• Current research interests:
   
  Micro/nanoscale transport in liquid films and interfaces subject to confinement effects, instabilities and phase transitions; stress induced thin film flows; micro/optofluidic devices using electric, thermal or concentration fields; pattern replication in nanofilms; non-normality and instability at low Reynolds number; liquid slip and drag reduction at patterned boundaries; biofluidic transport Dr. Sandra M. Troian
  Professor of Applied Physics,
  Aeronautics and Mechanical Engineering
   
  California Institute of Technology
  1200 E. California Blvd.
  MC 128-95
  Pasadena, CA 91125 USA
   
  Office - Watson Labs 154
  Tel   (626) 395-3362
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• We are currently interviewing candidates.
   
  

• Current research interests:
   
  Micro-thermodynamics; Microfluidics; Bistable fluidic systems; Optofluidic devices; Thermal transport in nanoscale systems
   
  Sponsored by National Science Foundation Dr. Mathias Dietzel
  California Institute of Technology
  1200 E. California Blvd.
  MC 128-95
  Pasadena, CA 91125
   
  Office - Watson Labs 150
  Tel   (626) 395-8662
  Fax   (626) 395-6106
   
  home page
• Current research interests:
   
  Lotka-Volterra dynamics in microfuidic systems; Synchronization dynamics of nanoscopic "fireflies"; Thermal instabilities in nanoscale films
   
  Sponsored by National Science Foundation Dr. Yu Liu
  California Institute of Technology
  1200 E. California Blvd.
  MC 128-95
  Pasadena, CA 91125
   
  Office - Watson Labs 150
  Tel   (626) 395-8662
  Fax   (626) 395-6106
   
  home page
• Current research interests:
   
  Optical beam sculpting with acoustic gradient index lenses; Microscale etch-a-sketch for chip patterning; Fabrication of 3D micro-optic components by thermocapillary actuation
   
  Sponsored by National Science Foundation Dr. Euan McLeod
  California Institute of Technology
  1200 E. California Blvd.
  MC 128-95
  Pasadena, CA 91125
   
  Office - Watson Labs 150
  Tel   (626) 395-8662
  Fax   (626) 395-6106
   
  

 
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• Research rotation:
   
  Microfluidic thruster arrays for space applications
   
  Sponsored by Jet Propulsion Labs Summer Research Program Bradley J. Lyon
  California Institute of Technology
  1200 E. California Blvd.
  MC 128-95
  Pasadena, CA 91125
   
  Office - Watson Labs 148
  Tel   (626) 395-4848
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• Current research interests:
   
  Optofluidic devices; Microfluidics; Poker games
   
  Sponsored by George W. Housner Student Discovery Fund Michael Inadomi
  California Institute of Technology
  1200 E. California Blvd.
  MC 128-95
  Pasadena, CA 91125
   
  Office - Watson Labs 150
  Tel   (626) 395-8662
  Fax   (626) 395-6106
   
  

 
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Former Postdoctoral Research Associates

• Dr. Anton A. Darhuber
  Austrian NSF Postdoctoral Fellow, Princeton University, 1999-2000
  Postdoctoral Research Associate, Princeton University, 2000 - 2001
  Research Staff, Princeton University, 2001 - 2006
  Current affiliation: Professor of Applied Physics, Technische Universiteit Eindhoven, Netherlands
• Dr. Nikolai V. Priezjev
  Postdoctoral Research Associate, Princeton University, 2002 - 2005
  Current affiliation: Assistant Professor of Mechanical Engineering, Michigan State University, MI
• Dr. Steffen Berg
  Postdoctoral Research Associate, Princeton University, 2003 - 2005
  Current affiliation: Research Staff Member, Shell International BV, Rijswijk, Netherlands
• Dr. Anne D. Dussaud
  French Ministry of Education Postdoctoral Fellow, Princeton University, 1996 - 1997
  Postdoctoral Research Associate, Princeton University, 1997 - 1998
  Co-recipient of 1999 Francois N. Frenkiel Award, American Physical Society Division of Fluid Dynamics
  Current affiliation: Research Staff Member, Momentive Performance Materials, Tarrytown, NY

