical transport phenomena in non-equilibrium, rarefied gases flows, as well as multi-phase flows associated with liquid fuel atomization and soot formation gas-turbine engines. He is also involved in fundamental numerical studies of laminar flames and the development of reliable and robust numerical techniques for performing large-eddy simulations (LES) of turbulent reactive flows. He has extensive experience in the simulation of gas-turbine combustor flows under high-pressure conditions through collaborative research efforts with industry partners, including Pratt & Whitney Canada, a leading manufacturer of aviation gas turbine engines.