Ron Fedkiw
Canon Professor in the School of Engineering
Computer Science
Web page: http://physbam.stanford.edu/~fedkiw
Bio
Fedkiw's research is focused on the design of new computational algorithms for a variety of applications including computational fluid dynamics, computer graphics, and biomechanics.
Honors & Awards
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Award for Initiatives in Research, National Academy of Science
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Fellowship, Packard Foundation
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Presidential Early Career Award for Scientists and Engineers, National Science Foundation
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Sloan Research Fellowship, Alfred P. Sloan Foundation
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Academy Award, The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (2007)
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Young Investigator Program Award, Office of Naval Research
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Robert N. Noyce Family Faculty Scholarship, Stanford University
Professional Education
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PhD, UCLA (1996)
2024-25 Courses
- Continuous Mathematical Methods with an Emphasis on Machine Learning
CS 205L (Win) - Introduction to Computer Graphics and Imaging
CS 148 (Aut) -
Independent Studies (15)
- Advanced Reading and Research
CS 499 (Aut, Win, Spr, Sum) - Advanced Reading and Research
CS 499P (Aut, Win, Spr, Sum) - Curricular Practical Training
CS 390A (Aut, Win, Spr, Sum) - Curricular Practical Training
CS 390B (Aut, Win, Spr, Sum) - Curricular Practical Training
CS 390C (Aut, Win, Spr, Sum) - Independent Project
CS 399 (Aut, Win, Spr, Sum) - Independent Project
CS 399P (Aut, Win, Spr, Sum) - Independent Work
CS 199 (Aut, Win, Spr, Sum) - Independent Work
CS 199P (Aut, Win, Spr, Sum) - Master's Research
CME 291 (Aut, Win, Spr, Sum) - Part-time Curricular Practical Training
CS 390D (Aut, Win, Spr, Sum) - Ph.D. Research
CME 400 (Aut, Win, Spr, Sum) - Programming Service Project
CS 192 (Aut, Win, Spr, Sum) - Senior Project
CS 191 (Aut, Win, Spr, Sum) - Writing Intensive Senior Research Project
CS 191W (Aut, Win, Spr)
- Advanced Reading and Research
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Prior Year Courses
2023-24 Courses
- Continuous Mathematical Methods with an Emphasis on Machine Learning
CS 205L (Win) - Introduction to Computer Graphics and Imaging
CS 148 (Aut)
2022-23 Courses
- Continuous Mathematical Methods with an Emphasis on Machine Learning
CS 205L (Win) - Introduction to Computer Graphics and Imaging
CS 148 (Aut)
2021-22 Courses
- Continuous Mathematical Methods with an Emphasis on Machine Learning
Stanford Advisees
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Doctoral Dissertation Advisor (AC)
Sarah Jobalia, Trevor Maxfield -
Master's Program Advisor
Teland La, Kevin Li, Alice Liu, Megan Liu, Benjamin Martinez, Alex Nam, Mohamed Owda, Adam Sun, Selena Sun -
Doctoral (Program)
Yitong Deng, Haodi He, Sarah Jobalia, Zhengfei Kuang, Kevli Li, Dalton Omens
All Publications
- High Resolution Sharp Computational Methods for Elliptic and Parabolic Problems in Complex Geometries J. Sci. Comput. 2013; 54: 369-413
- Chimera Grids for Water Simulation 2013
- A Hybrid Lagrangian-Eulerian Formulation for Bubble Generation and Dynamics 2013
- A New Grid Structure for Domain Extension SIGGRAPH 2013, ACM TOG 2013; 32: 63.1-63.8
