Education:
- (B.S., 1969, Physics) The Cooper Union
- (Ph.D., 1974, Physics) University of California at Berkeley
Research Interests:
- Molecular fluid mechanics
- dynamics of surfactants in solution
- interfacial boundary conditions
- nanoscale flows on patterned substrates
- non-Newtonian extrusion flows
- Fluid and particulate flow in geological fractures and random porous media
- Vortex dynamics in superfluid turbulence
Research Sponsors:
- Department of Energy (DOE)
- National Science Foundation (NSF)
Current Postdoctoral Research Associates:
- Tak Shing Lo
- Karla Morris
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Current Graduate Students:
- No Current Graduate Students
Latest Publications:
- Vortex locking in direct numerical simulations of superfluid turbulence, Phys. Rev. Lett. 101, 015301 (2008), with K. Morris and D. Rouson.
- Dynamical clustering of counterions on flexible polyelectrolytes, Phys. Rev. Lett. 100, 128301 (2008), with T.-S. Lo and B. Khusid.
- Flow of power-law fluids in self-affine fracture channels, Phys. Rev. E 77, 036315 (2008), with Y Yan.
- Shear flow pumping in open microfluidic systems, Phys. Rev. Lett. 98, 224504 (2007), with M. Rauscher and S. Dietrich.
- Interaction of two particles in confined linear shear flow at finite Reynolds number, Phys. Fluids 19, 11330 (2007), with Y. Yan and J. F. Morris.
- Nanoscale fluid flows in the vicinity of patterned surfaces, Phys. Rev. Lett. 96, 114502 (2006), with M. Cieplak and J. R. Banavar.
- Slip, immiscibility, and boundary conditions at the liquid-liquid interface, Phys. Rev. Lett. 96, 044505 (2006), with J. R. Banavar.
- Pearling instability of nanoscale fluid flow confined to a chemical channel, Phys. Fluids 18, 031104 (2006), with T. S. Lo, M. Rauscher and S. Dietrich.
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