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Interfacial Hydrodynamics Research Group

Current Students

Jie Kou Doctoral Student Research Area: Satistical analysis of the air/water interface during mixed convection	Steven M. Bower Doctoral Student Research Area: Natural convection with an air/water interface
R. J. Lee Masters Student Research Area: Gas exchange across an air/water interface during mixed convection	Brantley Mills Undergraduate Researcher Research Area: Mesler Entrainment: the effect of surfactants and Weber number.

Student Awards

• Brian K. Jones, 2005 Best M.S. Thesis Award.
• Steven M. Bower, 2007 Departmental Excellence in Engineering Award.
• Steven M. Bower, 3rd Place, Young Engineer Paper Contest, Fluids Engineering Division, IMECE 2007, Seattle, WA, "A study of the Nusselt-Rayleigh and Sherwood-Rayleigh number relations for water undergoing free-surface natural convection" Picture #1. Picture #2.

Graduated Students and Former Postdocs

Nathan K. Grizzard, M. S., 2002. Thesis Title: The Effect of Surfactant Monolayers on the Velocity of Drop-Induced Vortex Rings Co-Founder: Nodal Techniques	Robert H. King ME 415 Undergraduate Researcher Research Topic: The Effect of Drop Shape on Drop-Induced Vortex Penetration NASA South Carolina Space Grant Research Scholar Research Topic: Wind tunnel development for drop levitation investigations	Jessica A. Taylor Former Undergraduate REU Student Research Topic: Laser imaging of raindrops	Jesse D. Black Undergraduate Researcher Research Topic: The effect of drop shape at impact on the velocity of drop induced vortices
James W. Ballentine ME 415 Undergraduate Researcher Research Topic: The Correlation between Lightning Strikes and DSD Parameters	Abigail L. Kinard ME 415 Undergraduate Researcher Research Topic: Simulation of Particle Deposition beneath Faraday Waves in Thin Liquid Films Current Affiliation: General Electric International, Inc.	Brian K. Jones, M.S., 2004. Thesis Topic: A Wind Tunnel Study of the Oscillation and Vortex Shedding Behavior of Water Drops at Terminal Velocity Former Undergraduate REU Student and Undergraduate Researcher. Research Topic: Experimental investigations of oscillatory behavior in falling raindrops Current Affiliation: Wilson-Cook Medical	Disha D. Saxena, M.S., 2004. Thesis Topic: Comparison of Algorithms for Raindrop Image Processing: Detection and Sizing Current Affiliation: AOL, LLC
Paul H. Wright M.S. 2005 Thesis Title: A statistical analysis of the surface temperature field during evaporative convection Current Affiliation: Electrolux Home Products	Nithya A. Sivasubramanian M. S. 2006 Thesis Title: Digital image processing methods for the analysis of raindrop size Current Affiliation: Consultant, Almac Clinical Technologies, Yardley, PA	Diana M. Lang M. S. 2006 Thesis Title: Simulation of the optical characteristics of raindrops using ray tracing Current Affiliation: Moore School of Business, USC	Raymond E. McDonnell, III M. S. 2006 Thesis Title: The effects of water droplet oscillations on the scavenging of micron sized particles Current Affiliation: Denso Manufacturing
Dr. K. Peter Judd Postdoctoral Fellow (2006 - 2007) Infrared Imaging of Air/Water Interfaces Current Affiliation: V_Systems, Inc.	Dr. Timothy Conover Postdoctoral Fellow (2005 - 2006) Effect of Wind Speed on the RMS of Surface Temperature Current Affiliation:	Justin L. Lapp M.S. 2007 Thesis Title: Analyzing Relationships Between Lightning and Rain in Order to Improve Estimation Accuracy of Rain Current Affiliation: University of Minnesota, Ph.D. program.	Prasad Gokhale M.S. 2008 Thesis Title: An Experimental Investigation of Air/Water Heat Transfer During Mixed Convection Conditions Current Affiliation: General Electric.
David Sitarski Undergraduate Researcher ME 415 (2009) Patterns in flows from a spatially periodic temperature gradient Current Affiliation:	:

COLLABORATIONS

I served as the faculty advisor for Pi Tau Sigma (Phi Kappa chapter) from 2000-2007. In 2005 we hosted the International Convention at the Madren Center at Clemson University.

E-Mail: jrsaylor@ces.clemson.edu