PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR

PROF. VIVEK NARSIMHAN

Michael and Carolyn Ott Associate Professor of Chemical Engineering, Purdue University

B.S., Caltech, Chemical Engineering, 2008
MAst., University of Cambridge, Mathematics 2009
PhD., Stanford University, Chemical Engineering, 2015
Postdoctoral Associate, MIT, 2015-17

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Office: FRNY 1029B

Phone: 765-494-4281

GRADUATE STUDENTS

ANIRUDH VENKATESH

B.Chem. Engg., Institute of Chemical Technology Mumbai, 2020

Research interests: Rheology of multicomponent vesicles. Explicit sampling techniques for stochastic processes

GEORGE CURTIS

B.S.: University of Colorado Boulder, Chemical Engineering, 2021
B.S.: University of Colorado Boulder, Applied Mathematics, 2021

Research interests: Statistical thermodynamics of random processes for chemical science

ISAAC WHEELER

B.S.: Brigham Young University, Chemical Engineering, Minor in Italian Studies, 2021

Research interests: Modeling mass transfer resistance in pharmaceutical lyophilization (freeze-drying)

TANVI APTE

B.Chem. Engg., Institute of Chemical Technology, Mumbai, 2022

Research interests: Non-Newtonian fluid mechanics, micro-hydrodynamics, mechanics of non-spherical particles

RAJ NANDINI

B.Tech & MTech, Chemical Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology, Kanpur

Research interests: Swelling, rupture, and rheology of polymer gels

SUNAND BHATTACHARJEE

B.E Chemical Engineering, Jadavpur University Kolkata, 2020

Research Interests: Micro hydrodynamics, rheology of complex fluids, dynamics of suspended particles

SHRIRAM JOSHI

B.E. Chemical Engineering, Birla Institute of Technology of Science Pilani, 2023

Research Interests: Surface viscoelastic rheology of drop breakup and coalescence

SEUNG WOO HA

B.S. Mechanical Engineering, Sogang University, Seoul, 2017
M.S. Aerospace Engineering, Seoul National University, Seoul, 2020

Research Interests: Mechanics of non-spherical particles in viscoelastic fluid, Computational Fluid Dynamics

POSTDOCTORAL STUDENTS

JIAHAO GONG

B.S. Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Mechanical Engineering, 2017
M.S. University of California, San Diego, Mechanical Engineering, 2019
Ph.D. The University of British Columbia, Mathematics, 2024

Research Interests: Hydrodynamics of particles in inhomogeneous and complex environments.

ALUMNI

AMAN BHARGAVA

MS Student
Next position: PhD student, Physics of Fluids group, Univ. Twente, Netherlands

NATASHA SINGH

PhD Graduate
Next position: Software Engineer, AMD, CA

VISHAL ANAND

Postdoctoral Associate
Current position: Senior Research Scientist, Corning Incorp.

SHIYAN WANG

Research Associate (jointly with Prof. Sangtae Kim)
Next position: Senior Modeler, Discovery Financial Services

CHENG-WEI TAI

PhD Graduate
Next position: Software Engineer, Intel, Hillsboro, OR

CHARLIE LIN

PhD Graduate

Current position: Software Engineer, AMD, Austin, TX.

FARZAD MOHAJERANI

Postdoctoral Associate

Current position: Process Development Scientist, Amgen, Los Angeles, CA.

NADER LAAL DEHGHANI

Postdoctoral Associate

Current position: Research Data Scientist, Facebook, Seattle, WA.

DUNYA AL MARZOOQI

Undergraduate Research Assistant
Current Position: PhD student at UC Berkeley

KWESI KAKRABA-AMPEH

Undergraduate Research Assistant
Current Position: Engineer, Cognizant

PHEOBE JANE APPEL

Undergraduate senior, Purdue University

Research Interests: Biophysical measurements of lipid bilayer elasticity

Current position: PhD student at Johns Hopkins

BEN HUNTLEY

Undergraduate senior, Purdue University

Research Interests: Synthesis of non-spherical microparticles

GABRIELLE KERSHAW

Undergraduate senior: University of Iowa

Research interests: image analysis of particles in microfluidic flows

RICHARD SHI

Undergraduate Senior, Chemical Engineering

Research interests: Simulations of Non-Newtonian fluids in microfluidic devices

AUDREY BRITTON

High school senior

ADMINISTRATIVE ASSISTANT

LAUREN HAYS

Email: hays14@purdue.edu

Office: FRNY 1029
Phone: (765) 496-4988