The Department of Mechanical Engineering at SUNY Korea is pleased to welcome Professor Mario Rüttgers, who joined the department as an Assistant Professor in Fall 2026.
Professor Rüttgers specializes in computational fluid dynamics, machine learning, high-performance computing, respiratory and hemodynamic flows, nasal cavity surgery planning, urban flows, drag-efficient UAV path planning, and flow control using reinforcement learning. His interdisciplinary research combines advanced computational methods with machine learning to address a wide range of engineering and biomedical challenges.
Professor Rüttgers earned his B.S. and Ph.D. degrees in Mechanical Engineering from RWTH Aachen University and his M.S. degree in Mechanical Engineering from POSTECH. Before joining SUNY Korea, he conducted doctoral and postdoctoral research at RWTH Aachen University and the Jülich Supercomputing Centre. He later worked as a postdoctoral researcher at Inha University and taught courses including Numerical Analysis and Turbulent Flows.
His research achievements include publications in international journals and peer-reviewed conference proceedings, as well as the development of computational libraries for urban flow simulation and path planning. Professor Rüttgers received the Walter Benjamin Fellowship from the German Research Foundation in 2024 and a Best Paper Award at the 2024 PPAM Conference.
Through his research and teaching, Professor Rüttgers will contribute to strengthening the department’s expertise in computational engineering, fluid dynamics, machine learning, and high-performance computing.