Johns Hopkins University Whiting School of Engineering

Andrea Prosperetti


Professor
Mechanical Engineering
http://www.me.jhu.edu/prosper/ (primary)

Latrobe Hall 119 (office)
410-516-8534 ()
prosperetti@jhu.edu (primary)

Education

Ph.D. 1972, California Institute of Technology
M.S. 1971, California Institute of Technology
Laurea in Fisica 1968, Universita' di Milano

Experience

1994: Charles A. Miller, Jr., Distingusihed Professor of Mechanical Engineering
1985-1994: Professor of Mechanical Engineering, The Johns Hopkins University
1988-1991: Chair, Department of Mechanical Engineering, The Johns Hopkins University
1976-1985: Associate Professor, Physics Department, Universita' di Milano
1974-1975: Postdoctoral Fellow, Engineering Science Department, California Institute of Technology
1973-1975: Assistant Professor, Physics Department, Universita' di Milano

Research Areas

underwater acoustics
numerical methods
multi-phase flow
free-surface flows
bubble dynamics
applied mathematics

Journal Articles

Mcguiggan, P.M., Grave, D.A., Wallace, J.S., Cheng, S., Prosperetti, A., Robbins, M.O. (2011). Dynamics of a Disturbed Sessile Drop Measured by Atomic Force Microscopy (AFM). Langmuir. 27(19). 11966-11972.
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Stricker, L., Prosperetti, A., Lohse, D. (2011). Validation of an approximate model for the thermal behavior in acoustically driven bubbles. Journal of the Acoustical Society of America. 130(5). 3243-3251.
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Liu, Q., Prosperetti, A. (2011). Pressure-driven flow in a channel with porous walls. Journal of Fluid Mechanics. 679. 77-100.
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Prosperetti, A. (2011). A simple analytic approximation to the Rayleigh-Benard stability threshold. Physics of Fluids. 23(12). 8.
Lakkaraju, R., Schmidt, L.E., Oresta, P., Toschi, F., Verzicco, R., Lohse, D., Prosperetti, A. (2011). Effect of vapor bubbles on velocity fluctuations and dissipation rates in bubbly Rayleigh-Benard convection. Physical Review E. 84(3).
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Conference Proceedings

Prosperetti, A., Yin, Z. "Bubble growth on an impulsively powered microheater and its application to a novel micropump", Proceedings of the 4th International Conference on Multiphase Flow, 2004.
Prosperetti, A., Ichiki, K., Zhang, Q. "Systematic approach to closure relations for disperse particle flows: Inter-phase force", Proceedings of the US-Japan Seminar on Two-Phase Flow Dynamics, 2004.

Awards & Honors

2011: Elected to the National Academy of Engineering
2005: Fluids Engineering Award, American Society of Mechanical Engineers
2004: Senior Award, International Conference on Multiphase Flow
2004: Foreign Memebr, Royal Society of Arts and Science, The Netherlands
2003: Otto Laporte Award, American Physical Society Fluid Dynamics Division
2001: Lifetime Achievement Award, Japan Society of Multiphase Flow
1997: Fellow, ASME
1993: Fellow, American Physical Society
1983: Fellow, Acoustical Society of America
2010 - 2011: Lecturer for the Midwest Mechanics Seminar Series
2010 - 2011: Midwestern Mechanics Colloquium speaker

