Roberto Zenit is the El Jefe (PI) of the lab. He is a full professor and Royce Family Professor of Teaching Excellence in Engineering at Brown University. He did his undergraduate in Mechanical Engineering at UNAM, Masters and PhD in Mechanical Engineering at Caltech, Postdoctoral training in Chemical Engineering at Cornell University, and then joined the faculty at UNAM in 1999.

He spends most of his time watching professional badminton and squash matches, playing competitive badminton with his students, and complaining about not eating enough cookies.

 

Email: zenit@brown.edu

 

 

Andres Zambrano is a 5th year PhD student. He obtained his undergraduate degree in Mechanical Engineering at the University of Pennsylvania. At Brown, he studies the locomotion of robotic swimmers in suspensions.

 

Email: andres_zambrano@brown.edu

 

 

 

 

Madeline Federle is a 4th year PhD student. She obtained her undergraduate degree from George Washington University in Mechanical Engineering. At Brown, she studies the interaction of a droplet and a bubble.

She loves space, bubbles, trying new foods, and playing with her fluffy dog (Comet).

 

Email: madeline_federle@brown.edu

 

 

 

Mithun Ravisankar is a 3rd year PhD student. He did his undergraduate studies in Mechanical Engineering at Anna University, India. He obtained his Masters degree in Fluids and Thermal Sciences at Brown University, where he studied the bubble-bubble interaction in viscoelastic fluids. For his PhD, he studies the turbulence induced by the bubbles in viscoelastic fluids.

He never says no to ice creams.

 

Email: mithun_ravisankar@brown.edu

 

 

Avery Trevino is a 2nd year PhD student. He earned his bachelor’s degree in mechanical engineering, with an emphasis in applied math and physics, from UC Berkeley. He did undergraduate research at Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory studying stochastic mesoscale systems and computational fluid dynamics. At Brown, he conducts research in biological flows. Avery was born and raised in the San Francisco Bay Area.

Outside of his academics, he enjoys reading about art and history as well as watching stand-up comedy. He also loves to play golf, and more recently, badminton, conforming to group standards.

 

Email: avery_trevino@brown.edu

 

 

Alumni:

Postdocs:

      • Yunxing Su, Dynamics of coiling filaments. From 2019 to 2021. Now: Research Associate, University of Colorado Boulder.
      • Jorge Gonzalez, Locomotion through interfaces. From 2017 to 2019. Now: Universidad Autonoma de Chiapas.
      • Raphael Poryles; Postdoc, DGAPA-UNAM; Art and rheology and non-Newtonian two-phase flows. Now: Postdoc at IFPEN, France.
      • Elsa Maria de la Calleja Mora, Posdoc, Flow through porous media. Now: Laboratory technician, IIM-UNAM, Mexico.
      • Oscar Arturo Chavez Lopez, Flow through porous media. From 2011 to 2014. Now: Professor, Instituto Tecnologico de Chihuahua, Mexico.
      • Alberto Beltran Morales, Flow through heart valves. From 2013 to 2014. Now: Researcher, IIM-UNAM, Unidad Morelia. UNAM, Mexico.
      • Francisco Antonio Godinez Rojano, Swimming in complex fluids. From 2011 to 2014. Now: Professor/Researcher, Instituto de Ingenieria, UNAM, Mexico.
      • Enrique Guzman, Flujos a traves de valvulas cardiacas. From 2010 to 2011. Now: Professor/Researcher, Instituto de Ingenieria, UNAM, Mexico.
      • Santos Mendez Dias, Flujos burbujeantes. From 2008 to 2010. Now: Professor, Universidad Autonoma de Nuevo Leon , Mexico.
      • Celine Goujon, Movimiento de burbujas en medios no newtonianos y avalanchas granulares. From 2005 to 2007. Now: High-School Instructor, College L’Estaque, Marsella, Francia

PhD Students:

Master Students: