Principal Investigator

Daniel M. Harris
Assistant 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
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Postdocs

Alireza “Navid” Hooshanginejad

Ph.D., Mechanical Engineering, University of Minnesota
B.S., Mechanical Engineering, Sharif University of Technology

Email: alireza_hooshanginejad@brown.edu
Current Project: Motion of passive and active particles at fluid interfaces.

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: Modeling for design and control of autonomous vehicles near air-water interfaces.

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

Luke Alventosa
PhD Candidate

M.S., Mechanical Engineering, Stony Brook University
B.S., Mechanical Engineering, Swarthmore College

Email: luke_alventosa@brown.edu 
Current Project: Droplet impacts on a free surface.

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: Waves and flows generated by objects at vibrating fluid interface.

Undergraduate Students

Yesenia Gómez
Brown/RISD Dual Degree Program (3rd Year)

Email: yesenia_gomez@brown.edu
Current Project: Development of low-cost, accessible droplet generator.

Raymond Gresalfi
Senior in Engineering

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

Jack Kolman
Freshman in Engineering

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

Ela Lucas
Junior in Engineering

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

Arman Mohammadi
Sophomore in Mathematics and Computer Science

Email: arman_mohammadi@brown.edu 
Current Project: Development of low-cost, accessible droplet generator.​

Eugene Rhee
Brown/RISD Dual Degree Program (5th Year)

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

Zabari Ross
Senior in Engineering

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

Research Engineer

Eli Silver

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

Email: eli_silver@brown.edu