Magnetic Fluids: Flow, Rheology, and Simulation

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There are opportunities for Cooper students to do any of the following:
 
Experimental research: because ferrofluids and other magnetic fluids are optically opaque, much experimental work must be performed with high intensity x-rays and is performed at the Advanced Photon Source, located at the Argonne National Laboratory outside Chicago.  High resolution phase contrast imaging using the x-ray source reveals flow features and internal structures formed by aggregation of magnetic nanoparticles.
 
Computational research: perform multi-phase simulations using the PARIS code (collaboration with University of Bologna, Italy and University of Paris VI, France) or help in the development of a new version of the PARIS code that includes magnetic forces and fields that can be applied to these experiments and also Biomedical Flow problems, including Magnetic Drug Targeting.
 
Coding: experiments have produced a rich and challenging set of images, flow visualization video and 2D and 3D tomographic images that present image analysis challenges that can be addressed using in-house codes, algorithms based on MATLAB or other image analysis libraries.
 
Theoretical research: use simple fluid dynamical models to understand the experimental and computational results.  Will involve the equations of fluid suspensions, fluid-structure interactions, porous medium flow and low Reynolds number flows.
 
This research has been NSF funded.  We collaborate closely with Prof. David Trubatch at Montclair State University and with researchers at Argonne and Brookhaven National Labs.

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