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Team Members
Marufa Akter Upoma joined as a PhD student in Mechanical Engineering at Baylor University in Fall 2022 semester. Upoma received her Bachelor of Science in Aeronautical Engineering from Military Institute of Science and Technology (MIST) in 2019. Currently, she is studying M.Sc. in Mechanical Engineering (ME) at Bangladesh University of Engineering & Technology (BUET). Her research interests include interfacial fluid mechanics, and drop oscillation dynamics. In her free time Upoma enjoys exploring new restaurants and foods, watching TV series and spending time with her family & friends. She is from Dhaka, Bangladesh.
Pooria Pirdavari is a Ph.D. student in Mechanical Engineering at Baylor. During his Bachelor’s (Urmia University of Technology) and Master’s (Sahand University of Technology) degrees, he did research in different fields such as HVAC&R systems, Solar Energy, and Phase Change Materials (PCM). His current research interests are micro-mixers, micro-separators, and water purification techniques. During his free time, Pooria enjoys hanging out with his friends and watching movies. He is from Urmia, Iran.
Huy Q. Tran (PhD Candidate) is currently a PhD student in Mechanical Engineering at Baylor University. Huy is a Christian and received his Bachelor of Science in Mechanical Engineering from Baylor University in 2019. His area of research is in drop oscillation physics and inkjet printing. In his part time, he enjoys playing guitar and spending time with his friends. He is from Hanoi, Vietnam.
Min Y Pack (PI) is an Assistant Professor of Mechanical Engineering at Baylor University. Min obtained his bachelor’s degree in Engineering Science from Pennsylvania State University and master’s degree in Sustainable Engineering from Villanova University. He obtained his Ph.D. in Mechanical Engineering at Drexel University in the area of complex fluids and multiphase flows. Min also conducted postdoctoral work in the Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering department at Princeton University.
Courses taught:
Fluid Mechanics
Introduction to Microfluidics
Interfacial Fluid Mechanics
Past members - Project Duration - Project Title - Subsequent Affiliation:
Daren Zhang (B.S.) - Fall 2019 - Tunable evaporation of colloidal droplets -
USC (M.S.)
Austin Taylor (M.S.) - Fall 2019 - Summer 2021- Volatile drop impacts - UTAC, Inc.
Ethan Doupe (B.S.) - Summer 2021 - Dropwise condensation enhancement - Aerojet Rocketdyne
Olivia Felton (B.S.) - Summer 2021 - Influence of relative humidity in drop impacts -
CU Boulder (Ph.D.)
Jack Johnson (B.S.) - Summer 2021 - low-cost microfluidic devices -
L3 Harris
Johann Li (B.S.) -
Summer 2021 - Microbubble entrainment - UNT (M.S.)
Allie Park (B.S.) -
Summer 2022 - Uniaxial viscoelasticity of droplets - Controlled Fluids Inc.
Braven Suzuki (B.S.) -
Summer 2022 - Biaxial viscoelasticity of droplets - Coffman Engineers
Nathan Styslinger(B.S.) -
Spring 2023 - Dragonfly lift - Technip Energies
Hexuan Wang(B.S.) -
Spring 2024 - Tea-Leaf Paradox - Current Baylor Student
Ziwen He (PhD) - 2019 -2023 - Air entrainment of polymeric drops
UMN Postdoc
Jessie Peng -2024 - Dropwise Condensation
Current Baylor student
Benjamin Lho -2024 - Microplastic separations
UT Austin
Where our students are from:
OUR WORK
RESEARCH
"What we know is a drop, what we don't know is an ocean" Isaac Newton
Drop impact on ultrathin films
Bioinspired dropwise condensation & Water harvesting
Microfluidic mixing
Drop oscillation on immiscible liquid films
Rheology & Air entrainment
Volatility on drop wetting initiation
Dye effects on extensional rheology
Equipment
Photron NOVA S9 high-speed camera, Phantom V211 high-speed camera, Olympus IX83 microscope, FLIR Blackfly S USB3 Camera 1.6MP, 226 fps, NIKON D2300, Laurell spin coater, Harvard Apparatus - PHD Ultra, New Era NE-300, New Era NE-4000 Syringe Pumps, Phlox LED panel, Anton Paar MCR302e, Bohlin Gemini II Rheometer, OceanOptics spectrometer, 3D Printers, Probe Ultrasonicator, Corona treator, Oven, hot plates, Thorlabs optics, environmental chambers, thermocouples, hygrometers, Kruss K20 tensiometer
Anton Paar MCR302e Rheometer
Olympus IX 83 Microscope
Photron NOVA S9 High-speed camera
Phantom V211
KRUSS K20 - Tensiometer
Elveflow Microfluidic device controller
Ultrasonicator
Type 1 Ultrapure water system
Bohlin Gemini II Rheometer
Laurell Spincoater
Chiller
Sonicator
DPSS 532nm Class 4 laser
Corona treator
HeNe laser
Fume Hood
Dessicator
hot plate
Sartorious balance
Nikon DSLRs
Nanoliter inkjet printer
Laboratory refrigerator
TIRM optical setup
Dremel
OceanInsight UV-Vis spectrometer
Custom drop impact setup
Chiller
HA Syringe pump
Oven
GALLERY
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 Mayborn Museum - Meet the Scientists |  Olivia's presentation at APS DFD 2021 |  Group photo at APS DFD 2021 |
 Mayborn Museum outreach training |  Cameron Park lab hike |  Ziwen He's qualifying exam celebration at Lake Waco |
 Microfluidic device |  Ziwen's experimental setup |  high speed camera setup |
 Ziwen's experimental setup |  Austin Taylor's experimental setup |  Austin Taylor's experimental setup |
 Ziwen's experiments |
CONTACT
Visitors
The Mission of the Interfacial Fluids Lab (IFLab) is to conduct original research in the field of interfacial fluid dynamics for broader applications in enhancing industrial processes and understanding natural phenomena...
For open Undergraduate Research Assistant, Graduate Research Assistant, and Postdoctoral Research Associate positions, please use the form below
Contact us!
One Bear Place #97356
Waco, TX 76798-7356
Min_Pack@Baylor.edu
Tel: (254) 710 - 6828
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