Professor of Applied Physics,
Aeronautics and Mechanical Engineering
 
California Institute of Technology
1200 E. California Boulevard
Mail Code 128-95
Pasadena, CA 91125
 
Tel     (626) 395-3362
Asst   (626) 395-6202
Fax    (626) 395-6106

• 1987Cornell University Ph.D. Physics
• 1984Cornell University M.S. Physics
• 1980Harvard University B.A. Physics

• 2006-presentCalifornia Institute of Technology Professor of Applied Physics,
  Aeronautics and Mechanical Engineering
• 2002-2006Princeton University Professor of Chemical Engineering
• 2003-2006Princeton University Affiliated Faculty, Department of Mechanical
  and Aerospace Engineering
• 1999-2006Princeton University Affiliated Faculty, Department of Physics
• 1999-2006Princeton University Affiliated Faculty, Program in Applied
  and Computational Math
• 1999-2002Princeton University Associate Professor of Chemical Engineering
• 1993-1999Princeton University Assistant Professor of Chemical Engineering
• 1991-1993Stanford University Industrial Consulting Professor
  Department of Chemical Engineering
• 1990-1993Exxon Research & Engineering Co., Annandale, NJ Staff Physicist
  Complex Fluids Laboratory
• 1989-1990College de France
  Paris, France French Ministry of Science
  Chateaubriand Fellow
  Laboratory of Condensed Matter Physics
• 1987-1989Exxon Research & Engineering Co., Annandale, NJ Postdoctoral Research Associate
  Complex Fluids Laboratory

• 2007 Stanley Corrsin Memorial Lecture in Fluid Mechanics, John Hopkins University
• 2005 Fellow, American Physical Society, Division of Fluid Dynamics
• 2004-2005 Moore Distinguished Scholar, California Institute of Technology
• 2004 Burgersdag Lecturer, Delft University of Technology, Delft, NL
• 2003 Distinguished Lecturer, Dept. of Mechanical Engineering, University of Texas at Austin
• 2003, '02 & '00 Gallery of Fluid Motion, American Physical Society, Division of Fluid Dynamics
• 2001 Colloquium Award, International Marangoni Association, Giessen, Germany
• 1999 Francois N. Frenkiel Award, American Physical Society, Division of Fluid Dynamics
• 1999 Princeton Engineering Council Award for Excellence in Teaching
• 1999-2000 National Science Foundation POWRE Award
• 1996-2000 National Science Foundation Faculty CAREER Award
• 1994-1997 National Science Foundation Research Initiation Award
• 1989-1990 Chateaubriand International Fellow, French Ministry of Science
• 1979 & 1980 Stanford Linear Accelerator Center, Undergraduate Internship Award
• 1976-1980 Rhode Island State Scholarship

• 2007-2010 Advisory Board Member, Kavli Institute for Theoretical Physics, Santa Barbara, CA
• 2007-2010 Associate Editor, Physics of Fluids
• 2007-2009 Frenkiel Award Selection Committee, Division of Fluid Dynamics, American Physical Society
• 2006-2011 Editorial Committee, Annual Reviews of Fluid Mechanics
• 2006-2010 Scientific Advisory Board, Max Planck Institute for Dynamics and Self-Organization, Göttingen, Germany
• 2006 External Review Committee, Dept. of Mechanical Engineering, University of California at Santa Barbara
• 2005-2007 Member-at-Large, US National Committee on Theoretical and Applied Mechanics, National Research Council
• 2005 Chair, Symposium on Physics of Slip at Liquid-Solid Interfaces, American Physical Society, March 21-25, Los Angeles, CA
• 2005-2009 Executive Committee, Program in Engineering Physics, Princeton University
• 2004-2007 Executive Committee, Member-at-Large, Division of Fluid Dynamics - American Physical Society
• 2004-2006 Executive Committee, Princeton Institute for the Science and Technology of Materials
• 2003-2006 Program Committee, Division of Fluid Dynamics - American Physical Society
• 2003-2004 Chair, Acrivos Award Committee, Division of Fluid Dynamics - American Physical Society (Committee Member 2000-2002)
• 2003-2004 Member, Ad Hoc Committee on Increasing the Visibility of the Division of Fluid Dynamics - American Physical Society
• 2003 Editorial Committee, Guest Member, Annual Review of Fluid Mechanics, New York, NY
• 2003 Co-Chair, Fundamental Research in Fluid Mechanics: Interfacial Flows, AIChE Meeting, San Francisco, CA
• 2002-2005 Board of Directors, Society of Engineering Science, Inc.
• 2002-2003 Executive Committee, Princeton Center for Photonics and Opto-Electronic Materials
• 2002 Chair, Session AE: Microfluid Dynamics, Division of Fluid Dynamics, American Physical Society, Dallas, TX
• 2001-2002 Chair, Nominating Committee, Division of Fluid Dynamics - American Physical Society
• 2001-2003 Member, President's Task Force on the Status of Women in Science and Engineering, Princeton University (national distribution of final report)
• 1999-present Scientific and litigation consultant specializing in bioarray and microfluidic technologies
• Oct. 1999 CREF Physical Sciences Review, Unilever Research, Colworth Laboratory, Bedford, UK
• Nov. 1998 Chairperson, Fundamental Research in Fluid Mechanics: Interfacial Flows, American Institute of Chemical Engineers, Miami Beach, Fl
• Sept. 1997 National Academy of Engineering, Frontiers in Engineering Symposium, Arnold and Mabel Beckman Center, Irvine, CA
• Dec. 1996 Chair, Sessions FF6: Confined Thin Films and FF8/EE12: Porous Media, Materials Research Society Mtg., Boston, MA
• April 1996 IBM Distinguished Lecturer, Dept. of Chemical Eng., University of Notre Dame
• Oct. 1996 Co-organizer, Workshop on Surfactants: Wetting, Spreading, Aggregation & Solubilization, sponsored by Rhone-Poulenc, Princeton Materials Institute, Princeton, NJ
• Nov. 1994 Co-organizer, Dynamics in Small Confining Systems, Materials Research Society, Boston, MA
• Nov. 1994 Chair, Interfacial Instabilities, Division of Fluid Dynamics - American Physical Society, Atlanta, GA
• June 1994 Co-organizer, Interfacial Fluid Dynamics, American Chemical Society, Colloid & Surface Science Symposium, Stanford Univ., Palo Alto, CA
• May 1994 NASA Fluids in Microgravity Program, Science Concept Review Panel, Lewis Research Center, Cleveland, OH
• Nov. 1994 Chair, Dynamics in Small Confining Systems, Materials Research Society, Boston, MA
• Dec. 1993 NASA, Interfaces and Stability Panel Review, Microgravity Division, Washington, DC
• April 1992 National Science Foundation, Interfacial Transport and Separation Processes, Equipment Review Panel, Washington, DC
• July 1991 Chair, Wetting of Heterogeneous Surfaces, 7th International Conference on Surface and Colloid Science, Compiegne, France
• March 1991 Chair, Interfacial Effects and Wetting, American Physical Society, Cincinnati, OH

