Student Theses

• Arkilic, E.B., "Measurement of the mass flow and tangential momentum accommodation coefficient in silicon micromachined channels." Ph.D. Thesis, Dept. of Aeronautics & Astronautics, MIT, December, 1996.
• Lorkowski, T. "Small-scale forcing of a turbulent boundary layer." Fluid Dynamics Research Laboratory Technical Report 97-2, Dept. of Aeronautics & Astronautics, MIT, January, 1997.
• Padmanabhan, A. "Silicon micromachined sensors and sensor arrays for shear-stress measurements in aerodynamic flows." Ph.D. Thesis, Dept. of Mech. Eng., MIT, February, 1997.
• Rathnasingham, R. "System identification and active control of a turbulent boundary layer." Ph.D. Thesis, Dept. of Aeronautics & Astronautics, MIT, May, 1997.
• Bayt, R. "Analysis, fabrication, and testing of a MEMS-Based micropropulsion system." Ph.D. Thesis, Dept. of Aeronautics & Astronautics, MIT, June, 1999.
• Orr, D.J. "Macro-Scale Investigation of High Speed Gas Bearings for MEMS Devices." Ph.D. Thesis, Dept. of Aeronautics & Astronautics, MIT, September, 1999. (NOTE: 43 MB File!)
• King. R.A. "Receptivity and Transition due to Two- and Three-Dimensional Roughness in a Blasius Boundary Layer." Ph.D. Thesis, Dept. of Aeronautics & Astronautics, MIT, November, 1999.
• Piekos, E.S. "Numerical Simulation of Gas-Lubricated Journal Bearings for Microfabricated Machines." Ph.D. Thesis, Dept. of Aeronautics & Astronautics, MIT, December, 1999.
• Knobloch, K. "Real Time Prediction of Flow Variables in a Turbulent Boundary Layer." Diploma Thesis, TU-Berlin. Brown University MicroFluids Lab TR 2000-01. April 2000.
• Huang, P "Electro-Osmotic Mixing in Microchannels." ScM Thesis, Division of Engineering, Brown University. September 2002.
• Kim, M.J. "Bacterial Flows: Mixing and Pumping in Microfluidic Systems Using Flagellated Bacteria." Ph.D Thesis, Division of Engineering, Brown University. May 2005.
• Huang, P-Y "Near-Surface Slip Flow and Hindered Colloidal Diffusion at the Nano-Scale." Ph.D Thesis, Division of Engineering, Brown University. October 2006.
• Guasto, G.S. "Micro- and Nano-scale Colloidal Dynamics Near Surfaces". Ph.D Thesis, Division of Engineering, Brown University. August 2008.
• Berglund, S. "Modelling channel flow over superhydrophobic surfaces". ScM Thesis, Division of Engineering, Brown University. May 2010.
• He, Rick. "High speed motion generated by an oscillating microfiber". ScM Thesis, Division of Engineering, Brown University. May 2010.