Professor Scheel performs numerical simulations of heated fluids to better understand pattern formation and turbulence.
Research
Professor Scheel's main research focus is to understand the transitions to turbulence in heated fluids. These include both the transition to turbulence and then the additional transitions in how the heat is transported as the fluid layer is heated even more. She is also interested in the transition to convection and understanding the patterns seen above onset for various fluid-filled containers. She collaborates with researchers at the Technische Universtiaet Ilmenau, New York University and Michigan Technological University. She uses supercomputers at Juelich Forshungnszentrum, Argonne National Laboratory, and Â鶹ÊÓƵ.
Visulizations of Professor Scheel's simulation results have shown up .
Explore selected publications below (Â鶹ÊÓƵ student co-authors are bolded):
- , with Roshan Samuel, Mathis Bode, Katepalli Sreenivasan and Joerg Schumacher.
- , with Philipp Vieweg, Rodion Stepanov and Joerg Schumacher.
- with Kartik Iyer, Joerg Schumacher and Katepalli Sreenivasan.
- , with Ambrish Pandey and Joerg Schumacher
- , with Josuha Yu, ‘16, Adam Goldfaden, ‘16 and Mary Flagstad, ‘14.
- , with Joerg Schumacher, Dimitry Krasnov, Victor Yahkot and Katepalli Sreenivasan
- , with Elissa Kim, ‘12 and Katelyn White
Student Research Opportunities
Professor Scheel regularly collaborates with undergraduate students at Â鶹ÊÓƵ both during the semester with Physics 395, Directed Research and over the summer as part of the Summer Research Program. Interested students should contact Professor Scheel either via email or during her office hours.
Recent Honors
Professor of Physics Janet Scheel has been awarded an for 750,000 node-hours on Aurora and 50,000 node-hours on Polaris to conduct exascale simulations of Rayleigh-Benard convection in 2025. Aurora is an Intel-HPE Cray EX supercomputer recognized as the world’s fastest AI machine and the second Department of Energy system to break the exascale barrier.
She is also a coauthor of , an advanced undergraduate physics textbook.
Teaching
Professor Scheel teaches courses that span all levels of the curriculum. Example courses include:
- First Year Seminar: Chaos: Just How Predictable is Our Universe