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Dr. Jonathan P. Rothstein, Associate Professor


16 Gunness Lab
University of Massachusetts
160 Governors Drive
Amherst, MA 01003-2210
E-mail: rothstein@ecs.umass.edu
Phone: (413) 577-0110
Fax: (413) 545-1027

 

 

Education:
B.S., The Cooper Union, 1996;
M.S., Harvard University, 1998;
Ph.D., Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2001

Research Interests: Dynamics of complex fluids; Non-Newtonian fluid dynamics; non-isothermal flow; hydrodynamics stability; optical measurement techniques; microfluidics; laminar and turbulent drag redution; rheology and polymer processing

Select Archival Publications:

  • K. V. Edmond, M. Marquez, J. P. Rothstein, A. D. Dinsmore. Stable Jets of Viscoelastic Fluids and Self-Assembled Cylindrical Capsules by Hydrodynamic Focusing, submitted to Phys. Rev. Lett
  • E. Miller, S. J. Lee, and J. P. Rothstein. The effect of temperature gradients on the sharkskin surface instability in polymer extrusion through a slit die, accepted for publication in Rheol. Acta
  • J. Ou and J. P. Rothstein.Drag Reduction and m-PIV Measurements of the Flow Past Ultrahydrophobic Surfaces, Phys. Fluids 17 (2005) 103606
  • E. Miller, B. Gibson, E. McWIlliams and J. P. Rothstein The Collision of Viscoelastic Jets and the Formation of Fluid Webs, Applied Physics Letters 87 (2005) 014101
  • J. Lampe, R. DiLalla, J. Grimaldi and J. P. Rothstein Impact Dynamics of Drops on Thin Films of Viscoelastic Wormlike Micelle Solutions, J. Non-Newtonian Fluid Mechanics 125 (2005) 11-23.

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