Portrait of MAJ Colgan in front of an American flag.

MAJ Daniel Colgan

Instructor

daniel.colgan@westpoint.edu

Biography

MAJ Daniel J. Colgan serves as an instructor within the Advanced Mathematics Program within the Department of Mathematical Sciences at West Point. MAJ Colgan commissioned in 2013 from Bucknell University as an Engineer Officer (12A) through ROTC before specializing in Space Operations (FA40) in 2016. MAJ Colgan’s previous assignments and positions include Space Support Element Chief, Special Technical Operations Chief, various staff positions, and platoon leader as either an Army Engineer Officer or Space Operations Officer.
He received a B.S. in Mechanical Engineering from Bucknell University in 2013, a M.S. in Engineering Management from Missouri University of Science and Technology in 2020, and a M.S. in Mechanical Engineering from Kansas State University in 2023. His research interests are focused in fluid and thermal dynamics with an emphasis on numerical analysis.

Publications & Presentations

Xu, Bolun, Daniel Colgan, Mingjun Wei, and John T. Hrynuk. "Adjoint-Based Optimization on the Hydrodynamic Performance of Flexible Swimmers." In AIAA SCITECH 2024 Forum, p. 0058. 2024.

Colgan, Daniel. Application of adjoint-based optimization in three-dimensional flows interacting with multiple moving bodies. Diss. 2023.

Xu, Bolun, Daniel Colgan, Mingjun Wei, and John T. Hrynuk. "Adjoint-Based Optimal Control on Flows with Multiple Moving Cylinders in Tandem." In AIAA SciTech 2023 Forum, p. 0457. 2023.

Colgan, Daniel, Bolun Xu, Mingjun Wei, and John Hrynuk. "3D vortical structure of multiple moving spheroids under adjoint-based optimal control." In AIAA SciTech 2023 Forum, p. 0458. 2023.

Wei, Mingjun, Bolun Xu, Daniel Colgan, and John Hrynuk. "An adjoint-based approach to study the hydrodynamic schooling of heaving-pitching swimmers." Bulletin of the American Physical Society 67 (2022).

Colgan, Daniel, Bolun Xu, Mingjun Wei, and John Hrynuk. "Hydrodynamic interactions between mother and calf whales under optimized positioning and motion." Bulletin of the American Physical Society 67 (2022).