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Joel Koplik

Professor of Physics

Levich Institute
Steinman T-1M19

Email: koplik [ AT ] sci.ccny.cuny.edu

Work: (212) 650-8162

Websites:

http://lisgi1.engr.ccny.cuny.edu/koplikcv.htm

Education:

(B.S., 1969, Physics) The Cooper Union;
(Ph.D., 1974, Physics) University of California at Berkeley.

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Research Interests:

Molecular dynamics of wetting phenomena, non-Newtonian fluids, and nanoscale flows
Fluid flow and transport phenomena in geological porous media
Vortex dynamics in superfluidity

Research Sponsors:

Department of Energy (DOE) and National Science Foundation (NSF)

Current Postdoctoral Associates and Subjects of Research:

Tak Shing Lo

Current Graduate Students under Supervision and Subjects of Research:

Yiguang Yan
Jon Halverson
Karla Morris

Recent Publications:

Vortex locking in direct numerical simulations of superfluid turbulence, Phys. Rev. Lett. 101, 015301 (2008), with K. Morris and D. Rouson.
Dynamical clustering of counterions on flexible polyelectrolytes, Phys. Rev. Lett. 100, 128301 (2008), with T.-S. Lo and B. Khusid.
Flow of power-law fluids in self-affine fracture channels, Phys. Rev. E 77, 036315 (2008), with Y Yan.
Shear flow pumping in open microfluidic systems, Phys. Rev. Lett. 98, 224504 (2007), with M. Rauscher and S. Dietrich.
Interaction of two particles in confined linear shear flow at finite Reynolds number, Phys. Fluids 19, 11330 (2007), with Y. Yan and J. F. Morris.
Nanoscale fluid flows in the vicinity of patterned surfaces, Phys. Rev. Lett. 96, 114502 (2006), with M. Cieplak and J. R. Banavar.
Slip, immiscibility, and boundary conditions at the liquid-liquid interface, Phys. Rev. Lett. 96, 044505 (2006), with J. R. Banavar.
Pearling instability of nanoscale fluid flow confined to a chemical channel, Phys. Fluids 18, 031104 (2006), with T. S. Lo, M. Rauscher and S. Dietrich.

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