Professor Stefan Heinz

Department of Mathematics and Statistics

Professor of Mathematics

Contact Information

(307) 766-4203heinz@uwyo.edu

Ross Hall 214

Personal Website
Photo of Stefan Heinz

Education

Ph.D., Physics, Heinrich-Hertz Institute, Berlin, Germany, 1990
M.Sc., Physics, Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, Germany, 1986
B.S. Physics, Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, Germany, 1985

About Dr. Heinz

Stefan Heinz joined the University of Wyoming faculty in 2004. He came to the University of Wyoming from the Technical University Munich, Germany.

His research interests are in mathematical modeling, multiscale processes, stochastic analysis, Monte Carlo simulations, computational fluid dynamics, turbulence, combustion, and multiphase flows. He has authored about 150 publications and published two textbooks (Springer, 2003 and 2011). For more than twenty years, he has taught a variety of courses: calculus, probability, ordinary, partial, and stochastic differential equations, applied mathematics, deterministic and stochastic mathematical modeling, and machine learning. He has held visiting professor appointments at several universities and institutes. He won several teaching and research awards, he was honored as Adjunct Professor of Mechanical Engineering, Adjunct Professor of Civil & Architectural Engineering, and Adjunct Professor of the School of Computing at the University of Wyoming. He is a fellow of the Hanse-Wissenschaftskolleg (Institute for Advanced Study, Delmenhorst) in Germany and an Associate Fellow of the American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA).

Representative publications

  1. Heinz S. 2025 Strategy Analysis of Seamlessly Resolving Turbulent Flow Simulations. Aerospace 12 (7), 597/1 - 597/25.
  2. Heinz, S. & Fagbade, A. 2025 Evaluation metrics for partially and fully resolving simulations methods for turbulent flows. Int. J. Heat Fluid Flow 115, 109867/1-109867/13.
  3. Heinz, S. 2024 The Potential of Machine Learning Methods for Separated Turbulent Flow Simulations: Classical Versus Dynamic Methods. Fluids 9 (12), 278/1 - 278/22.
  4. Fagbade, A. & Heinz, S. 2024 Continuous Eddy Simulation (CES) of Transonic Shock-Induced Flow Separation. Appl. Sci. 14, 2705/1-2705/22.
  5. Heinz, S. 2024 The Law of the Wall and von Karman Constant: An Ongoing Controversial Debate. Fluids 9, 63/1-25/12.
  6. Fagbade, A. & Heinz, S. 2024 Continuous Eddy Simulation vs. Resolution-Imposing Simulation Methods for Turbulent Flows. Fluids 9, 22/1-22/29.
  7. Heinz, S. 2024 The Asymptotic Structure of Canonical Wall-Bounded Turbulent Flows. Fluids 9, 25/1-25/10.
  8. Heinz, S. 2023 A Mathematical Solution to the Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD) Dilemma. Mathematics 11, 3199/1-3199/17.
  9. Heinz, S. 2022 Minimal Error Partially Resolving Simulation Methods for Turbulent Flows: A Dynamic Machine Learning Approach. Phys. Fluids 34, 051705/1-051705/7.
  10. Plaut, E. & Heinz, S. 2022 Exact Eddy-Viscosity Equation for Turbulent Wall Flows - Implications for Computational Fluid Dynamics Models. AIAA J. 60, 1347-1364.
  11. Heinz, S. 2021 Theory-Based Mesoscale to Microscale Coupling for Wind Energy Applications. Appl. Math. Model. 98, 563-575.
  12. Heinz, S. 2021 The Continuous Eddy Simulation Capability of Velocity and Scalar Probability Density Function Equations for Turbulent Flows. Phys. Fluids 33, 025107/1-025107/13.
  13. Heinz, S., Mokhtarpoor, R. & Stoellinger, M. K. 2020 Theory-Based Reynolds-Averaged Navier-Stokes Equations with Large Eddy Simulation Capability for Separated Turbulent Flow Simulations. Phys. Fluids 32, 065102/1 - 065102/20.
  14. Wurps, H., Steinfeld. G. & Heinz, S. 2020 Grid-Resolution Requirements for Large-Eddy Simulations of the Atmospheric Boundary Layer. Boundary-Layer Meteorol. 175, 179-201.
  15. Heinz, S. 2020 A Review of Hybrid RANS-LES Methods for Turbulent Flows: Concepts and Applications. Prog. Aerosp. Sci. 114, 100597/1 - 100597/25.