Sandra M. Troian
Professor of Applied Physics, Aeronautics, and Mechanical Engineering

B.A., Physics - Harvard University, 1980
M.S., Physics - Cornell University, 1984
Ph.D., Physics - Cornell University, 1987

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Pasadena, CA 91125 USA
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Micro/nanoscale transport in liquid films and interfaces including confinement effects, instabilities and phase transitions; biological flows triggered by capillary or Marangoni stresses; micro/optofluidic devices based on electrical, thermal or acoustic fields; lithographic patterning by thermocapillary forces; non-normality and instabilities at low Reynolds number; molecular dynamics simulations of liquids near patterned boundaries