• Method and Device for Controlling Liquid Flow on the Surface of a Microfluidic Chip, S. M. Troian, A. A. Darhuber and S. Wagner, US Patent Application, November 20, 2001, Mathews, Collins, Shepherd & Gould, P.A., Ref. 4555-110 US
• Hydrodynamic Design and Suppression of Bubble Formation for Immersion Lithography, A. A. Darhuber, S. M. Troian and S. Berg, Invention number: 03-1989/2009-1
• An Electronically Programmable Printing Plate, A. A. Darhuber and S. M. Troian, Invention number: 02-1866-1

• Slip at Liquid/Solid Interfaces: Comparison Between Continuum Predictions and Molecular Scale Models, 2006 Euromech Fluid Mechanics Conference, Stockholm, Sweden, July 28, 2006
• Influence of Surface Conditions on the Slip Behavior at Liquid/Solid Interfaces, Session on Polymer Flow in Capillary and Simple Shear: From Interfacial Slip to Constitutive Discontinuity, 58th Annual Mtg. of the Division of Fluid Dynamics of the American Physical Society, Chicago, IL, November 21, 2005
• Slip Behavior at Liquid/Solid Interfaces: Comparison Between Molecular Scale Models and Continuum Predictions, Bridging Time and Length Scales in Materials Science and Biophysics, Institute for Pure and Applied Mathematics, UCLA, Los Angeles, CA, November 16, 2005
• Molecular Origin and Dynamic Behavior of Slip at Liquid/Solid Interfaces, 14th International Conference on Discrete Simulation of Fluid Dynamics in Complex Systems, Kyoto University, Kyoto, Japan, August 25, 2005
• Entrainment and Drainage Behavior of Microscale Soap Films with Associating Polymer, Workshop on the Physics and Design of Foams, Unilever Research US, Edgewater, NJ, July 22, 2004
• From Microelectronics to Microfluidics: Hydrodynamic Considerations Affecting Flow and Pattern Fidelity, Philips Research Laboratories, Eindhoven, Netherlands, January 15, 2004
• Microfluidic Actuation by Modulation of Surface Stresses: From Fundamentals to Applications, Burgers Lecture, Delft University of Technology, Netherlands, January 13, 2004
• Thermocapillary Modulation on Patterned Substrates: Considerations Relevant to Microfluidic Devices, Gravitational Effects in Physico-Chemical Systems, Gordon Conference, Connecticut College, New London, CT, July 30, 2003
• Microfluidic Actuation by Modulation of Surface Stresses: From Fundamentals to Applications, Distinguished Lecture, Dept. of Mechanical Engineering, Univ. Texas, Austin, TX, March 21, 2003
• Microfluidic Actuation by Modulation of Surface Stresses: From Fundamentals to Applications, Annual American Physical Society Meeting, Austin, TX, March 5, 2003
• Microfluidic Actuation by Modulation of Surface Stresses: From Fundamentals to Applications, American Physical Society - Division of Fluid Dynamics, Dallas, TX, November 24, 2002
• Fluidic Actuation of Nanoliquid Samples Using Electronically Addressable Microresistor Arrays, TACOM-ARDEC, US Army, Picatinny, NJ, October 25, 2002.
• Microfluidic Delivery Systems Using Hot and Cold Chips, 5th International Conf. on Miniaturized Chemical and Biochemical Analysis Systems, MicroTAS 2001, Monterey, CA October 21-25
• Marangoni and Thermocapillary Driven Spreading Films: Transient Growth Behavior and Approach to Asymptotic Instability, Interfacial Phenomena in Physiochemical and Bio-processes, International Marangoni Association, Giessen, Germany, September 12-16, 2001 - Award for best oral presentation
• Thermocapillary Flow on Patterned Surfaces: A Design Concept for Microfluidic Delivery, Gravitational Effects in Physio-Chemical Systems, Gordon Research Conference, New London, NH July 8-13, 2001 (cancelled)
• Microfluidic Delivery Systems Using Hot and Cold Chips, Workshop on Interactions of Fluids with Porous Materials, Textile Research Institute, Princeton, NJ, April 18, 2001
• Microfluidic Delivery Systems Using Hot and Cold Chips, American Chemical Society, Analytical Chemistry Division, Symposium on Recent Advances in Microfluidics, San Diego, CA, April 5, 2001
• Microfluidic Delivery Systems Using Hot and Cold Chips, Agilent Technologies, Inc., Palo Alto, CA, March 12, 2001
• Thermocapillary Flow on Patterned Surfaces: A Design Concept for Microfluidic Delivery, Session T9, Dynamics in Small Confining Systems VI, Materials Research Society Meeting, Boston, MA, November 30, 2000
• Patterning Liquid Shapes and Flow at the Microscale, Session on Wetting and Interfaces, 14th Symposium on Thermophysical Properties, sponsored by NIST, Boulder, CO, June 29, 2000
• New Breed of Fluidic Arrays Based on Micropatterned Thermal Fields, Session on Fluids Engineering: Challenges in Films and Coatings, ASME Meeting, Boston, MA, June 14, 2000
• Formation and Stability of Liquid Microstructures on Chemically Patterned Surfaces - Statics and Dynamics, Keynote Lecture, Workshop on Porous Materials: Fundamentals of Wetting, Penetration and Flow, Textile Research Institute, Princeton, NJ, March 28, 2000
• Stability Characteristics of Thin Spreading Films, Plenary Lecture, Physical Sciences Review, Unilever Research, Colworth, UK, October 27-28, 1999
• Patterning Liquid Flow at the Microscale, Interfaces for the 21st Century: New Research Directions in Fluid Mechanics and Materials Science, Monterey, CA, Aug. 19-21, 1999
• Patterning Liquid Flow at the Microscale, Dynamics of Thin Fluid Films, International Centre for Mathematical Sciences, Edinburgh, Scotland, July 11-14, 1999
• Thermocapillary Driven Spreading on Patterned Surfaces, Workshop on Porous Materials: Fundamentals of Wetting, Penetration and Flow, Textile Research Institute, Princeton, NJ. June 22, 1999
• Three Ways To Destabilize Thin Spreading Films: What Marangoni Did Not Know, International Workshop, Small Scale Dynamics of Physico-Chemical, Processes at Interfaces, Dresden, Germany, June 15-19, 1998

