The Hatsopoulos Microfluids laboratory (HML) was created within the Department of Mechanical Engineering as a center for research activities which focus on understanding the dynamics of fluid with microstructure and the emerging science of microfluidics. The HML consists of a single open-plan 6,300 ft2 laboratory that houses seven active faculty plus over 45 students and postdoctoral researchers. A broad overview of the principal research areas of faculty members within the laboratory is summarized below:
- Optical imaging of complex flows
- Rheology and dynamics of complex fluids
- Dynamics of thin films
- Flow stability
- Flow-structure interactions
- Flow in microfluidic devices and ‘lab-on-a-chip’ applications
- Biofluid mechanics and biorheology
- Capillary phenomena and contact line dynamics