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  • MAE 524/624 Physics of Micro- and Nanoscale Fluid Mechanics.

    Introduction to fluid mechanics in micro- and nanofabricated devices.

    Fluid mechanics: physicochemical description of hydrodynamics, mixing phenomena at low Re, capillarity, double layer phenomena and electrokinetic effects, optical and electrical particle manipulation, nanofluidic applications such as entropic and confinement effects, nonlinear E-field effects.

  • MAE 423/523 Intermediate Fluid Dynamics.

    Spring 2008 students--Click Here for Blackboard Course Webpage

    Emphasis is placed on both the fundamental principles and numerical calculation of real flows using a computational fluid dynamics package. Topics covered include some exact solutions to the Navier-Stokes equations, boundary layers, wakes and jets, separation, compressible flow, and turbulence.

  • MAE 427 Experimental Laboratory in Fluid Mechanics and Heat Transfer.

    Laboratory exercises in fluid mechanics and the thermal sciences.

    Measurements of flame temperature, pressure, heat transfer, viscosity, lift and drag, fluid-flow rate, effects of turbulence, air foil stall, flow visualization, and spark-ignition engine performance. Instrumentation, techniques and analysis, and interpretation of results. Biweekly written assignments with extensive feedback.

Double layer overlap in nanochannels. The interplay of shielding ion layers in nanoscale channels is a hallmark of nanofluidics, one of our key research interests.
Mechanical and electrokinetic properties of tissue-engineered scaffolds used for seeding chondrocytes.