• Microfluidic Actuation by Modulation of Surface Stresses: Fundamentals, Devices and Sensing Arrays, Dept. of Mechanical Engineering, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign, IL, October 6, 2005
• Microfluidic Actuation by Modulation of Surface Stresses: From Fundamentals to Applications, George W. Woodruff Colloquium, School of Mechanical Eng., Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, GA, March 18, 2004
• Microfluidic Actuation by Modulation of Surface Stresses: From Fundamentals to Applications, Division of Engineering and Applied Science, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, CA, April 22, 2003
• Microfluidic Delivery Systems Using Hot and Cold Chips, Dept. of Chemical Engineering, Stanford University, Palo Alto, CA, March 13, 2001
• Microfluidic Delivery Systems Using Hot and Cold Chips, Department of Mechanical Engineering, UC Santa Barbara, Santa Barbara, CA, February 12-13, 2001
• Bioarrays and Microfluidic Delivery Systems Using Hot and Cold Chips, Division of Eng. Sciences and Dept. Appl. Math., Brown University, Providence, RI, January 26, 2001
• Microfluidic Delivery Systems Using Hot and Cold Chips, jointly sponsored by Dept. of Chemical Engineering, Dept. of Applied Math., and Dept. of Mechanical Eng., Northwestern University, Evanston, IL, January 11-12, 2001
• A New Breed of Microfluidic Chips Driven by Thermocapillary Fields, Princeton Materials Institute - Matinée Series, Princeton, NJ, December 6, 2000
• Patterning Flow at the Microscale: Novel Design Concept for Microfluidic Assemblies, Dept. of Chemical Engineering, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign, IL, Oct. 24, 2000
• Patterning Flow at the Microscale: Novel Design Concept for Microfluidic Assemblies, Division of Engineering, Brown University, Providence, RI, Oct. 17, 2000
• Stability Characteristics of Spreading Films in the Lubrication Regime, Program in Appl. & Comp. Math., Princeton University, Princeton, NJ, Dec. 6, 1999
• Lubrication and Boundary Layer Flows Driven by Marangoni Stresses, Dept. of Theoretical and Applied Mechanics, Univ. of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign, IL, Dec. 10, 1998
• Novel Instabilities in Spreading Liquid Films - the Beauty and the Beast, Dept. of Physics, Univ. of Chicago, Chicago, IL, Dec. 9, 1998
• Novel Instabilities in Spreading Liquid Films - the Beauty and the Beast, Dept. of Chemical Engineering, Univ. of Wisconsin, Madison, WI, Nov. 5, 1998
• Three Ways to Destabilize Thin Coating Flows: Solved and Unsolved Mysteries, Dept. of Chemical Engineering, Univ. of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN, Nov. 3, 1998
• Novel Instabilities in Spreading Liquid Films- the Beauty and the Beast, Dept. of Chemical Engineering, City College - CUNY, NY, NY, Oct. 27, 1998
• Novel Instabilities in Spreading Liquid Films - the Beauty and the Beast, Dept. of Physics, Princeton University, Princeton, NJ, April 20, 1998
• Three Ways To Destabilize Thin Spreading Films: What Marangoni Did Not Know, Dept. of Chemical Engineering, Penn State University, March 24, 1998
• Novel Instabilities in Spreading Liquid Films - the Beauty and the Beast, jointly sponsored by the Dept. of Engineering Sciences and Applied Mathematics, Northwestern University, March 16, 1998

15th US National Conference of Theoretical and Applied Mechanics, Boulder, CO, June 25 - 30, 2006

• Rising Plumes, Layering Transitions and Squeeze-Out Patterns in Soap Films, Steffen Berg and Sandra M. Troian, Session M10c: Mechanics of New Materials for Everyday Life (June 29, 2006)

5th International Symposium on Contact Angle, Wettability and Adhesion, Toronto, Canada, June 21 - 23, 2006

• Slip Behavior at Liquid/Solid Interfaces: Hydrodynamic Predictions versus Molecular Dynamics Simulations, Anton A. Darhuber, Nikolai V. Priezjev and Sandra M. Troian, Session II: Colloids, Powders and Droplets - Fractal and Wetting Aspects  (June 21, 2006)

