Faculty
Morteza Gharib
Hans W. Liepmann Professor of Aeronautics and Professor of Bioinspired Engineering; Vice Provost
Degrees and Appointments
B.S., Teheran University, 1976; M.S., Syracuse University, 1978; Ph.D., Caltech, 1983. Professor of Aeronautics, 1992-2001; Professor of Aeronautics and Bioengineering, 2001-02; Liepmann Professor of Aeronautics and Bioengineering, 2002-06; Professor of Bioengineering, 2006-09; Professor of Bioinspired Engineering, 2009-; Liepmann Professor, 2006-. Vice Provost, 2010-.
Email: mgharib
caltech.edu
Tel: 626-395-4453
205 Guggenheim Lab MC 205-45 Pasadena, CA 91125Assistant
Martha Salcedo
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Research Overview
Professor Gharib focuses on quantitative visualization, bioinspired flow system, flow structure interaction, bubbly flows, and wind and hydro energy harvesting.
Space-Related Research
Bio-Engineering for the Exploration of Space (BEES); nanoscale fluid mechanics for space exploration; NASA-sponsored space nanofluidics workshop; micro/nano fluidics fabrication and analysis facility; nanowick circuits for space fluidics applications; space nanofluidics.
List of Research Areas
quantitative visualization, bioinspired flow system, flow structure interaction, bubbly flows, wind and hydro energy harvesting
Research Centers
The Kavli Nanoscience Institute
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