CV
Education
- Ph.D in Version Control Theory, GitHub University, 2018 (expected)
- M.S. in Jekyll, GitHub University, 2014
- B.S. in GitHub, GitHub University, 2012
Work experience
- Spring 2024: Academic Pages Collaborator
- GitHub University
- Duties includes: Updates and improvements to template
- Supervisor: The Users
- Fall 2015: Research Assistant
- GitHub University
- Duties included: Merging pull requests
- Supervisor: Professor Hub
- Summer 2015: Research Assistant
- GitHub University
- Duties included: Tagging issues
- Supervisor: Professor Git
Skills
- Skill 1
- Skill 2
- Sub-skill 2.1
- Sub-skill 2.2
- Sub-skill 2.3
- Skill 3
Publications
A High-Fidelity Simulation Framework for Turbulent Flows with Complex (Metamaterial) Structures
Beckers, D., Balasubramanian, S., Lin, C.-T., Goza, A., Bae, H.J. (2026). "A High-Fidelity Simulation Framework for Turbulent Flows with Complex (Metamaterial) Structures." AIAA SCITECH 2026 Forum. AIAA 2026-2622.
Model-Based Reinforcement Learning for Control of Strongly Disturbed Unsteady Aerodynamic Flows
Liu, Z., Beckers, D., Eldredge, J.D. (2025). "Model-Based Reinforcement Learning for Control of Strongly Disturbed Unsteady Aerodynamic Flows." AIAA Journal. 63(10): 4105-4125.
Deep reinforcement learning of airfoil pitch control in a highly disturbed environment using partial observations
Beckers, D., Eldredge, J.D. (2024). "Deep reinforcement learning of airfoil pitch control in a highly disturbed environment using partial observations." Phys. Rev. Fluids. 9(9): 093902.
Wind tunnel effects on gust-interaction simulations
Beckers, D., Eldredge, J.D. (2023). "Wind tunnel effects on gust-interaction simulations." Theor. Comput. Fluid Dyn.. 37: 533–548.
Planar potential flow on Cartesian grids
Beckers, D., Eldredge, J.D. (2022). "Planar potential flow on Cartesian grids." Journal of Fluid Mechanics. 941: A19.
Talks
A High-Fidelity Simulation Framework for Turbulent Flows with Complex (Metamaterial) Structures
Conference presentation at AIAA SciTech 2026 Forum, Orlando, FL
Improving the conditioning and accuracy of the projection-based immersed boundary methods
Conference presentation at 78th Annual Meeting of the APS Division of Fluid Dynamics, Houston, TX
Improving the conditioning of the immersed boundary projection method
Conference presentation at 77th Annual Meeting of the APS Division of Fluid Dynamics, Salt Lake City, UT
Immersed-boundary modeling of turbulent channel flow with deforming walls
Conference presentation at 17th Southern California Flow Physics Symposium, Irvine, CA
Deep reinforcement learning of airfoil pitch control in freestream disturbances
Conference presentation at 76th Annual Meeting of the APS Division of Fluid Dynamics, Washington, D.C.
Deep reinforcement learning of airfoil pitch control in transverse freestream disturbances
Conference presentation at 2nd Direct in-Person Colloquium on Vortex Dominated Flows (DisCoVor), Breckenridge, CO
Deep reinforcement learning of airfoil pitch control in transverse freestream disturbances
Conference presentation at 16th Southern California Flow Physics Symposium, San Diego, CA
A computationally-augmented wind tunnel with irrotational gust generation for low-speed aerodynamics
Conference presentation at 75th Annual Meeting of the APS Division of Fluid Dynamics, Indianapolis, IN
Discretization error analysis of convective schemes for large eddy simulations with adaptive mesh refinement
Conference presentation at Rocky Mountain Fluid Mechanics Research Symposium, Boulder, CO
Towards a computationally-augmented wind tunnel for unsteady aerodynamics
Conference presentation at 15th Southern California Flow Physics Symposium, Los Angeles, CA
Aggregated Lifting-line Vortex Modeling for Unsteady Aerodynamics
Conference presentation at 74th Annual Meeting of the APS Division of Fluid Dynamics, Phoenix, AZ
Fast Potential Flow Computations for Low-order Aerodynamic Modeling
Conference presentation at 73rd Annual Meeting of the APS Division of Fluid Dynamics, Virtual
Fast Potential Flow Computations for Low-order Aerodynamic Modeling
Conference presentation at 14th Southern California Flow Physics Symposium, Virtual
Fast potential flow computations for low-order aerodynamic modeling
Conference presentation at 72nd Annual Meeting of the APS Division of Fluid Dynamics, Seattle, WA
Teaching
Service and leadership
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