2019

• 09/2019: Our work on 3D dynamics of para and ferro-magnetic particles has been accepted by Physics of Fluids.
• 08/2019: Our work on dynamics of a pair of magnetic particles has been published by Journal of Micromechanics and Microengineering.
• 07/2019: Our work on interactions of bacteria with nanospikes has been published by Frontiers in Chemistry.
• 02/2019: Our work on migration of ferrofluid droplet under a uniform magnetic field has been published by Soft Matter.

2018

• 09/2018: Three abstracts from our research group are accepted by the APS-DFD 2018 at Atlanta, GA.
• 08/2018: Our work on deformation of ferrofluid droplets in a magnetic field has been accepted by Physics of Fluids. Congratulations!
• 08/2018: James received the Science, Mathematics & Research for Transformation (SMART) scholarship from the Department of Defense. Congratulations to James!
• 07/2018: Our work on theoretical investigations of dynamics of ellipsoidal magnetic particles has been published by Physical Review Fluids. Congratulations!
• 07/2018: Our work on numerical simulations of elliptical magnetic particles has been published by Microfluidics and Nanofluidics. Congratulations!
• 02/2018: Our work on numerical simulations of elliptical magnetic particles has been published by Magnetochemistry.

2017

• 08/2017: Ran successfully defended her PhD thesis. Congratulations to Ran!
• 08/2017: Welcome Rifat to the group as a PhD student.
• 07/2017: Our work on magnetic control of lateral migration of nonspherical particles has been accepted for publication by Physical Review Applied.
• 05/2017: Congratulations to Ran for being named a Dean’s Ph.D. Scholar in recognition of her scholarly excellence! Read more
• 04/2017: Our work on numerical study of droplet formation has been accepted for publication by International Journal of Multiphase Flow.

2016

• 12/2016: Our work on magnetic separation of micro-particles by shape has been accepted for publication by Lab a on a Chip.
• 08/2016: Congratulations to Chris for being awarded prestigious Chancellor's Distinguished Fellowship!
• 08/2016: Welcome Chris and Jie (Jay) to the group as PhD students.
• 02/2016: Ran's paper "Microfluidic Separation of Magnetic Particles with Soft Magnetic Microstructures" has been accepted by Microfluidics and Nanofluidics. Congratulations!

2015

• 09/2015: Ran recieved Travel Grant from the American Physical Socienty (APS) to present her research at the 68th Annual Division of Fluid Dynamics Meeting, at Boston. Congratulations!
• 08/2015: Welcome new members to the lab: Ph.D. student Feng, and undergraduate students James, Keith, Louis, and Dezhao.
• 03/2015: Two papers have been accepted. Congratulations to all!

- "A low-cost fabrication system for manufacturing soft-lithography microfluidic master molds", Ziyang Zhang, Ran Zhou, David P. Brames, and Cheng Wang, accepted by Micro and Nanosystems.

- "Acoustic bubble enhanced pinched flow fractionation for microparticle separation", Ran Zhou and Cheng Wang, accepted by Journal of Micromechanics and Microengineering (JMM).

2014

• 08/2014: Ran joins the group as our first PhD student.
• 05/2014: Undergraduate students Ziyan and David join the group.