American Physical Society, Baltimore, MD, March 13 - 17, 2006

• Source of Shear Dependent Slip at Liquid/Solid Interfaces, Nikolai V. Priezjev and Sandra M. Troian, Session: Microfluidic Physics III  (paper P21:00005, March 15, 2006)

Materials Research Society Fall Meeting, Boston, MA, Nov. 28 - Dec. 2, 2005

• Dynamic Response of the Slip Length at Liquid/Solid Interfaces, Nikolai V. Priezjev and Sandra M. Troian, Symposium N: Dynamics in Small Confining Systems VIII (paper N1.8, Nov. 28, 2005)

American Physical Society Meeting, Division of Fluid Dynamics, Chicago, IL, Nov. 20 - 22, 2005

• Source of Shear Dependent Slip at Liquid/Solid Inteffaces, Nikolai V. Priezjev and Sandra M. Troian, Microfluidics: Slip Flow  (paper FC.00002, Nov. 21, 2005)

American Physical Society March Meeting, Los Angeles, CA, March 21 - 25, 2005

• Slip Behavior in Liquid Nanoscale Films: Influence of Molecular Ordering, Wall Roughness and Patterned Surface Energy, Nikolai V. Priezjev and Sandra M. Troian, Microfluidics: Slip Flow  paper U6.00001, March 24, 2005)

Materials Research Society Meeting, San Francisco, CA, March 28 - April 1, 2005

• Microfluidic Detection and Analysis by Integration of Evanescent Wave Sensing with Thermocapillary Actuation, Joe P. Valentino, Sandra M. Troian and Sigurd Wagner, Session: Smart Surfaces and Interfaces  (paper Q2.8, March 29, 2005)

IEEE MEMS 2005, Miami, FL, Jan. 30 - Feb. 3, 2005

• Microfluidic Detection and Analysis by Integration of Evanescent Wave Sensing with Thermocapillary Actuation, Joe P. Valentino, Sandra M. Troian and Sigurd Wagner, Session: BioMEMS  (paper WP18, Feb. 2, 2005)

American Physical Society, Divison of Fluid Dynamics, Seattle, WA, Nov. 21-23, 2004:

• Mixing Behavior in Thermocapillary Flows on Micropatterned Surfaces, Anton A. Darhuber and Sandra M. Troian, Microfluid Dynamics I: Micropatterned Surfaces and Wettability   (paper AC.006, Nov. 21, 2004)
• Slip Flow on Surfaces of Mixed Wettability: Comparison Between Continuum and Molecular Dynamics Simulations, Nikolai V. Priezjev, Anton A. Darhuber and Sandra M. Troian, Microfluid Dynamics I: Micropatterned Surfaces and Wettability   (paper AC.010, Nov. 21, 2004)
• Structure Formation and Thermocapillary Pattern Replication in Thin Polymer Films, Wei Chen, Anton A. Darhuber and Sandra M. Troian, Interfaces and Thin Films II   (paper GE.009, Nov. 22, 2004)
• Layering Transitions and Squeeze-Out Patterns in Nanoscale Polymeric Soap Films, Steffen Berg and Sandra M. Troian, Interfaces and Thin Films IV   paper KE.005, Nov. 23, 2004)
• Droplet Migration by Modulation of the Liquid-Solid Intefacial Energy, Nikolai V. Priezjev and Sandra M. Troian, Surface Tension I   (paper KP.004, Nov. 23, 2004)

SPIE Optics East Symposium, International Society for Optical Engineering, Philadelphia, PA, October 25-28, 2004:

• Mixing in Microfluidic Devices Based on Thermocapillary Actuation, Anton A. Darhuber and Sandra M. Troian, Microfluidics I   (paper 5591-20, Oct. 27, 2004)
• Microfluidic Drag Reduction Mediated by Superhydrophobic Surfaces, Anton A. Darhuber and Sandra M. Troian, Microfluids II   (paper 5591-21, Oct. 27, 2004)

Max Planck Institut für Physik Komplexer Systeme, International Workshop on Pattern Formation through Instabilities in Thin Liquid Films, Dresden, Germany, Sept. 21-28, 2004:

• Fractal Stratification During Drainage in Nanoscale Polymeric Soap Films, Steffen Berg and Sandra M. Troian, Sept. 26, 2004

Leibniz Institut für Polymerforschung Dresden e.V., Dresden, Germany, August 2004:

• Stabilität, Dynamik und Strukturbildung in Dünnen Seifenfilmen, Steffen Berg and Sandra M. Troian

4th International Symposium on Contact Angle, Wettability and Adhesion, Materials Science and Technology Conferences, Philadelphia, PA, June 14-16, 2004:

• Thermocapillary Droplet Propulsion on Uniform and Chemically Striated Surfaces, Jian Z. Chen, Sandra M. Troian, Anton A. Darhuber and Sigurd Wagner   (Session II, June 14, 2004)
• Capactive Sensing of Droplets for Microfluidic Devices Based on Thermocapillary Actuation, Jian Z. Chen, Anton A. Darhuber, Sandra M. Troian and Sigurd Wagner, Microfluid Dynamics I: Micropatterned Surfaces and Wettability   (Session VI, June 16, 2004)

American Physical Society Annual Meeting, Montreal, Canada, March 22-26, 2004:

• Influence of Substrate Corrugation on the Slip Length in Sheared Liquid Films, Nikolai V. Priezjev and Sandra M. Troian, Session S22: Fluid Dynamics and Properties   (paper S22.003, March 24, 2004)
• Effect of Hydrophobically Patterned Substrates on the Slip Behavior of Liquids Subject to Planar Shear, Nikolai V. Priezjev, Anton A. Darhuber and Sandra M. Troian, Focus Session: Multiscale Phenomena for Fluids and Solids II   (paper W34.007, March 25, 2004)
• Droplet Propulsion by Thermal Modulation of the Liquid-Solid Interfacial Energy, Nikolai V. Priezjev and Sandra M. Troian, Session V22: Complex Fluids   (paper V22.014, March 25, 2004)

