group members
last
updated: Tuesday, June 03,
2003
Current
graduate students
Postdoctoral
fellows
Visiting
students
Former
graduate students and postdocs
Connie
K. Smith
Ph.D. candidate
research interests
contact
info
office Abercrombie Lab C 112
phone 713 348 2495
e-mail cksmith@rice.edu
webpage
Xueying Xie
Ph.D. candidate
research interests
I am studying 3-D cell deformation in shear flow by Finite
Element Method. To this aim, I am using FEM for 3-D viscoelastic
computation, free surface flow, multiphase flow and large scale computation.
contact
info
office Abercrombie Lab C 112
phone 713 348 2495
e-mail xueying@rice.edu
webpage www.owlnet.rice.edu/~xueying
Rajat Duggal
Ph.D. candidate
research interests
To study the interplay
of flow and polymer conformational properties, we visualize fluorescently
labeled DNA molecules under different flow conditions, using fluorescence
microscopy. Polymer deformation in scaled-down complex inhomogeneous
free-surface flows is being investigated. The results would give an insight
into the interaction of flow and polymer microstructure, and could be used to
improve theoretical and computational modeling of complex flows.
contact
info
office Abercrombie Lab C 112
phone 713 348 2495 (office); 713 348 3519 (lab)
e-mail duggal@rice.edu
webpage
Alberto
Montesi
Ph.D. candidate
research interests
Theoretical and Computational Modeling of Semiflexible Polymers in Flow
Computational Modeling of Polymer Translocation through
nanopores
Computational Modeling Collapse of Semiflexible Polymers in bad solvent
Micro-macro
Approach to
computational rheology of complex fluids
Rheology of
Emulsions: experiments and modeling
contact
info
office Abercrombie Lab C 112
phone 713 348 2495
e-mail amontesi@rice.edu
webpage www.ruf.rice.edu/~amontesi
Virginia
A. Davis
Ph.D. candidate
research interests
Rheology and
phase behavior of SWNTs in strong acids: individual
and small bundles of single wall carbon nanotubes (SWNTs) have remarkable thermal, electrical and mechanical properties;
neat macroscopic SWNT fibers could be used in many high performance
applications. The focus of the research is on improving fiber properties; the
first step is defining the optimal composition of the spinning dispersion. To
this aim, we investigate the rheology and phase behavior of SWNTs
in strong acids.
contact info
office Abercrombie Lab B 149
phone 713 348 x3750, x3507 (lab), x4014 (Space
Science)
e-mail vadavis8@rice.edu
webpage
Pradeep P. Bhat
Ph.D. candidate
research interests
Fluid
mechanics of small scale free surface flows
Small scale free
surface flows are invaluable in applications such as ink-jet printing, spray painting, micro-pipetting and DNA arraying etc. Polymer solvents are used
in these applications as
additives to the main coating liquids. My research work involves the finite element analysis of these small scale free surface flows
using appropriate constitutive relationships
for the `microstructured' polymer additives.
Microstructured materials are
proven to behave differently under different flow conditions. Investigation of the microstructure of some polymer
solutions is also included in the scope
of my research.
contact info
office Abercrombie Lab C 112
phone 713 348 2495
e-mail bhatpp@rice.edu
webpage
Nick
Parra-Vasquez
Ph.D. candidate
research interests
Rheology and
phase behavior studies of functionalized single wall carbon nanotubes
in strong acids
contact
info
office Abercrombie Lab B 149
phone 713 348 3750
e-mail alario33@rice.edu
webpage
Xiruo Wang
M.S. candidate
research interests
My research focuses on the numerical simulation of
complex flows of complex fluids with 4-field, Galerkin/least
square method, which uses equal order basis functions for velocity, pressure,
velocity gradient and conformation.
contact
info
office Abercrombie Lab C112
phone 713 248 2495
e-mail wangxr@rice.edu
webpage
Dr.
Ingrid Stepanek-Basset
Postdoctoral Fellow
research interests
contact
info
office Abercrombie Lab b 149
phone 713 348 3750
e-mail stepanek@rice.edu
webpage
Dr. Jong H. Han
Postdoctoral Fellow
research interests
contact
info
office Abercrombie Lab b 149
phone 713 348 3750
e-mail jhhan@rice.edu
webpage
Gladys
Zevallo Nalvarte
Ph.D. candidate, Pontificia
Universitade Rio de Janeiro, Brasil
research interests
contact
info
office
phone
e-mail gzevallo@rice.edu,
gzevallo@mec.puc-rio.br
webpage