In trying to solve a mysterious problem of physics, University of Nebraska–Lincoln engineer Jae Sung Park expects to encounter more than a fair share of turbulence along the way.
Having earned a five-year, $508,780 Faculty Early Career Development Program award from the National Science Foundation, Park is aiming to solve one of the great problems in science — discovering patterns or orders in turbulent flows of gases and liquids, and then developing methods of exploiting those orders to mitigate their impact on the world.