American Physical Society, Divison of Fluid Dynamics, Meadowlands, NJ, Nov. 23-25, 2003:

• Transient Evolution of Perturbations to Coating Flows Over Topologically Patterned Substrates, Jeffrey M. Davis and Sandra M. Troian, Session on Interfacial and Thin Film Instabilities I   (paper DK.006, Nov. 23, 2003)
• Front Propagation and Unstable Spreading of Insoluble Surfactants on Thin Liquid Films, Anton A. Darhuber and Sandra M. Troian, Session on Interfacial and Thin Film Instabilities I   (paper DK.009, Nov. 23, 2003)
• Thin Film Destabilization Due to a Jump Increase in Marangoni Stress, Benjamin J. Fischer and Sandra M. Troian, Session on Jets, Wakes and Shear Layers II   (paper FM.009, Nov. 24, 2003)
• Thermocapillary Thinning of Liquid Films on Wettable Microstripes, Anton A. Darhuber, and Sandra M. Troian, Session on Stability III   (paper FQ.001, Nov. 24, 2003)
• Equilibrium and Dynamical Behavior of Slip in Polymer Films, Nikolai V. Priezjev and Sandra M. Troian, Session on Computational Fluid Dynamics II   (paper MH.003, Nov. 25, 2003)
• Influence of Surface Roughness on the Slip Behavior in Sheared Liquid Films, Nikolai V. Priezjev and Sandra M. Troian, Session on Computational Fluid Dynamics II   (paper MH.004, Nov. 25, 2003)
• Interfacial Slip in Soap Films with Hydrosoluble Polymer, Eric A. Adelizzi, Steffen Berg and Sandra M. Troian, Session on Free Surface Flows I   (paper FN.005, Nov. 24, 2003)
• Drainage Behavior in Soap Films Above and Below the CMC, Steffen Berg, Eric A. Adelizzi and Sandra M. Troian, Session on Free Surface Flows I   (paper FN.006, Nov. 24, 2003)
• Thermocapillary Actuation of Droplets Using Microheater Arrays, J. P. Valentino, A. A. Darhuber, S. M. Troian and S. Wagner, Session on Micro and Nano Fluids V   (paper KD.002, Nov. 25, 2003)
• Capacitive Sensors for Feedback Control in Microfluidic Devices, J. Z. Chen, A. A. Darhuber, S. M. Troian and S. Wagner, Session on Micro and Nano Fluids V   (paper KD.003, Nov. 25, 2003)

ASME International Mechanical Engineering Congress, Washington, DC, Nov. 15-21, 2003.

• Equilibrium and Dynamical Behavior of Slip in Polymer Films, Nikolai V. Priezjev and Sandra M. Troian, Session on Tribology: Surface Friction   (paper TRIB-1, Nov. 16, 2003)
• Influence of Surface Roughness on the Slip Behavior in Sheared Liquid Films, Nikolai V. Priezjev and Sandra M. Troian, Session on Modeling and Simulation of Micro-/Nano-Scale Fluid Dynamics II   (paper AMD.1C, Nov. 19, 2003)

15th New England Complex Fluids Workshop, School of Engineering, Yale University, New Haven, CT, June 13, 2003.

• Thermocapillary Actuation of Liquids on Chemically Patterned Surfaces, A. Darhuber, J. P. Valentino, J. M. Davis, S. M. Troian, and S. Wagner, June 13, 2003

Transducers ’03, 12th International Conference on Solid State Sensors, Actuators and Microsystems, Boston, June 8-12, 2003.

• Thermocapillary Actuation of Liquids Using Patterned Microheater Arrays, Joseph P. Valentino, Anton A. Darhuber, Sandra M. Troian and Sigurd Wagner, Session 2E: Microfluidic Systems and Components   (paper 2E67.P, June 10, 2003)

Materials Research Society Meeting, San Francisco, CA, April 21-25, 2003.

• Thermocapillary Actuation of Liquids Using Patterned Microheater Arrays, Joseph P. Valentino, Anton A. Darhuber, Sandra M. Troian and Sigurd Wagner, Session N10: BioMEMs   (paper N10.3, April 25, 2003)
• Capacitive Sensing of Liquid Films in Open Microfluidic Devices, Jian Z. Chen, Anton A. Darhuber, Sandra M. Troian and Sigurd Wagner, Session N11: BioMEMs   (paper N11.2, April 25, 2003)
• Using Letterpress Printed Polymer Masks to Fabricate Amorphous Silicon Thin Film Transistors, Scott M. Miller, Sandra M. Troian and Sigurd Wagner, Session A20: Thin Film Transistors   (paper A20.2, April 25, 2003)
• Capillary Driven Spreading of Directly Printed Polymer Patterns Used for Large Area Electronics Fabrication, Scott M. Miller, Sandra M. Troian and Sigurd Wagner, Session H5: Large Area Printing and Deposition   (paper H5.3, April 23, 2003)

14th New England Complex Fluids Workshop, University of Massachusetts, Boston, MA, March 21, 2003.

• Equilibrium and Dynamical Behavior of Slip in Nanometer Polymer Films, Nikolai V. Priezjev and Sandra M. Troian, Session on “Sound Bites I and II” (March 21, 2003)

Annual American Physical Society Meeting, Austin, TX, March 3-7, 2003.

