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Prof Jesse Capecelatro

@jessecaps.bsky.social

Assoc. Prof of Mechanical & Aerospace Engineering at the University of Michigan • Fluid dynamicist • PI of the Multiphase/Multi-physics Flow Lab

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A study on moon landings, particle ejection, dust clouds and Görtler instability
YouTube video by Michigan Engineering A study on moon landings, particle ejection, dust clouds and Görtler instability

And check out this awesome video on the project: www.youtube.com/watch?v=ccx1...

24.07.2025 19:09 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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Solving a moon mystery helps game out future landings U-M, Johns Hopkins partnership explains a consistent pattern in the dust under moon landings.

New paper out in Nature Communications! Together with Johns Hopkins we showed that the persistent streaks observed during lunar landings is caused by Görtler instability triggered by rocket plumes.

Story: news.engin.umich.edu/2025/07/solv...

Paper: www.nature.com/articles/s41...

24.07.2025 19:04 — 👍 2    🔁 0    💬 1    📌 0
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Some eye candy: Görtler vortices in an underexpanded jet by PhD graduate Meet Patel

22.07.2025 16:19 — 👍 5    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 1
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Carl Sagan on why books are human’s greatest invention:

08.07.2025 16:55 — 👍 7035    🔁 1721    💬 158    📌 103
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Freeman Dyson’s response was hay

www.goodreads.com/quotes/4100-...

11.06.2025 11:29 — 👍 5    🔁 1    💬 1    📌 0
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Scalar mixing is a beautiful thing. We're starting to look into how compressible turbulence caused by particle wakes and shocks mix scalars

08.06.2025 16:29 — 👍 2    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
Sesame Street: Bert and Ernie's Fish Call
YouTube video by Sesame Street Sesame Street: Bert and Ernie's Fish Call

A classic: www.youtube.com/watch?v=cUus...

04.06.2025 18:07 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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The Capecelatro Research Group takes over Ypsilanti.

08.04.2025 02:32 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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Art for Tame Impala’s “Currents” by @edsunspot.bsky.social
@EdSunspot #fluidart

13.12.2024 15:28 — 👍 3    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
U-M, Los Alamos to develop AI research facility in Michigan | The University Record

Big things ahead at the University of Michigan! U-M and Los Alamos are teaming up to build next-generation #HPC facility for #AI research record.umich.edu/articles/u-m...

05.12.2024 12:58 — 👍 4    🔁 1    💬 0    📌 0
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New paper out in JFM! Simulations, experiments, and theory all wrapped up in one. #openaccess doi.org/10.1017/jfm....

03.12.2024 14:35 — 👍 4    🔁 2    💬 0    📌 0
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Super excited to finally hold this in my hands! Fluid Mechanics 7th edition is now out! #Fluidmechanics #fluiddynamics shop.elsevier.com/books/fluid-...

03.12.2024 14:29 — 👍 11    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

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