People

Principal Investigator

Daniel M. Harris
Associate Professor of Engineering

Ph.D., Applied Mathematics, MIT
B.S., Mechanical Engineering, Cornell University

Email: daniel_harris3@brown.edu
Website: vivo.brown.edu/display/dharri15
CV

Postdocs

Chase Gabbard

Ph.D., Mechanical Engineering, Clemson University
M.S., Mechanical Engineering, Clemson University
B.S., Mechanical Engineering, Clemson University

Current Project: Bouncing to coalescence transition for droplet-bath impacts.

Adrian Herrera-Amaya

Ph.D., Mechanical Engineering, Penn State
M.S., Mechanical Engineering, University of Guanajuato
B.S., Mechanical Engineering, University of Guanajuato

Email: adrian_herrera-amaya@brown.edu
Current Project:
Swimming and propulsion at intermediate Reynolds numbers.

Robert Hunt

Ph.D., Applied Mathematics, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
B.S., Physics, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

Email: robert_hunt@brown.edu 
Current Project:
Fluid-solid interactions at the capillary scale.

Minki Kim

Ph.D., Mechanical Engineering and Scientific Computing, University of Michigan
B.S., Mechanical Engineering, Seoul National University

Email: minki_kim@brown.edu
Current Project:
Computational modeling of fluid dynamics and mixing processes in rocking bioreactors.

Graduate Students

John Antolik
PhD Candidate

B.S., Mechanical Engineering, Brown University

Email: john_antolik@brown.edu
Current Project: The role of impactor flexibility in water entry.

Jack-William Barotta
PhD Candidate

B.S., Mathematics, MIT

Email: jack-william_barotta@brown.edu
Current Project: Self-propulsion and collective motion of objects at a vibrating fluid interface.

Ashley Kraekel
PhD Candidate

B.S., Mechanical Engineering, George Washington University

Email: ashley_kraekel@brown.edu
Current Project: The role of nose shape and impactor flexibility in water entry.

Mario Ibrahim
MS Candidate

B.S., Mechanical Engineering, MIT

Email: mario_ibrahim@brown.edu
Current Project: Air-water entry on unsteady fluid interfaces.

Elvis Alexander Agüero Vera
PhD Candidate

M.S., Applied Mathematics, Instituto de Matemática Pura e Aplicada
B.S., Engineering and Physics, Universidade Federal da Integração Latinoamericana

Email: elvis_alexander_aguero_vera@brown.edu
Website: elvispy.github.io
Current Project: Droplet impact on non-wetting solid substrates.

Undergraduate Students

Audrey Gallagher
Senior in Engineering

Email: audrey_gallagher@brown.edu
Current Project: Development of custom electromagnetic shaker.

Yesenia Gómez
Brown/RISD Dual Degree Program (5th Year)

Email: yesenia_gomez@brown.edu
Current Project: Development of interfacial microrobot.

Tristan Keyser-Parker
Junior in Engineering

Email: tristan_keyser-parker@brown.edu
Current Project: The role of nose shape and impactor flexibility in water entry.

Jack Kolman
Junior in Engineering

Email: jacob_kolman@brown.edu
Current Project: Development of intermediate Reynolds number robotic swimmer.

Luke Rossi
Junior in Engineering

Email: luke_s_rossi@brown.edu
Current Project: Computational modeling of cellular kinetics in rocking bioreactors.

Chandler Zhu
Junior in Engineering

Email: chandler_zhu@brown.edu
Current Project: Drag and lift on partially submerged objects at an air-water interface.

Research Engineer

Eli Silver

B.S., Engineering and Physics, Brown
B.F.A., Furniture Design, RISD

Email: eli_silver@brown.edu

Alumni

Postdocs

Graduate Students

  • Maya Lewis (MS, 2024) (Thesis)
  • Luke Alventosa (PhD, 2023) (Thesis)
  • Ajay Harishankar Kumar (MS, 2020) (Thesis)
  • Garam Lee (MS, 2020) (Thesis)
  • Abigail Taylor (MS, 2019) (Thesis)

Undergraduate Students

  • Katie Kuehr (visitor from Minerva University)
  • Ela Lucas (Senior Thesis, 2024)
  • Arman Mohammadi
  • Zabari Ross
  • Eugene Rhee
  • Ray Gresalfi
  • Elvis Agüero (visitor from U. Federal de Integração Latinoamericana)
  • Oliver Sand
  • Maya Lewis
  • Rebecca Rosen
  • Peyton Newman
  • Benny Smith
  • Ian Ho (Senior Thesis, 2021)
  • Molly Pearson
  • Jacob Morse
  • Matt Styslinger
  • Elizabeth Austin
  • Will Haddock 
  • Daniel Wang 
  • Emma Abele (Senior Thesis, 2020)
  • John Antolik (Senior Thesis, 2020)
  • Jesse Remeis (Senior Thesis, 2020)
  • Mackenzie Duce (visitor from Cal Poly)
  • Charlie Bares 
  • Isabelle Bauman (Senior Thesis, 2019)
  • Aaron Brown (Senior Thesis, 2019)
  • Pavlo Lyalyutskyy 
  • Nikolay Ionkin (visitor from Columbia University)
  • Roy Glavanitz (Senior Thesis, visitor from German Armed Forces University)
  • Annika MacEwen (Senior Thesis, 2018)
  • Victor Ladics
  • Olivia Banks
  • Jordan Hodder

High School Students

  • Maisie Mclaughlin
  • William Dalton
  • Raoul Silver
  • Victoria Spradlin
  • Lab Lunch, Spring 2024