• Molecular Origin and Dynamic Behavior of Slippage in Thin Polymer Films, Nikolai V. Priezjev and Sandra M. Troian, Session P.13: Micro/NanoFluidics I,   (paper P13.010, March 5, 2003)
• Effect of Boundary Curvature and Local Slip in Nanofluidic Shear Flows, Nikolai V. Priezjev and Sandra M. Troian, Session R1: Poster Session III   (paper R1.229, March 5, 2003)
• Dynamic Capillary Phenomena on Chemically Patterned Surfaces, Anton A. Darhuber, Jeffrey M. Davis and Sandra M. Troian, Session P13: Micro/Nano-Fluidics I   (paper P13.011, March 5, 2003)
• Dynamics of Front Propagation in Marangoni Driven Spreading, Benjamin J. Fischer, Anton A. Darhuber, Sandra M. Troian, Session W15: Complex Fluids   (paper W15.014, March 6, 2003)

Materials Research Society, Boston, MA, Dec. 1-5, 2002.

• Resolution, Fidelity and Registration of Directly Printed Patterns of Microelectronic Materials, S. Wagner, S. M. Miller, A. A. Darhuber, S. Succar and S. M. Troian, Session on Nanofabrication via Non-Lithographic Techniques   (paper H3.6, Dec. 3, 2002)

American Physical Society, 55th Annual Mtg. of the Division of Fluid Dynamics, Dallas, TX, November 24-26, 2002.

• Mixing Behavior in Thermocapillary Actuated Flow on Micropatterned Surfaces, J. Z. Chen, A. A. Darhuber, J. M. Davis and S. M. Troian, Session on Microfluid Dynamics I   (paper AE.004, November 24, 2002)
• Slip Behavior in Freely Suspended Films Subject to Polymer-Surfactant Complexation, E. A. Adelizzi and S. M. Troian, Session on Free Surface Flows III   (paper EJ4, November 25, 2002)
• Effect of Contact Line Model on the Generalized Linear Stability of Thermocapillary Driven Spreading, J. M. Davis and S. M. Troian, Session on Interfacial and Thin Film Instabilities I   (paper FM.008, November 25, 2002)
• Identification of Unstable Modes in Marangoni Driven Spreading Films, B. J. Fischer and S. M. Troian, Session on Interfacial and Thin Film Instabilities I  (paper FM.004, November 25, 2002)
• An Experimental Study of Unstable Front Propagation in Spreading Surfactant Films, A. A. Darhuber, B. J. Fischer and S. M. Troian, Session on Thin Film Instabilities III   (paper MM.005, November 26, 2002)

American Institute of Chemical Engineers Annual Meeting, Indianapolis, Indiana, November 3-8, 2002.

• Letterpress Printing of Polymer Films for Microelectronics Fabrication, S. M. Miller, S. M. Troian and S. Wagner, Session on Polymers for Photonics and Microelectronic Applications,  (paper 202b, November 6, 2002)
• Hydrodynamic Slip in Freely Suspended Soap Films with Associating Polymers, E. A. Adelizzi and S. M. Troian, Session on Emulsions and Foams   (paper 63c, November 6, 2002)
• Thermocapillary Actuation of Liquids for Microfluidic Applications, J. P. Valentino, A. A. Darhuber, S. M. Troian and S. Wagner, Session on Interfacial Phenomena in Microfluidic Systems   (paper 58j, November 5, 2002)
• Disturbance Amplification at the Capillary Ridge of Marangoni Propelled Spreading, B. J. Fischer and S. M. Troian, Session on Fundamental Research in Fluid Mechanics: Interfacial Flows   (paper 90k, November 5, 2002)

American Chemical Society, 76th Colloid and Surface Science Symposium, Ann Arbor, MI, June 23-26, 2002.

• Strong Deviations from Frankel's Law in Associating Polymer-Surfactant Films, E. A. Adelizzi and S. M. Troian, Session on Rheology and Dynamics in Complex Fluids   (paper 284, June 26, 2002)
• Contact Printing for Microelectronic Fabrication: Guidelines for Pattern Fidelity and Resolution, S. M. Miller, S. M. Troian and S. Wagner, Session on Materials for Flexible Electronic Displays and Devices   (paper 26, June 24, 2002)

Materials Research Society, San Francisco, CA, April 1-5, 2002

• Contact Printing for Microelectronics Fabrication: Guidelines for Pattern Fidelity and Resolution S. M. Miller, S. M. Troian and S. Wagner, Session on Materials for Flexible Electronic Displays and Devices,   (paper G5.6, April 4, 2002)

American Physical Society, 54th Annual Mtg. of the Division of Fluid Dynamics, San Diego, CA, November 18-20, 2001.

• Capillary and Thermocapillary Assisted Spreading on Chemically Patterned Substrates, A. A. Darhuber, W. W. Reisner and S. M. Troian, Session on Microfluid Devices II   (paper BD1, November 18, 2001)
• Effect of Hydrosoluble Polymer on the Entrained Film Thickness of Rigid Soap Films, E. A. Adelizzi and S. M. Troian, Session on Free Surface Flows I: Surfactants and Chains   (paper EJ4, November 19, 2001)
• Comparison of Contact Line Models on the Behavior of Optimal Excitations in Thermocapillary Driven Spreading, J. M. Davis and S. M. Troian, Session on Interfacial Instabilities II   (paper FK8, November 19, 2001)
• A Transient Growth Study of Marangoni Driven Spreading Films, B. J. Fischer and S. M. Troian, Session on Free Surface Flows: Modelling   (paper JJ9, November 19, 2001)
• An Experimental Study of Thermocapillary Flow on Hydrophilic Microstripes, A. A. Darhuber, J. M. Davis, W. W. Reisner and S. M. Troian, Session on Microfluid Devices V - Experiments   (paper JQ11, November 19, 2001)

2001 ASME International Mechanical Engineering Congress, New York, New York, November 11-16, 2001.

• Thermocapillary Flow on Patterned Surfaces: A Design Concept for Microfluidic Transport, S. M. Troian, Session on Novel Microfluidic Devices   (paper FE 5A, November 15, 2001)

