Stephen Biederman, Undergraduate Research Assistant

ESM class of 2009

Research: Stirring experiments in an elastic fluid

sbiederm@vt.edu

J. Alec Calhoun, Undergraduate Research Assistant

ESM class of 2008

Research: Stirring experiments in a viscous fluid

jac08@vt.edu

Jie Chen, Graduate Research Assistant

M.E. 2004 Modern Mechanics, Univ. of Science & Technology of China

Research: Topological chaos in cavity and channel flows

chen06@vt.edu

Sebastian J. Eluvathingal, Research Associate in Mechanical Eng.

M.S. 2005 Mechanical Engineering, Vanderbilt University

Research: Multi-physics modeling of weld pool solidification

sebastianje@vt.edu

Mohsen Gheisarieha, Graduate Teaching Assistant

M.S. 2007 Applied Mechanics, Sharif University of Technology

Research: Stirring fluids with topological chaos

gheisari@vt.edu

Pankaj Kumar, Graduate Research Assistant

M.S. 2006 Mechanical Engineering, Southern Illinois Univ. Carbondale

Research: Chaos and mixing in laminar flow

pkumar06@vt.edu

Debasish Roy

Lecturer in Mechanical Engineering, Jadavpur University

Research Interests: Bluff body wakes

Baratunde A. Cola, Master of Science 2004

Department of Mechanical Engineering, Vanderbilt University

Thesis: Optimization of a Pulsed Source-Sink Microscale Mixing Device

Current Position: Ph.D. Student at Purdue University

Carrie Kerna Reinholtz, Master of Science 2006

Department of Mechanical Engineering, Vanderbilt University

Thesis: A Qualitative Experimental Analysis of Lid-Driven Cavity Flow with Split Boundaries

Current Position: Engineer at Arnold Engineering Development Center

Zhijun 'Steven' Yu, Master of Science 2002

Department of Mechanical Engineering, Vanderbilt University

Thesis: Cell-Based Nanophysiometer Microfluidic Modeling

Current Position: Sourcing and After Sales Manager at MacGregor Group

Narcisse A. N'Dri, Research Associate 2005-2006

Department of Mechanical Engineering, Vanderbilt University

Research: Computational modeling of BioMEMS

Current Position: CFD Application Engineer at SEZ Austria