Associate Professor
Phone:  973-642-7979
Email:  wychoi@njit.edu
Dept:  Mathematical Sciences
Room:  513 * Cullimore Hall
Website:  http://web.njit.edu/~wychoi

Education

MS,  Naval Architecture, Seoul National University
BS,  Naval Architecture, Seoul National University  

Areas of Research

The main research interest of Wooyoung Choi lies in theoretical and computational fluid mechanics, and specific research areas include nonlinear wave mechanics, free surface flows, geophysical flow processes, naval hydrodynamics, vortex dynamics, and hydrodynamic stability. His research involves solving intriguing nonlinear problems with simple but reliable analytical models and a skillful use of numerical techniques. His current research projects include the development of mathematical models for short-term prediction of evolving nonlinear wave fields and nonlinear wave-body interaction, and the study of large amplitude internal solitary waves and their surface signatures with application to remote sensing.

Selected Publications

"On the realm of validity of strongly nonlinear asymptotic approximations for internal waves," (with R. Camassa, H. Michallet, P.-O. Rusas, & J. K. Sveen), J. of Fluid Mech., in press, 2005.

"A numerical study of the exact evolution equations for surface waves in water of finite depth," (with Y. A. Li & J. M. Hyman), Studies in Applied Math., v.113, 303-324, 2004.

"Traveling waves in the Rayleigh-Bernard convection with Rotation," (with D. Prasad, R. Camassa, & R. E. Ecke), Phys. Rev. E, v.69, 05631, 2004 .

"Strongly nonlinear long gravity waves in uniform shear flows," Phys. Rev. E, v.68, 026305, 2003.

"Dynamics of strongly nonlinear internal solitary waves in shallow water," (with T. Jo), Studies in Applied Math., v.109, 205-228, 2002.

"Fully nonlinear internal waves in a two-fluid system," (with R. Camassa), J. Fluid Mech., v.396, 1-36, 1999.