Mariann Francois

Education

• Ph.D., Aerospace Engineering
• University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida
• 2002

• M.S, Aerospace Engineering (with distinctions)
• Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University, Daytona Beach, Florida
• 1998

• Diplome d'Ingenieur, Engineering
• Ecole Polytechnique Feminine, Sceaux, France
• 1997

Positions

• 8/2015 - Present | Group Leader, XCP-4, Methods and Algorithms
• 8/2012 - 8/2015 | Deputy Group Leader, T-3 Fluid Dynamics and Solid Mechanics
• 8/2004 - 8/2012 | Technical Staff Member, CCS-2 Computational Physics and Methods
• 11/2002 - 8/2004 | Postdoctoral Research Associate, CCS-2 Computational Physics and Methods

Publications

• Diot S., Francois M.M., An interface reconstruction method based on an analytical formula for 3D arbitrary convex cells, Journal of Computational Physics, 305, 63-74, 2016.
• Li Q., Kang Q.J., Francois, M.M. Hu, A. J., Lattice Boltzmann modeling of self-propelled Leidenfrost droplets on ratchet surfaces, Soft Matter, 12, 302-312, 2016.
• Li Q., Kang Q.J., Francois M.M., He Y.L., Luo, K.H., Lattice Boltzmann modeling of boiling heat transfer: The boiling curve and the effects of wettability, International Journal of Heat and Mass Transfer, 85, 787-796, 2015.
• Diot S., Francois M.M., Dendy E.D., A Higher-Order Unsplit 2D Direct Eulerian Finite Volume Method for Two-Material Compressible Flows based on the MOOD paradigms, International Journal for Numerical Methods in Fluids, 76, 1064-1087, 2014.
• Francois M.M., Lo L.-T., Sewell C., Volume-of-fluid interface reconstruction algorithms on next generation computer architectures, Proceedings of the FEDSM 14, ASME Fluids Engineering Division, 2014.
• Diot S., Francois M.M., Dendy E.D., An interface reconstruction method based on analytical formulae for 2D planar and axisymmetric arbitrary convex cells, Journal of Computational Physics, 275, 53-64, 2014.
• Joggerst C.C., Nelson A., Woodward P., Lovekin C., Masser T., Fryer C. L., Ramaprabhu P., Francois M., Rockefeller G., Cross-code comparisons of mixing during the implosion of dense cylindrical and spherical shells, Journal of Computational Physics, 275, 154-173, 2014.
• Francois M.M., Carlson N.N., The global embedded interface formulation for interfacial mass transfer within a volume tracking framework, Computers and Fluids, 87, 102-114, 2013.
• Francois M.M., Shashkov M.J., Masser T.O., Dendy E.D., A comparative study of multimaterial Lagrangian and Eulerian methods with pressure relaxation, Computers and Fluids, 83, 126-136, 2013.
• Masser T.O., Francois M.M., Bo W., Grove J.W., Dendy E.D., The Eulerian Application Project’s New Hydro Option, Proceedings of the Nuclear Explosives Code Developers Conference (NECDC), Livermore, CA, 2012.
• akosi J., Barnett N., Christon M., Francois M.M., Lowrie R.B., Large-scale turbulent simulations of grid-to-rod fretting, Proceedings of the CFD4NRS-4 The Experimental Validation and Application of CFD and CMFD Codes in Nuclear Reactor Technology, OECD/NEA and IAEA Workshop, 2012.
• Francois M.M., Carlson N.N., Liu K., Progress toward high-fidelity simulations of droplet dynamics in contactors, Transactions of the American Nuclear Society annual meeting, 2011.
• Liovic P., Francois M., Rudman M., Manasseh R., Efficient simulation of surface tension-dominated flows through enhanced interface geometry interrogation, Journal of Computational Physics, Vol. 229, pp. 7520-7544, 2010.
• Francois M.M., Swartz B.K., Interface Curvature via Volume Fractions, Heights, and Mean Values on Nonuniform Rectangular Grids, Journal of Computational Physics, Vol. 229, pp. 527-540, 2010.
• Schofield S.P., Garimella R.V, Francois M.M., Loubere R., A second-order accurate material-order-independent interface reconstruction technique for multi-material flow simulations, Journal of Computational Physics, Vol. 228, pp. 731-745, 2009.