Former Graduate Students

• Joseph P. Valentino, Princeton University, PhD '07
  Current affiliation: Technology Specialist, Fish & Richardson P.C., NY, NY
  PhD Thesis: An Open Microfluidic Device Based on Thermocapillary Actuation: Design, Fabrication and Sensor Integration
• Jian Zhang Chen, Princeton University, PhD '06
  Current affiliation: Assistant Professor, Institute of Applied Mechanics, National Taiwan University
  PhD Thesis: Microfluidic Thermocapillary Droplet Propulsion and Quantum Cascade Laser Based Fiber Sensors
• Eric A. Adelizzi, Princeton University, PhD '06
  Current affiliation: Research Staff Member, Institute for Defense Analyses, Alexandria, VA
  PhD Thesis: Entrainment and Drainage Behavior of Thin Soap Films Containing Associating Hydrosoluble Polymer
• Scott M. Miller, Princeton University, PhD '04
  Current affiliation: Staff Engineer, General Electric Corp., Rochester, NY
  PhD Thesis: Fabrication of Macroelectronics by Letterpress Printing and Guidelines for Printable Structures
• Benjamin J. Fischer, Princeton University, PhD '03
  Current affiliation: Aspen Technology, Inc., Cambridge, MA
  PhD Thesis: Non-Modal Linear Stability Analysis of Thin Film Spreading by Marangoni Stresses
• Jeffrey M. Davis, Princeton University, PhD '03
  Current affiliation: Associate Professor, Dept. of Chemical Engineering, Univ. of Massachusetts, Amherst, MA
  PhD Thesis: Dynamics and Linear Stability of Thermocapillary Spreading Films on Homogeneous and Micropatterned Surfaces
• Walter W. Reisner, Princeton University, M.S. '02, PhD '06
  Current affiliation: Assistant Professor, Dept. of Physics, McGill University, Montreal, QC
  M.S. Thesis: Confinement Effects on the Dynamics of Thermocapillary Spreading Films
• Dawn E. Kataoka, Princeton University, PhD '99
  Current affiliation: Systems Analyst, Sandia Laboratories, Livermore, CA
  PhD Thesis: Spreading Behavior of Thermally Driven Liquid Films
• Omar K. Matar, Princeton University, PhD '98
  Current affiliation: Professor, Dept. of Chemical Eng. & Chemical Tech., Imperial College, London
  PhD. Thesis: Dynamic Behavior of a Surfactant Monolayer Spreading on a Thin Liquid Film
• Vera K. Smith, Princeton University, MSE '97
  MSE Thesis: Rheology and Drainage Behavior of Freely Suspended Soap Films Containing Hydrosoluble Polymer

Former Undergraduate Researchers

• Filip Crnogorac, Dept. of Chemical Engineering, Princeton University, BSE '03
  Senior Thesis: Electronically Addressable Sensor Arrays for Microfluidic Devices Based on Free Surface Flow
• Casey Jacobsen, Dept. of Electrical Engineering, Princeton University, BSE '03
  Senior Thesis: Microscale Letterpress Printing of Amorphous Silicon Thin Film Transistors
• Elizabeth A. Hon, Dept. of Electrical Engineering, Princeton University, BSE '02
  Senior Thesis: Micropatterning of Metal Films for Macroelectronic Devices
• Bernard Y. Wang, Dept. of Electrical Engineering, Princeton University, BSE '01
  Senior Thesis: Digitally Configurable Microheater Array for Fluidic Delivery Systems
• Tanja Cuk, Engineering Physics Program, Princeton University, BSE '00
  Co-advised by Prof. Sigurd Wagner (EE)
  Charles Ira Young Medal (EE)
  Senior Thesis: Using Convective Flow Splitting for the Direct Printing of Copper Lines
• Conor Madigan, Dept. of Electrical Engineering, Princeton University, BSE '00
  Co-advised by Prof. Jim Sturm (EE)
  Calvin Dodd MacCracken Senior Thesis Award (SEAS) and POEM Newport Award in Photonics (EE)
  Senior Thesis: Polymer Organic Light Emitting Diode Patterning by Ink Jet Printing
• Gwendolyn D. Barriac, Engineering Physics Program, Princeton University, BSE '98
  Co-advised by Prof. S. Wagner (EE)
  Peter Mark Prize (EE) and Jeffrey O. Kephardt `80 Prize (SEAS)
  Junior Thesis: The Effects of Line Tension on the Minimum Radius of a Sessile Droplet
  Senior Project: High Resolution Offset Printing for Microelectronics Fabrication
• Jean Freysz, Princeton University, Summer Apprenticeship '98
  Scientific Training Program, École Polytechnique (Palaiseau, France)
  Senior Thesis: Ink Jet Patterning on Polymeric Surfaces
• David S. Ege, Dept. of Chemical Engineering, Princeton University, BSE '96
  Senior Thesis: Chemical Implications of DPPC Structure on Marangoni Driven Spreading on Thin Water Films
• Stephanie R. Roberts, Dept. of Chemical Engineering, Princeton University, BSE '96
  Senior Thesis: The Effects of Bead Coating on Axial Segregation in a Binary Mixture of Granular Materials
• Morgan Schwartz, Dept. of Chemical Engineering, Princeton University, BSE '96
  Senior Thesis: Pattern Formation in Bacterial Colonies
• Ashanthi M. Pereira, Dept. of Chemical Engineering, Princeton University, BSE '95
  Michele Goudie Prize (ChE)
  Senior Thesis: An Experimental Investigation of a Marangoni Driven Fingering Instability in Aqueous Surfactant Systems
• Andrew B. Williams, Dept. of Chemical Engineering, Princeton University, BSE '95
  Senior Thesis: Axial Segregation of Granular Particles in a Rotating Horizontal Cylinder