- Implicit Surface Tension Formulation with a Lagrangian Surface Mesh on an Eulerian Simulation Grid J. Comp. Phys. 2012; 231: 2092-2115
- Simulating Free Surface Flow with Very Large Time Steps edited by Kry, P., Lee, J. 2012
- Mass and Momentum Conservation for Fluid Simulation edited by Bargteil, A., Panne, M., van de 2011
- A Novel Algorithm for Incompressible Flow Using Only a Coarse Grid Projection SIGGRAPH 2010, ACM TOG 2010
- Practical Animation of Compressible Flow for Shock Waves and Related Phenomena edited by Otaduy, M., Popovic, Z. 2010
- Accurate Tangential Velocities for Solid Fluid Coupling edited by Grinspun, E., Hodgins, J. 2009
- Energy Stability and Fracture for Frame Rate Rigid Body Simulations edited by Grinspun, E., Hodgins, J. 2009
- A Method for Avoiding the Acoustic Time-Step Restriction in Compressible Flow J. Comp. Phys. 2009; 228: 4146-4161
- A Mass Spring Model for Hair Simulation SIGGRAPH 2008, ACM TOG 2008; 27: 64.1-64.11
- Two-way Coupling of Rigid and Deformable Bodies edited by James, D., Gross, M. 2008
- Two-way Coupling of Fluids to Rigid and Deformable Solids and Shells SIGGRAPH 2008, ACM TOG 2008; 27: 46.1-46.9
- Wrinkled Flames and Cellular Patterns SIGGRAPH 2007, ACM TOG 2007; 26: 47.1-47.6
- Hybrid Simulation of Deformable Solids edited by Metaxas, D., Popovic, J. 2007
- Fracturing Rigid Materials IEEE TVCG 2007; 13: 370-378
- Volume Conserving Finite Element Simulation of Deformable Models SIGGRAPH 2007, ACM TOG 2007; 26: 13.1-13.6
- Simulating Speech with a Physics-Based Facial Muscle Model edited by Cani, M., P., Brien, J., O. 2006
- So Real It'll Make You Wet SIGGRAPH 2006 Sketches and Applications 2006
- Impulse-Based PD Control for Joints and Muscles SIGGRAPH 2006 Sketches and Applications 2006
- Robust Quasistatic Finite Elements and Flesh Simulation edited by Anjyo, K., Faloutsos, P. 2005
- Automatic Determination of Facial Muscle Activations from Sparse Motion Capture Marker Data SIGGRAPH 2005, ACM TOG 2005; 24: 417-425
- Pre-stabilization for Rigid Body Articulation with Contact and Collision SIGGRAPH 2005 Sketches and Applications 2005
- A Fast Hybrid k-Means Level Set Algorithm for Segmentation 2005
- Space Battle Pyromania SIGGRAPH 2005 Sketches and Applications 2005
- Fast 3D Muscle Simulations using a New Quasistatic Invertible Finite-Element Algorithm 2005
- Facial Muscle Activations from Motion Capture 2005
- Making a Computational Splash Computer Science, Reflections on the Field, Reflections from the Field The National Academies Press, Washington. 2004: 61–64
- Directible Photorealistic Liquids edited by Boulic, R., Pai, D. 2004
- Invertible Finite Elements for Robust Simulation of Large Deformation edited by Boulic, R., Pai, D. 2004
- A Crystalline, Red Green Strategy for Meshing Highly Deformable Objects with Tetrahedra 12th Int. Meshing Roundtable 2003: 103-114
- Using the Particle Level Set Method and a Second Order Accurate Pressure Boundary Condition for Free Surface Flows edited by Kawahashi, M., Ogut, A., Tsuji, Y. 2003
- Melting a Terminatrix SIGGRAPH 2003 Sketches and Applications 2003
- Big Bangs SIGGRAPH 2003 Sketches and Applications 2003
- Shock Capturing, Level Sets and PDE Based Methods in Computer Vision and Image Processing: A Review on Osher's Contribution J. Comput. Phys. 2003; 185: 309-341
- Robust Treatment of Interfaces for Fluid Flow and Computer Graphics Hyperbolic Problems: Theory, Numerics, Applications, Springer-Verlag, New York edited by Hou, T., Tadmor, E. Springer-Verlag, New York. 2003: 153–164
