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My Research

I am a PhD candidate in the Department of Mathematics at MIT, with an expected graduation date of June '09. My  research combines theoretical, experimental, and numerical techniques in order to rationalize, model, and predict real-world phenomena. During my tenure at MIT, I have pursued several research topics in the area of physical applied mathematics.  These include:

  1) The cavity dynamics of water entry:
       [web page] [poster] [gallery] [pre-print]

  2) The motion of a ball on an elastic beam:
       [photo] [pre-print]

  3) Circular and polygonal hydraulic jumps:
       [web page] [gallery] [publications: 1, 2]

  4) Diffusion-driven flow up an incline:   [publication]

  5) Nibbling tears of wine:   [abstract] [pre-print]

  6) Cusped and polygonal fluid sheets:
       [web page] [gallery] [video]

In fact, polygonal sheets and cusped sheets were discovered in our laboratory, and the collage above and to the right (winner of the first MIT student mural competition) illustrates several interesting flows also studied in the lab by myself and others (Brian Chan, Dave Hu, Jeff Leblanc, and Robbie Buckingham).