Fred Stern

Professor, Mechanical Engineering
George D. Ashton Professor of Hydroscience and Engineering
Research Engineer

Fred Stern is professor of mechanical engineering, the George D. Ashton Professor of Hydroscience and Engineering, and a research engineer at IIHR.

Research interests:

  • 6DOF viscous ship hydrodynamics
  • High performance, multi-criteria CFD-based optimization for ship design
  • Towing tank maneuvering test flow-map measurement system
  • Integration of simulation technology into undergraduate engineering courses and laboratories

Students:

  • Sungtek Park
  • Christian Milano
  • Zachery Starman
  • Kevin Rosenblum
Wave basin
Fred Stern works with students at the tow tank

 

Fred Stern
frederick-stern@uiowa.edu
(319) 335-5215
Stern Lab
PhD, University of Michigan, 1980
MSE, Naval Architecture & Marine Engineering, University of Michigan, 1977
BSE, Naval Architecture & Marine Engineering, University of Michigan, 1975

223C Stanley Hydraulics Lab (SHL)
Iowa City, IA 52242
United States