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My interests

• micro- and nanofluidics
• hydrodynamics; especially zero-Reynolds-number flows
• non-trivial behavior of many bodies from micro- to nano-scales.
  • connecting continuum mechanics and molecular dynamics
  • non-equilibrium propeties
  • small (not large) systems

Research subjects

• Open Source Software Project
  • RYUON -- a Particle Simulation Suite
• micro- and nanofluidics
  • Stokesian Dynamics method for slip particles
    • J. Comput. Theor. Nanosci. (2008) 5(10), pp. 2004-2021.
  • exact solution of two spheres with slip boundary condition
    • preprint.
  • charge instability of nano-droplets
    • J. Phys. Chem. B (2006) 110 19168 - 19175.
• dispersions (suspensions)
  • Faxen-like relations for non-uniform suspensions
    • Phys. Fluids (2004) 16 2483-2496.
  • Closure relations of viscous stress for non-uniform suspensions
    • unpublished
  • derivation of constitutive relations
    • in preparation.
• Stokesian Dynamics method
  • J. Fluid Mech. 452 (2002) pp.231-262.
• basics of many-body hydrodynamic interactions in Stokes flows
  • sedimentation velocity
    • Phys. Rev. E 51,(1995) R3815-R3818.
    • master-thesis.
  • matrix-inversion and many-body effects
    • Phys. Fluids (2001) 13 350-353.
  • lubrication
    • in preparation.
• fluidized beds
  • construction of a microscopic model
    • Phys. Rev. E 52,(1995) 658-670.
    • master-thesis.
  • the steady states of fluidized beds
    • Phys. Rev. E 57,(1998) 1990-1996.
    • doctoral thesis.
• hydrodynamic effects in granular flows
  • unpublished
• many-body problems in viscous flows
• general many-body problems
• statics of granular materials by elastic theory

Schedule

• 9/8 : seminar presentation at Harrison's group in Chem, UofA.
  • "Dynamics of DNA in Micro/Nanofluidic Flows"
• 5/28 - 5/30 : NanoForum CANADA 2008
  • "Dynamics of particles and DNAs in micro/nanofluidic flows" (poster presentation)

Links

• where I was;
  • Jeffrey's group @Dept. Applied Math., University of Western Ontario (in November 2006)
  • Consta's Group @Dept. Chemistry, University of Western Ontario (from September 2004 to September 2006)
  • Prosperetti's group @Johns Hopkins University (from May 2002 to August 2004)
  • Lohse's group @University of Twente (from May 2001 to April 2002)
  • Brady's group @Caltech (from September 1997 to September 1999)
  • Hayakawa's group @Kyoto University (from March 1996 to August 1997; from October 1999 to March 2001)
  • condensed matter physics group @Tohoku University (until March 1996)