Research Centers
The Army High Performance Computing
Research Center (AHPCRC) | View »
is a collaboration between the U.S. Army and a consortium of university and industry partners. Stanford University is the consortium’s lead organization and academic partner, with overall responsibility for the AHPCRC program. AHPCRC addresses the Army’s most difficult scientific and engineering challenges using high performance computing, in alignment with the Army Research, Development and Engineering Command’s (RDECOM’s) vision to be the world leader in rapid and innovative research, development, and engineering for the war fighter. More »
Center for Design Research (CDR) | View »
The Stanford Center for Design Research is a community of scholars focused on understanding and augmenting engineering design innovation and design education. We are dedicated to facilitating individual creativity, understanding the team design process, and developing advanced tools and methods that promote superior design and manufacturing of products. The affiliated research labs that comprise the Center for Design Research are headed by Professors Larry Leifer (Director), Mark Cutkosky, Sheri Sheppard, and Chris Gerdes.
Center for Integrated Turbulence Simulations (CITS) | View »
The Center for Integrated Turbulence Simulations is a multidisciplinary organization established in July 1997 at Stanford University to develop advanced numerical simulation methodologies that will enable a new paradigm for the design of complex, large-scale systems in which turbulence plays a controlling role. The initial focus of the CITS is provided by a comprehensive program on gas turbine engines, supported by the Department of Energy (DOE) under its Advanced Simulation and Computing (ASC).
Center for Turbulence Research (CTR) | View »
The Center for Turbulence Research is a research consortium for fundamental study of turbulent flows. It is jointly operated by Stanford University and National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA).
The principal objective of the CTR is to stimulate significant advances in the physical understanding of turbulence and related non-linear multi-scale phenomena. These advances are directed to improving capabilities for control of turbulence and to modeling turbulence for engineering analysis. Particular emphasis is placed on probing turbulent flow fields developed by direct numerical simulations and/or laboratory experiments, on using new diagnostic techniques and mathematical methods, on concepts for turbulence control and modeling, and on complex effects on turbulence. These effects include, complex geometry, chemical reactions, complex fluids, multi fluid phases, magnetohydrodynamics and hypersonics.