Sportsman's Paradise

Kevin Maki

Assistant Research Scientist
Department of Naval Architecture and Marine Engineering
College of Engineering
The University of Michigan

Contact
kjmaki [at] umich [dot] edu

111 NAME Building
2600 Draper Drive
Ann Arbor, MI 48109-2145 USA
734.936.2804

 


Education

University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan USA

  • Ph.D., Naval Architecture and Marine Engineering, December 2005
  • M.S.E., Aerospace Engineering, April 2004
  • M.S.E., Naval Architecture and Marine Engineering, August 2002
  • B.S.E., Naval Architecture and Marine Engineering, April 2001

Research Interests

Marine Hydrodynamics, Computational Fluid Dynamics

Publications

  1. Maki, K.J., Doctors, L.J., Beck, R.F., Troesch, A.W. 2006, "Transom-Stern Flow for High-Speed Craft", Australian Journal of Mechanical Engineering, vol. 3, no. 2, pp. 191-198.

Conferences

  1. Maki, K.J. and Wilson, W.M. 2008, "Steady Drift Force Calculation on the Naval Destroyer Hull 5415". Workshop on Verification and Validation of Ship Manoeuvering Simulation Methods (SIMMAN 2008), Copenhagen, Denmark, April 14-16.
  2. Alford, L.K., Kim, D-H., Maki, K.J., Troesch, A.W. 2007, "A Methodology for Creating Ship Design Responses". The Tenth International Symposium on Practical Design of Ships and Other Floating Structures PRADS 2007, Houston, Texas, September 30-October 5.
  3. Maki, K.J., Doctors, L.J., Beck, R.F. 2007, "On the Profile of the Flow behind a Transom Stern" Ninth International Conference on Numerical Ship Hydrodynamics, Ann Arbor, Michigan, August.
  4. Maki, K.J., Doctors, L.J., Rhee, S.H., Wilson, W.M., Beck, R.F., Troesch, A.W. 2007, "Resistance Prediction for a High-Speed Sealift Trimaran". Ninth International Conference on Numerical Ship Hydrodynamics, Ann Arbor, Michigan, August.
  5. Maki, K., Iafrati, A., Rhee, S., Beck, R., Troesch, A. 2006, "The Transom Stern Modeled as a Backward Facing Step". Twenty-Sixth Symposium on Naval Hydrodynamics, Rome, Italy, September 17-22.
  6. Maki, K.J., Doctors, L.J., Beck, R.F., Troesch, A.W. 2005, "Transom-Stern Flow for High Speed Craft", Eighth International Conference on Fast Sea Transportation - FAST, Saint Petersburg, Russia, June.
  7. Maki, K.J., Beck, R.F. and Troesch, A.W. 2005, "Experimental Validation of Numerically Simulated Unsteady Flow", Twentieth International Workshop on Water Waves and Floating Bodies, Longyearbyen, Spitsbergen (Norway), May.
  8. Maki, K.J., Troesch, A.W., and Beck, R.F. 2004, "Qualitative Investigation of Transom Stern Flow Ventilation", Nineteenth International Workshop on Water Waves and Floating Bodies, Cortona, Italy, April.

Courses

  • NA 401 - Small Craft Design
  • NA 403 - Sailing Craft Design Principles
  • "Sailing Yacht Perfomance Analysis" An accredited short course presented at the SNAME Marine Technology Conference & Expo, November 14, 2007, Ft. Lauderdale, Florida. Co-Instructor with Prof. Robert Beck.

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