Marsha Berger
Professor (Emeritus)Computer Science Department
Courant Institute of Mathematical Sciences
New York University
Warren Weaver Hall, Room 1109
Phones
(212) 998-3305 (voice)(212) 995-4121 (fax)
Mail Address
Courant InstituteNew York University
251 Mercer Street
New York, NY 10012
New Location
Flatiron Institute, Simons FoundationCenter for Computational Mathematics
Research Interests
My major areas of research are in computational fluid dynamics, adaptive methods for the numerical solution of pdes in complex geometries, and large-scale parallel computing.Click for more information on the following projects:
- Cart3D:
Cartesian grid methods for complex geometry
with collaborators Michael Aftosmis and Marian Nemec
- Clawpack with Clawpack open source development team.
- Geophysical Flows with Bathymetry with collaborators Randy Leveque, Donna Calhoun, David George, Kyle Mandli
Selected Teaching Links
Intro. to Computer Science (CSCI-UA-0101-007, spring 2018)High Performance Scientific Computing (G22.2945/G63.2011, fall 2012)
High Performance Scientific Computing (G22.2945/G63.2011, fall 2010)
High Performance Scientific Computing (G22.2945/G63.2011, fall 2008)
Scientific Computing (G22.2112/G63.2043, fall 2006)
Numerical Computing (V22.0421, spring 2006)
For all other courses see Computer Science Dept. Course Archives.
Selected Publications
(for Cart3D and AIAA publications see
Cart3D website publications)
Air-burst Generated
Tsunamis
with J. Goodman. Pure Appl.Geophys. 175(4), (2018)
An
ODE-based Wall Model for Turbulent Flow Simulations
with M. Aftosmis. AIAA paper 2017-0528, Grapevine,
TX., Jan. 2017.
Two-Dimensional Slope
Limiters for Finite Volume Schemes on
Non-Coordinate-Aligned Meshes
with S. May. SISC 35(5), 2013.
Progress
Towards a Cartesian Cut-Cell Method for Viscous
Compressible Flow
with M. Aftosmis, and Appendix by S.R. Allmaras.
AIAA paper
2012-1301, Nashville, TN., Jan. 2012.
A Simplified H-Box
Method for Embedded
Boundary Grids
with C. Helzel. SISC 34(2), 2012.
preprint:
arXiv:1008.0455v1 [physics.geo-ph] The GeoClaw
Software for Depth-Averaged Flows with Adaptive
Refinement
with D.L. George,R.J.LeVeque, and K.T. Mandli.
Advances in Water Resources 34, 2011.
Analysis of Slope Limiters on
Irregular Grids
with M. Aftosis and S. Murman. AIAA paper 2005-0490,
Reno, NV., Jan. 2005.
A High-Resolution Rotated Grid
Method for Conservation Laws with Embedded
Geometries
with C. Helzel and R. LeVeque. SISC 26(3), 2005.
H-box Methods for the Approximation
of Hyperbolic
Conservation Laws on Irregular Grids
with C. Helzel and R. LeVeque. SINUM 41(3), 2003.
Flow Simulations on Cartesian Grid
involving Complex
Moving Geometries
with Hans Forrer. Proc. 7th Intl. Conf. on Hyperbolic
Problems, Zurich,
Switz., Feb., 1998.
Accuracy, Adaptive Methods
and Complex
Geometry
Proc. 1st AFOSR Conference on Dynamic Motion CFD, Rutgers
University,
L. Sakell and D. Knight, editors, June, 1996.
An Accuracy Test of a Cartesian Grid Method
for Steady Flow in Complex
Geometries
RIACS Technial Report 95-02. Also, Proc. 5th Intl. Conf. on Hyperbolic Problems,
Stonybrook, June, 1994.
Software
For CLAWPACK (an adaptive wave propagation software package) or for GeoClaw (its specialization to geophysical flows with bathymetry) see:For Cart3D software, contact Aerion/Desktop Aero or see licensing instructions at:
Mesh refinement software for 2-D and 3-D adaptive mesh refinement for hyperbolic conservation laws (no longer maintained):
Other Activities
- Badminton Club, formerly faculty advisor
- Women's Faculty Caucus
- Family info: check out Theo Goodman and their recipe app Half Lemons
-
Return to CIMS Home
Page
/ CS
Home Page