2001 Annual Meeting of the AIChE, Reno, Nevada, November 4-9, 2001.

• Micropatterning Polymer Films by Letterpress Printing: Interfacial Behavior and Resolution Limits, S. M. Miller, A. A. Darhuber, S. M. Troian and S. Wagner, Session on Interfacial Phenomena in Materials Processing,   (paper 157a, November 7, 2001)
• Effect of Hydrosoluble Polymer on the Entrained Film Thickness of Rigid Soap Films, E. A. Adelizzi and S. M. Troian, Session on Emulsions and Foams   (paper 160a, November 7, 2001)
• Influence of van der Waals Forces on the Optimal Excitations in Thermally Driven Spreading Films, J. M. Davis and S. M. Troian, Session on Stability and Nonlinear Hydrodynamics   (paper 184c, November 6, 2001)
• Transient Amplification of Disturbances in Marangoni Propelled Spreading, B. J. Fischer and S. M. Troian, Session on Interfacial Flows   (paper 187g, November 6, 2001)

American Chemical Society, 75th Colloid and Surface Science Symposium, Pittsburgh, PA, June 10-13, 2001.

• Effect of Hydrosoluble Polymer on the Entrained Film Thickness of Rigid Soap Films, E. A. Adelizzi and S. M. Troian, Session on Interface Control of the Structure and Dynamics of Thin Fluid Films   (paper 95, June 11, 2001)
• Thermocapillary Flow on Patterned Surfaces: A Design Concept for Microfluidics, A. A. Darhuber, S. M. Troian, J. M. Davis and W. W. Reisner, Session on Electrokinetics and Microfluidics   (paper 222, June 12, 2001)

Materials Research Society, San Francisco, CA, April 17-20, 2001.

• Miniaturization of Offset Printing Down to the Microscale, A. A. Darhuber, S. M. Troian, Jeffrey M. Davis and S. Wagner, Session on Large Area Electronics I: Lithography / Patterning   (paper D1.3, April 17, 2001)
• Micropatterning Polymer Films on a Spherical Surface via Letterpress Printing, S. M. Miller, S. M. Troian and S. Wagner, Session on Patterning Soft Materials from Methods to Applications   (paper A2.6, April 18, 2001)

Materials Research Society, Boston, MA, Nov. 27 - Dec. 1, 2000.

• Three Dimensional Electronic Surfaces, J. C. Sturm, P.I. Hsu, S. M. Miller, H. Gleskova, A. A. Darhuber, M. Huang, S. Wagner, S. M. Troian and Z. Suo, Session on 2D and 3D Self Assembled Systems   (paper D11.4, Dec. 1, 2000)
  [J. C. Sturm speaker]

American Physical Society, 53rd Annual Mtg of the Division of Fluid Dynamics, Washington, DC, Nov. 19 - 21, 2000

• A. Darhuber, S. M. Troian, W. Reisner and S. Wagner, "Thermocapillary Flow on Patterned Surfaces: A Design Concept for Microfluidic Devices", MicroFluid Dynamics I (paper DE 001, Nov. 19, 2000)
• S.M. Troian, A.A. Darhuber, J.M. Davis, S.M. Miller and S. Wagner, "Dip Coating of Liquid Microstructures on Chemically Patterned Surfaces", MicroFluid Dynamics I (paper DE 006, Nov. 19, 2000)

Materials Research Society, San Francisco, CA, April 24-28, 2000

• S. M. Miller, A. A. Darhuber, S. M. Troian and S. Wagner, "Direct Wet Printing of Polymer Solutions for High Resolution Lithography", in session Materials Development (paper V2.8, April 24, 2000)
• A.A. Darhuber, S.M. Miller, S. M. Troian and S. Wagner, "Computational Modeling of Direct Print Microlithography", in session Patterning and Metal Deposition (paper V4.3, April 25, 2000)
• T. Cuk, S. M. Troian, C. M. Hong and S. Wagner, "Convective Flow Splitting of Printed Copper Lines", in session Patterning and Metal Deposition (paper V4.7, April 25, 2000)
• T. R. Hebner, B. Diamond, F. Pschenitzka, C. Madigan, X. Jiang, R. Register, S. M. Troian and J. C. Sturm, "Lateral Distribution and Film Profiles During Ink Jet Printing of Polymer LEDís", in session Direct Patterning (paper V3.5/Y3.5, April 25, 2000)
• J. C. Sturm, F Pschenitzka, T. R. Hebner, M. H. Lu, B. Diamond and S. M. Troian, "Fundamental and Practical Issues in Large Area Polymer Patterning for Polymer LED Displays, in session Organic Light Emitting Devices (paper Q3.1/S4.1, April 26, 2000)

American Physical Society, Minneapolis, MN, March 20-24, 2000

• A.A. Darhuber, S.M. Miller, S. M. Troian and S. Wagner, "Offset Printing of Liquids at the Microscale", in session Structure and Dynamics at Liquid and Solid Interfaces: LB Films and SAMS (paper T15.8, March 23, 2000)
• T. Cuk, C. M. Hong, S. M. Troian and S. Wagner, "Convective Flow Splitting of Printed Copper Lines", in session Nanostructures II (paper T29.10, March 23, 2000)

Modeling and Simulation of Microsystems 2000, San Diego, CA, March 27-29, 2000

• A.A. Darhuber, S.M. Miller, S. M. Troian and S. Wagner, "Process Simulation for Contact Print Microlithography", in session Process Modeling: Layout and Lithography (March 27, 2000)

American Physical Society, Division of Fluid Dynamics, Nov. 21 - 23, 1999, New Orleans, LA

• S. M. Troian and D.E. Kataoka, "Patterning Flow at the Microscale", in session Flows in Microchannels (paper BG-08, Nov. 21, 1999)

American Physical Society, Division of Fluid Dynamics, Nov. 22 - 24, 1998, Phil., PA