Presentations

"On vapor bubbles", Nanyang University, SIngapore, June 30, 2011
"Some numerical methods for particles and bubbles", Institute of High Performance Computing, SIngapore, June 28, 2011
"The physics of vapor bubbles", University of Stuttgart, Germany, June 1, 2011
"Numerical methods for particles and bubbles", University of Darmstadt, Germany, May 30, 2011
"The physics of vapor bubbles", Johns Hopkins University, February 17, 2011
"Some particles, some bubbles", Northwestern University, Midwestern Lecture Series, February 4, 2011
"Some particles, some bubbles", University of Illinois, Midwestern Lecture Series, February 3, 2011
"Some particles, some bubbles", University of Notre Dame, Midwestern Lecture Series, February 1, 2011
"Some particles, some bubbles", Illinois Institute of Technology, Midwestern Lecture Series, January 31, 2011
"On vapor bubbles", plenary lecture, Burgers Day, Delft, The Netherlands, January 13, 2011
"Some multiphase pheomena with bubbles and particles", Baltimore section of the Society for Industrial and Applied Mathematics, November 16, 2010
"An assortment of phenomena with particles and bubbles" University of Wisconsin 5th seminar presented in the context of the Midwest Mechanics Seminar Series, October 29, 2010
"An assortment of phenomena with particles and bubbles", University of Minnesota 4th seminar presented in the context of the Midwest Mechanics Seminar Series, October 28, 2010
"An assortment of phenomena with particles and bubbles", Iowa State 3rd seminar presented in the context of the Midwest Mechanics Seminar Series, October 27, 2010
"An assortment of phenomena with particles and bubbles", Michigan State University 2nd seminar presented in the context of the Midwest Mechanics Seminar Series, October 26, 2010
"An assortment of phenomena with particles and bubbles" University of Michigan 1st seminar presented in the context of the Midwest Mechanics Seminar Series, October 25, 2010
s, London, Sept 18 Some flows with bubbles and particles Seminar Series. University of Pennsylvania of Pennsylvania . 2008-10-09. (Invited), October 9, 2008
Microbubbles in an acoustic field Physics, London, Sept 18 Physical Acosutics DayInstitute of Physics, London, Sept 18. Institute of Physics, London. 2008-09-18. (Invited), September 18, 2008
Small bubbles in small places Sharpe Day. Johns Hopkins University. 2008-09-05. (Invited), September 5, 2008
Some flows with bubbles and particles Institute Levich Institute seminar. New York. 2008-02-19. (Invited), February 19, 2008
The average stress in particle-laden fluids APS Fluid Dynamics Division Annual Meeting. Salt Lake City. 2007-11-19., November 19, 2007
Small bubbles in small places Seminar Series. University of Kentucky, Lexington. 2007-11-07. (Invited), November 7, 2007
Small bubbles in small places International Colloquium on Bubbles and Gas-Liquid Boundaries. Niseko, Japan. 2007-09-27. (Invited), September 27, 2007
The average stress in particle-laden fluids AIMETA Annnual Conference. Brescia, Italy. 2007-09-14. (Invited), September 14, 2007
The average stress in particle-laden fluids Summer School of Fluid Mechanics. Krogerup, Denmark. 2007-08-21. (Invited), August 21, 2007
The physics of vapor bubbles Summer School of Fluid Mechanics. Krogerup, Denmark. 2007-08-20. (Invited), August 20, 2007
Stability of Slug Flow Bataille Symposium. Lyons, France. 2007-06-19. (Invited), June 19, 2007
A new method for dissolved-gas concentration control Water Quality Team Meeting, USBR. Portland OR. 2007-06-17. (Invited), June 17, 2007
Average stress in fluid-particle flows IUTAM Symposium on Multiphase Flow. Istanbul. 2007-05-11. (Invited), May 11, 2007
Two bubble stability problems Seminar Series. New Jersey Institute of Technology. 2007-04-27. (Invited), April 27, 2007
