Andrea ProsperettiProfessor 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 |
Journal Articles
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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. DOI » View record in Web of Science SM |
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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. DOI » View record in Web of Science SM |
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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. DOI » View record in Web of Science SM |
| Prosperetti, A. (2011). A simple analytic approximation to the Rayleigh-Benard stability threshold. Physics of Fluids. 23(12). 8. |
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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). DOI » View record in Web of Science SM |
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 |