• O. K. Matar and S. M. Troian, "Onset and Evolution of Digitated Structures in Spreading Surfactant Films", in session Interfacial & Thin Film Instabilities III (paper LE 5, Nov. 24, 1998)
• D. E. Kataoka and S. M. Troian, "Optimal Excitations Leading to Rivulet Formation in Thermally Driven Films", in session Interfacial & Thin Film Instabilities II (paper KE 1, Nov. 23, 1998)
• S. M. Troian, A. D. Dussaud and O. K. Matar, "Interface Shape and Speed of a Surfactant Monolayer Spreading on a Thin Liquid Film: Comparison Between Theory and Experiment", in session Surface Tension Effects II (paper NJ 4, Nov. 24, 1998)

AIChE Annual Meeting, Miami, FL, Nov. 17-21, 1998

• D. E. Kataoka and S. M. Troian, "Stability Characteristics of Thermally Driven Films: Theoretical and Experimental Considerations" (paper 102e, Nov. 19, 1998)
• O. K. Matar and S. M. Troian, "Non-Newtonian Aspects Which Modify the Behavior of a Surfactant Monolayer Spreading on a Thin Liquid Film" (paper 123h, Nov. 17, 1998)
• S. M. Troian, A. D. Dussaud and O. K. Matar, "The Dynamic Behavior of an Insoluble Surfactant Monolayer Spreading on a Thin Liquid Film: Comparison Between Experiment and Theory" (paper 94e, Nov. 17, 1998)

Doctoral and Masters Theses

• Omar K. Matar, Assistant Professor, Dept. of Chem. Engineering & Chemical Technology, Imperial College, London, PhD 1998
  Thesis: Dynamic Behavior of a Surfactant Monolayer Spreading on a Thin Liquid Film
• Vera K. Smith, Dept. of Chemical Engineering, MS 1997
  Thesis: Entrainment Studies of Associating Polymer-Surfactant Films
• Dawn E. Kataoka, Sandia Laboratories, Livermore, CA, PhD 1999
  Thesis: Spreading Behavior of Thermally Driven Liquid Films
• Walter W. Reisner, Dept. of Physics, MS 2002
  Thesis: Confinement Effects on the Dynamics of Microscale Free Surface Flows
• Jeffrey M. Davis, Assistant Professor, Univ. Massachusetts at Amherst, PhD 2003
  Thesis: Dynamics and Linear Stability of Thermocapillary Spreading Films on Homogeneous and Micropatterned Surfaces
• Benjamin J. Fischer, Exxon/Mobil, Houston, TX, PhD 2003
  Thesis: Non-Modal Linear Stability Analysis of Thin Film Spreading by Marangoni Stresses
• Scott M. Miller, General Electric, Rochester, NY, PhD 2004
  Thesis: Fabrication of Macroelectronics by Letterpress Printing and Guidelines for Printable Structures

Senior Theses/Junior Papers

• Ashanthi M. Pereira, Dept. of Chemical Engineering, June 1995
  Award: Michele Goudie Prize
  Senior Thesis: An Experimental Investigation of a Marangoni Driven Fingering Instability in Aqueous Surfactant Systems
• Andrew B. Williams, Dept. of Chemical Engineering, June 1995
  Senior Thesis: Axial Segregation of Granular Particles in a Rotating Horizontal Cylinder
• David S. Ege, Dept. of Chemical Engineering, June 1996
  Senior Thesis: Chemical Implications of DPPC Structure on Marangoni Driven Spreading on Thin Water Films
• Stephanie R. Roberts, Dept. of Chemical Engineering, June 1996
  Senior Thesis: The Effects of Bead Coating on Axial Segregation in a Binary Mixture of Granular Materials
• Morgan Schwartz, Dept. of Chemical Engineering, June 1996
  Senior Thesis: Pattern Formation in Bacterial Colonies
• Gwendolyn D. Barriac, Engineering Physics Program, June 1998
  Co-advised by Prof. S. Wagner (EE)
  Awards: Peter Mark Prize (EE) and Jeffrey O. Kephardt í80 Prize (SEAS)
  Junior Paper: The Effects of Line Tension on the Minimum Radius of a Sessile Droplet
  Senior Project: High Resolution Letterpress Printing for Microelectronics Fabrication
• Jean Freysz, École Polytechnique (Palaiseau, France), Aug. 1998
  Senior Thesis: Ink Jet Patterning on Polymeric Surfaces
• Tanja Cuk, Engineering Physics Program, June 2000
  Co-advised by Prof. S. Wagner (EE)
  Award: Charles Ira Young Medal (EE)
  Senior Thesis: Using Convective Flow Splitting for the Direct Printing of Copper Lines
• Conor Madigan, Dept. of Electrical Engineering, June 2000
  Co-advised by Prof. J. Sturm (EE)
  Awards: Calvin Dodd MacCracken Senior Thesis Award and POEM Newport Award in Photonics (EE)
  Senior Thesis: Polymer Organic Light Emitting Diode Patterning by Ink Jet Printing
• Bernard Y. Wang, Dept. of Electrical Engineering, June 2001
  Co-advised by Prof. S. Wagner (EE)
  Senior Thesis: Digitally Configurable Microheater Array for Fluidic Delivery Systems
• Filip Crnogorac, Dept. of Electrical Engineering, June 2003
  Co-advised by Prof. S. Wagner (EE)
  Senior Thesis: Electronically Addressable Sensor Arrays for Microfluidic Devices Based on Free Surface Flow
• Wells Case Jacobsen, Dept. of Electrical Engineering, June 2003
  Co-advised by Prof. S. Wagner (EE)
  Senior Thesis: Polydimethylsiloxane As a Printed Dielectric: A Preliminary Investigation For IC Fabrication Applications
• Elisabeth A. Hon, Dept. of Electrical Engineering, August 2002
  Junior Paper: Micropatterning of Metal Films for Macroelectronic Devices