Research Group

• Current Members
• Alumni
• Photo Album

Graduate student lunch, October 2006.

Kenny Karmin, MZB, Sabri Kilic, Damian Burch, and Chris Rycroft. (See below for more group photos.)

Graduate Students

• Damian Burch (Applied Mathematics, MIT). Thesis topic: Mathematical modeling of rechargeable batteries.
• Todd Fergusen (Chemical Engineering, MIT)
• Yeqing Fu (Chemical Engineering, MIT)
• Xiaochuan Yang (Chemical Engineering, MIT)

  Postdocs

• Chien-Chih Huang . Induced-charge electro-osmosis, microfluidic pumps. MIT Institute for Soldier Nanotechnologies. 2007-present (Co-advised by Prof. T. Thorsen, Mechanical Enginering.)
• Markus Schmuck . Mathematical modeling of supercapacitors. 2009-present.

  Undergraduate

• Michael Hess. Rechargeble batteries. Visiting student from Magdeburg, Germany. Spring/summer 2009.

  Administrator

• Linda Mousseau

Ph.D. Students
• Jaehyuk Choi. Ph.D. in Applied Mathematics, MIT (2005). Thesis: Advection-Diffusion-Limited Aggregation and Dense Granular Flow.
• Kevin T. Chu Ph.D. in Applied Mathematics, MIT (2005). Thesis: Asymptotic Analysis of Extreme Electrochemical Transport. Next: Postdoc in mechanical engineering at Princeton University.
• Jeremy A. Levitan. Ph.D. in Mechanical Engineering, MIT (2005). Thesis: Experimental Investigation of Induced-Charge Electro-osmosis.
• Chris H. Rycroft Ph.D. in Applied Mathematics, MIT (2007). Thesis: Multiscale modeling of granular flow. Next: Postdoc in mathematics at University of California, Berkeley.
• Kenneth N. Kamrin Ph.D. in Applied Mathematics, MIT (2008). Thesis: Stochastic and deterministic models for dense granular flow. Next: Lecturer in applied mathematics at Harvard University.
• Mustafa Sabri Kilic Ph.D. in Applied Mathematics, MIT (2008). Thesis: Induced-charge electrokinetics at large voltages.

  Postdocs

• Jeremy Levitan (2007). Applications of nonlinear electrokinetics in microfluidic devices. Institute for Soldier Nanotechnologies.
• Gogi Singh (2006-2007). Modeling lithium rechargeable batteries. Center for Materials Science and Engineering (IRG IV).
• Yuxing Ben (2004-2005). Simulation and design of ICEO-based microfluidic devices.

  M.S. Students

• Ken Gosier . M.S. in Financial Mathematics, Courant Institute of Mathematical Sciences, New York University (2002). Thesis: Generalized Black-Scholes models for pricing and hedging options with residual risk.
• Young Han Lee. M.S. in Applied Mathematics, MIT (2002). Thesis: Noise detection in financial correlation matrices.

  B.S. Students

• Matt Fishburn B. S. in Electrical Engineering, MIT (2007). Advanced Undergraduate Project: Electronics for control of portable electrokinetic microfluidic devices.
• Jakub Kominiarcz B. S. in Physics, MIT (2007). Senior thesis: Numerical simulations of AC electro-osmotic pumps.
• Camilo Guaqueta. B. S. in Materials Science, MIT (2003). Thesis: Computer simulations of a stochastic model for granular drainage.
• Mani Mahjouri. B.S. in Mathematics and Economics, MIT (2000). Thesis: Pricing risky derivative securities.

  Research Assistants

• Brian Wheeler UROP 2007. Applications of ACEO pumps.
• Kapil Subramanian Undergraduate intern, summer 2007, from Indian Institute of Technology. ACEO experiments (with T. Thorsen).
• Andrew Jones UROP spring 2007. ACEO experiments (with T. Thorsen).
• Costas Anastassiou. Graduate intern, summer 2006, from Imperial College Department of Bioengineering. Theory of electrochemical sensors.
• Jeremie Palacci. Undergraduate intern, summer 2005. Visiting from Ecole Normale Superieure de Lyon. Thesis: Spot-model simulations of periodic systems.
• Serginio Sylvain. UROP, Dry Fluids Lab, 2005.
• Ken Weaver. Undergraduate intern in the MIT Materials Processing Center, summer 2002. Simulations of granular drainage.

  Faculty visitors

• Armand Ajdari. ESPCI, 2005-2006.
• Arshad Kudrolli. Clark University, Physics. 2003-2007.
• Brian Storey. Olin College, Mechanical Engineering. 2006-2007.

Photo Album

Group dinner, June 26, 2007: Gogi Singh, Yee Lok Wong, Ken Kamrin, MZB, Chris Rycroft, Kapil Subramanian	The group, led by Dr. Rycroft, dancing to soul music on the Blues Barge.

Candlelin bowling, June 2005 (clockwise from top left):
Jean-Christophe Nave, Jeremy Levitan, Jeremie Palacci, Kevin Chu, Ken Karmin, Yuxing Ben, Jaehyuk Choi, Chris Rycroft, and MZB. Group dinner, Dec. 2003 (clockwise from center left):
Kevin Chu, Jeremy Levitan, Chris Rycroft, Jaehyuk Choi, Ruben Rosales, Dionisios Margetis, and MZB. Ken and Chris disco dancing ("shootin' the floor") 2007.

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