Amir Hirsa

Shannon Griffin   Nicholas E. Debono   Joseph Adam   Aditya (Adi) Raghunandan 2018 Shreyash Gulati 2017 James E. Young "The Characterization of Flow-Induced Protein Crystallization

Shear-induced amyloid fibrillization: the role of inertia

Flow-induced 2D protein crystallization: characterization of the coupled interfacial and bulk flows

Classroom Excellence Award, School of Engineering, RPI (2015)

Hirsa A.H., Malouin, B.A., and Vogel, M.J., Reconfigurable, Non-Oscillating Liquid Lens and Imaging System, US and International Patent Application No. PCT/US11/45353, filed July 26, 2011 (pending)

2D Protein Crystallization Induced by Shearing Bulk Flow: What can Classical Fluid Mechanics Tell us? Invited presentation in the School of Engineering, UC Merced, CA (2008).

Low-Dissipation Capillary Switches: Science & Engineering, Invited seminar in the Chemical Engineering Department, Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN (2007).

Monolayer Hydrodynamics. A series of six (6) lectures presented in the Mechanical Engineering Department, UC Santa Barbara, CA and simulcasted at Sandia National Laboratory, NM (2007).

Low-Dissipation Capillary Switches at Small Scales, Invited seminar at the Benjamin Levich Institute for Physico-Chemical Hydrodynamics, City College of New York, NY (2005).

"Effect of Flow with Inertia on Monolayer Mesoscale Structure," 57th Annual Conference of the American Physical Society, Div. Fluid Dynamics, Seattle, WA (2004).

Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute; 2003 - present Joint Appointment (by courtesy) Howard P. Isermann Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering

Mesoscale and Macroscale Patterning of Langmuir Monolayers by Bulk Flow," 56th Annual Conference of the American Physical Society, Div. Fluid Dynamics, East Rutherford, NJ (2003).

"Flow Induced Structuring on the Surface of Liquids: Shaping Monolayers via Bulk Flow Instabilities," 55th Annual Conference of the American Physical Society, Div. Fluid Dynamics, Dallas, TX (2002).

"Symmetry Breaking to a Rotating Wave in a Lid-Driven Cylinder with a Free," 55th Annual Conference of the American Physical Society, Div. Fluid Dynamics, Dallas, TX (2002).

"Hydrodynamics of Insoluble (Langmuir) Monolayers," Invited seminar in the Department of Chemical Engineering, The Pennsylvania State University, University Park, PA (2001).

"Measurement and Computation of Insoluble Monolayers on Uniform or Rotating Flows," Invited seminar in the Department of Mathematical Sciences, University of Delaware, Newark, DE (2001).

"Direct Determination of Interfacial Viscosities via Velocity and Surfactant Concentration Measurements," Invited seminar at Dow Corning Corp., Midland, MI (2000).

"Determination of Air/Water Interfacial Properties Utilizing a Rotating Flow," Invited presentation in the Stability, Transition and Turbulence Seminar series, Sibley School of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY (2000).

"Determination of Air/Water Interfacial Properties Utilizing a Planar flow," Invited seminar in the School of Chemical Engineering, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY (2000).

"Direct Determination and Modeling of Intrinsic Interfacial Viscosities at a Gas/Liquid Interface," Invited seminar in the Workshop on Surfactant Flows at Interfaces, Laguna Beach, CA (2000).

"Dynamics of Surfactant-Influenced Air/Water Interfaces," Invited seminar in the School of Chemical Engineering, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY (1999).

"Measurements of the Velocity Field and Surfactant Surface Concentration Behind a Reynolds Ridge," Invited seminar in the Department of Aerospace and Mechanical Engineering, Boston University, Boston, MA (1999).

"Hydrodynamic Coupling of Viscoelastic Gas/Liquid Interfaces," Invited seminar in the Department of Mathematics, The Pennsylvania State University, University Park, PA (1997).

"Interaction of Turbulence with an Air-Water Interface and the Effects of Surfactants," Invited seminar in the Department of Aerospace and Mechanical Engineering, State University of New York, Buffalo, NY (1996).

"Effects of Surfactants on Free-Surface Turbulence," Invited seminar at the Second Annual Free-Surface Turbulence Workshop, sponsored by ONR - Caltech, Pasadena, CA (1994).

"On the Interaction of Vortical Flows with a Free Surface," Invited seminar at the Rutgers University, Mechanical and Aerospace Engr. Colloquium Series, Piscataway, NJ (1994).

"Dynamics of Trailing Vortices near Boundaries," Invited seminar in the Department of Aeronautics, San Jose State University, San Jose, CA (1990).

ISS: Effects of curvature and inertia on the hydrodynamics of complex fluid interfaces

ISS: Protein flow and gelation in the absence of solid-wall nucleation

Collaborative Research: Transport of model-virus through the lung liquid lining

ISS: Collaborative Research: Interfacial bioprocessing of pharmaceuticals via the Ring-Sheared Drop (RSD) module aboard ISS

Collaborative Research: Effects of interfacial viscosities on flow of lung surfactants

Flow enhanced protein crystallization at the air/water interface

Collaborative Research: Micro- Lenses for Manufacturing

Collaborative Research: The Role of Monolayer Structure on Interfacial Hydrodynamics

Collaborative Research: Capillary Micro-Switches for Actuation, Photonics and Manufacturing

TSE: Collaborative Research: Environmentally Benign Manufacturing - Casting by Design

Collaborative Research: Effects of Bulk Flow on Monolayer Formation at Gas/Liquid Interfaces

Dynamics of Surfactant - Influenced Gas/Liquid Interfaces