- Siddarth Srinivasan
- Doctoral Candidate, Chemical Engineering
- Project: Fabrication of Non-Wetting Surfaces for Drag Reduction and Dynamic Wetting
- co-advised by Gareth McKinley, Dept. of Mechanical Engineering
- B.Tech. Chemical Engineering, IIT Madras, 2009
- Email: ssid@mit.edu
- Phone: (617) 253-6478
- Office: 66-357
Research Summary
My research involves the development of super-liquid repellent surfaces with the goal of applying such surfaces for reducing biofouling, fluid drag, separation of oil/water dispersions and designing materials which inhibit spreading of liquids. We use our knowledge of polymeric materials and fluid dynamics to understand the physical mechanism governing the formation of micro and nanotextures in the spray fabrication process. This work is in collaboration with Prof. Gareth McKinley in the Mechanical Engineering Department.
Publications
- Srinivasan, S., McKinley, G.H., and Cohen, R.E., "Assessing the Accuracy of Contact Angle Measurements for Sessile Drops on Liquid-Repellent Surfaces". Langmuir, 27 (22), pp 13582-13589 (2011)
- Srinivasan, S., Chhatre, S.S., Mabry, J.M., Cohen, R.E., and McKinley, G.H., "Solution spraying of poly(methyl methacrylate) blends to fabricate microtextured, superoleophobic surfaces". Polymer 52, 3209-3218 (2011).