- Simulation and Animation of Fire and Other Natural Phenomena in the Visual Effects Industry Western States Section, Combustion Institute, Fall Meeting, UCLA 2003
- Simulating Natural Phenomena for Computer Graphics Geometric Level Set Methods in Imaging, Vision and Graphics edited by Osher, S., Paragios, N. Springer Verlag, New York. 2003: 461–479
- Simulation of Clothing with Folds and Wrinkles edited by Breen, D., Lin, M. 2003
- Finite Volume Methods for the Simulation of Skeletal Muscle edited by Breen, D., Lin, M. 2003
- The Ghost Fluid Method for Viscous Flows Innovative Methods for Numerical Solutions of Partial Differential Equations edited by Hafez, M., Chattot, J., J. World Scientific Publishing, New Jersey. 2002: 111–143
- A Second Order Accurate Symmetric Discretization of the Poisson Equation on Irregular Domains J. Comput. Phys. 2002; 176: 205-227
- A Fully Conservative Ghost Fluid Method & Stiff Detonation Waves 2002
- A General Technique for Eliminating Spurious Oscillations in Conservative Schemes for Multiphase and Multispecies Euler Equations Int. J. Nonlinear Sci. and Numer. Sim. 2002; 3: 99-106
- The Penultimate Scheme for Systems of Conservation Laws: Finite Difference ENO with Marquina's Flux Splitting Innovative Methods for Numerical Solutions of Partial Differential Equations edited by Hafez, M., Chattot, J., J. World Scientific Publishing, New Jersey. 2002: 49–85
- Visual Simulation of Smoke SIGGRAPH 2001 2001: 23-30
- A Quasi-Conservative Approach to the Multiphase Euler Equations without Spurious Pressure Oscillations Advances in Scientific Computing edited by Shi, Z., C., Mu, M., Xue, W. Science Press Beijing/New York. 2001: 106–115
- Level Set Method for Thin Film Epitaxial Growth J. Comput. Phys. 2001; 167: 475-500
- A Numerical Method for Two Phase Flow Consisting of Separate Compressible and Incompressible Regions J. Comput. Phys. 2001; 166: 1-27
- Level Set Methods: An Overview and Some Recent Results J. Comput. Phys. 2001; 169: 463-502
- Fast Surface Reconstruction using the Level Set Method 2001
- The Ghost Fluid Method for Discontinuities and Interfaces Godunov Methods edited by Toro, E., F. Kluwer, New York. 2001: 309–317
- Practical Animation of Liquids SIGGRAPH 2001 2001: 15-22
- Simplified Upwind Discretization of Systems of Hyperbolic Conservation Laws Containing Advection Equations J. Comput. Phys. 2000; 157: 302-326
- A Boundary Condition Capturing Method for Poisson's Equation on Irregular Domains J. Comput. Phys. 2000; 160: 151-178
- A Boundary Condition Capturing Method for Multiphase Incompressible Flow J. Sci. Comput. 2000; 15: 323-360
- An Isobaric Fix for the Overheating Problem in Multimaterial Compressible Flows J. Comput. Phys. 1999; 148: 545-578
- A Non-Oscillatory Eulerian Approach to Interfaces in Multimaterial Flows (The Ghost Fluid Method) J. Comput. Phys. 1999; 152: 457-492
- The Ghost Fluid Method for Deflagration and Detonation Discontinuities J. Comput. Phys. 1999; 154: 393-427
- Efficient Characteristic Projection in Upwind Difference Schemes for Hyperbolic Systems (The Complementary Projection Method) J. Comput. Phys. 1998; 141: 22-36
- Numerical Methods for a One-Dimensional Interface Separating Compressible and Incompressible Flows Barriers and Challenges in Computational Fluid Dynamics edited by Venkatakrishnan, V., Salas, M., Chakravarthy, S. Kluwer Academic Publishers, The Netherlands. 1998: 155–194
- Numerical Methods for a Mixture of Thermally Perfect and/or Calorically Perfect Gaseous Species with Chemical Reactions J. Comput. Phys. 1997; 132: 175-190