Nice particles are not points van Wijngaarden Symposium. Enschede, The Netherlands. 2007-02-05. (Invited), February 5, 2007
Bubbles and sound Acoustical Society of America, Balto/Washington section. JHU Applied Phys Lab. 2006-11-15. (Invited), November 15, 2006
Leonardo's paradox and other disperse flow problems Starni Memorial Lecture, Dept of Aerospace Enginnering. Rome. 2006-10-03. (Invited), October 3, 2006
Two bubble stability problems European Conference on Fluid Mechanics . Stockholm. 2006-06-28. (Invited), June 28, 2006
Vapor bubbles in sound fields Acoustical Society of America. Providence . 2006-06-05. (Invited), June 5, 2006
Two bubble stability problems University of Maryland, Dept of Mechanical Engineering. College Park. 2006-04-14. (Invited), April 14, 2006
Two bubble stability problems University of Chicago, Physics Dept.. Chicago. 2006-02-15. (Invited), February 15, 2006
Two bubble stability problems Center for Environmental and Applied Fluid Mechanics. Johns Hopkins. 2006-02-03. (Invited), February 3, 2006
Two bubble stability problems Invited seminar. National Technical University, Trondheim, Norway . 2005-12-13. (Invited), December 13, 2005
Fully resolved numerical simulation of 1024 sedimenting spheres APS Division of Fluid Dynamics. Chicago. 2005-11-21., November 21, 2005
The stress in a non-uniform suspension of heavy particles APS Division of Fluid Dynamics. Chicago. 2005-11-21., November 21, 2005
Lack of self-smilarity in the collapse of a giant bubble APS Division of Fluid Dynamics. Chicago. 2005-11-20., November 20, 2005
Vapor bubbles Gordon Conference on Microgravity Fluid Mechanics. Les Diablerets, Switzerland. 2005-08-24. (Invited), August 24, 2005
Computation of disperse flows Workshop on Complex Flows. Purdue University. 2005-06-27. (Invited), June 27, 2005
Rising bubbles, falling particles ASME Fluids Engineering Division Summer Meeting. Houston TX. 2005-06-22. (Invited), June 22, 2005
Computation of multiphase flows ASME Fluids Engineering Division Summer Meeting. Houston TX. 2005-06-21. (Invited), June 21, 2005
Stability of slug flow Hydrodynamics of Bubbly Flow. Lorentz Center, Leiden. 2005-06-14., June 14, 2005
The Physics of Vapor Bubbles Hydrodynamics of Bubbly Flows. Lorentz Center, Leiden. 2005-06-13. (Invited), June 13, 2005
Sedimenting particles Hydrodynamics of Bubbly Flows. Lorentz Center, Leiden. 2005-06-08. (Invited), June 8, 2005
A new method for disperse particle flows Invited seminar. US DOE, Morgantown MD. 2005-05-16. (Invited), May 16, 2005
Sound waves in bubbly liquids Workshop on Gassy Sediments. Bay St. Louis MS. 2005-04-25. (Invited), April 25, 2005
Computation of disperse flows Invited seminar. University of North Carolina. 2005-02-11. (Invited), February 11, 2005
Systematic approach to closure relations for disperse particle flows: Inter-phase force U.S.-Japan Seminar on Multiphase Flow. Nagahama, Japan. 2004-12-08., December 8, 2004
The effect of liquid temperature fluctuations on a vapor bubble 57th Annual Meeting of the Division of Fluid Dynamics of the American Physical Society. Seattle . 2004-11-22., November 22, 2004
The computation of disperse flows Inaugural Symposium of the Burgers Center for Fluid Mechanics. University of Maryland, College Park. 2004-11-18. (Invited), November 18, 2004
The PHYSALIS method for the numerical simulation of fluid-particle interaction IUTAM Symposium on Computational Approaches to Disperse Flows. Argonne National Laboratory. 2004-10-06., October 6, 2004
The computation of disperse flows IMPACT Symposium. University of Twente, The Netherlands. 2004-09-29. (Invited), September 29, 2004
The computation of disperse flows seminar. Johns Hopkins University. 2004-09-16. (Invited), September 16, 2004
Multifarious multiphase flows 4th International Conference on Multiphase Flow. Yokohama. 2004-06-03. (Invited), June 3, 2004
Bubble growth on an impulsively powered microheater and its application to a novel micropump 4th International Conference on Multiphase Flow. Yokohama, Japan. 2004-06-01., June 1, 2004
The oscillations of vapor bubbles 147th Meeting of the Acoustical Society of America Spring. New York. 2004-05-23. (Invited), May 23, 2004
Two computational methods for multiphase flow seminar. CIEMAT, Madrid, Spain. 2004-05-06. (Invited), May 6, 2004
A new micro-refrigeration system Conference of the American Cryogenic Society. New Orleans. 2004-03-30., March 30, 2004
Dispersed flows: effective equations and particle seminar. Cornell University. 2004-02-10. (Invited), February 10, 2004
Two computational methods for multiphase flow seminar. Cornell University. 2004-02-10. (Invited), February 10, 2004
Closure relations of non-uniform suspensions APS Fluid Dynamic Division Annual Meeting. Seacaucus NJ. 2003-11-25., November 25, 2003
Finite-size particles in turbulence APS Fluid Dynamic DIvision Annual Meeting. Seacaucus NJ. 2003-11-24., November 24, 2003
Two computational methods for multiphase flow Seminar. New Jersey Institute of Technology. 2003-10-29., October 29, 2003
Two computational methods for multiphase flow Seminar. Brown University. 2003-10-28. (Invited), October 28, 2003
The stability of slug flow ASME Fluids Engineering DIvision Summer Meeting. Honolulu. 2003-07-07., July 7, 2003
Two computational methods for multiphase flow Seminar - Laboratory for Fluid Mechanics. Toulouse. 2003-05-13. (Invited), May 13, 2003
Two computational methods for multiphase flow Seminar - Rice University. Houston. 2003-03-28. (Invited), March 28, 2003
Bubbles Otto Laporte lecture, American Physical Socieyt Fluid Dynamics Division. Dallas, TX. 2002-11-24. (Invited), November 24, 2002
Gas and vapor bubbles in microfluid devices . École Centrale de Lyon, France. 2002-11-04. (Invited), November 4, 2002
A new numerical method for particle flows ASME Fluids Engineering Division Summer Meeting. Montreal. 2002-07-17., July 17, 2002
Gas and vapor bubbles in microfluid devices US National Conference on Theoretical and Applied Mechanics. Blacksburg. 2002-06-24. (Invited), June 24, 2002
The transient rise of a bubble subject to shape or volume changes US National Conference on Theoretical and Applied Mechanics. Blacksburg. 2002-06-24., June 24, 2002
A new computational method for scattering from cylinders and spheres Pittsburgh Meeting of the Acoustical Society of America. . 2002-06-04., June 4, 2002
Computational methods for multiphase flow Italian Society for Industrial and Applied Mathematics. Cagliari, Italy. 2002-05-30. (Invited), May 30, 2002
Summaryof the Computational Physics Task Force Report DOE Workshop on Scientific Issues in Multiphase Flows. University of Illinois at Urbana. 2002-05-06. (Invited), May 6, 2002
Status and issues in multiphase modelling and computing National Science Foundation of the Netherlands. Utrecht. 2002-01-22. (Invited), January 22, 2002

Committees

2010: Program Chair for Mechanical Engineering, Johns Hopkins University Engineering for Professionals
1988: Member of the Sudler Arts Prize Committee
2009 - 2014: Member of the Homewood Calendar Committee
2010 - 2010: Advised Dean Jones on the acoustic improvement of the Glass Pavilion
2009 - 2010: Chair of tenure committe for Dr. M. Bevan
2007 - 2007: Chair of the Awards Committee, International Conference on Multiphae Flow
2003 - 2003: Chaired a NASA panel to review the flight experiment of Dr. Tom Matula (University of Washington)
2003 - 2003: Member of the tenure committee for Dr. Frederic Risso, Institute of Fluid Mechanics, University of Toulouse (France)
2003 - 2003: Member of the thesis committee for Irene Mazzitelli,University of Twente, The Netherlands
0 - 2002: Honors Committee Member, ASME Fluids Engineering Division
2000 - 2001: Chair, ASME Multiphase Flow Technical Committee