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Contact Information: 3035 ERF Phone: (312) 996-3436 Fax: (312) 413-0447 E-mail: cmm at uic.edu

Constantine M. Megaridis
Professor

B.S. Mechanical Engineering (1982)
National Technical Univ., Athens

M.S., Applied Mathematics (1986)
Brown University

Ph.D., Mechanical Engineering (1987)
Brown University

• College of Engineering Bronze Faculty Research Award, University of Illinois at Chicago, 2006
• Fellow, American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), July 2003
• College of Engineering Faculty Research Award, University of Illinois at Chicago, 2003
• UIC Teaching Recognition Award, 2000
• AIAA Associate Fellow, 1999
• Kenneth T. Whitby Award of the American Association of Aerosol Research, 1997
• NASA-ASEE Summer Faculty Fellowship, 1994, 1995
• Brown University Fellowship, 1983
• Bodossaki Foundation Academic Distinction Award and Scholarship, Greece, 982-83
• Salutatorian, Mechanical Engineering Class of 1982, National Technical University of Athens
• State Scholarship Foundation and Technical Chamber of Greece Award for Academic Achievement, 1978-82

Selected Publications

C. M. Megaridis, A. G. Yazicioglu, J. A. Libera and Y. Gogotsi, "Attoliter Fluid Experiments in Individual Closed-End Carbon Nanotubes: Liquid Film and Fluid Interface Dynamics," Physics of Fluids 14, L5-L8, 2002.

J. B. Szczech, C. M. Megaridis, D. R. Gamota and J. Zhang, "Fine-Line Conductor Manufacturing Using Advanced Drop-On-Demand PZT Printing Technology," IEEE Transactions on Electronics Packaging Manufacturing 25, 26-33, 2002.

G. Bellizia, C. M. Megaridis, M. McNallan and D. B. Wallace, "A Capillary Jet Instability Method for Measuring Dynamic Surface Tension of Liquid Metals," Proceedings of The Royal Society of London A: Mathematical, Physical and Engineering Sciences 459, 2195-2214, 2003.

N. Naguib, H. Ye, Y. Gogotsi, A. G. Yazicioglu, C. M. Megaridis and M. Yoshimura, "Observation of Water Confined in Nanometer Channels of Closed Carbon Nanotubes," Nano Letters 4, 2237-2243, 2004.

A.L. Yarin, A.G. Yazicioglu, C.M. Megaridis, M. P. Rossi, Y. Gogotsi, "Theoretical and Experimental Investigation of Aqueous Liquids Contained in Carbon Nanotubes," J. Applied Physics 97, 124309, 2005.

I. S. Bayer and C.M. Megaridis, “Contact Angle Dynamics in Droplets Impacting on Flat Surfaces with Different Wetting Characteristics,” J. Fluid Mechanics 558, 415-449, 2006.

A.V. Bazilevsky, A. L. Yarin and C.M. Megaridis, “Pressure-Driven Fluidic Delivery through Carbon Tube Bundles,” Lab on a Chip 8, 152-160 (2008).

A. V. Bazilevsky, K. Sun, A. L. Yarin and C. M. Megaridis, “Room-Temperature, Open-Air, Wet Intercalation of Liquids, Surfactants, Polymers and Nanoparticles within Nanotubes and Microchannels,” J. Materials Chemistry 18, 696 - 702 (2008).

*A complete list of publications is provided at the Micro/Nanoscale Fluid Transport Laboratory site.

Research Interests

• Fluid dynamic phenomena in carbon nanotubes
• Microdroplet dispensing and deposition dynamics
• Multiphase heat and mass transfer
• Nanoparticle formation in high temperature flows
• Nanoparticle colloidal suspensions
• Droplet and spray technologies
• Experimental diagnostics in micro/nanoscale systems

Laboratory

Micro/Nanoscale Fluid Transport Laboratory
1014 ERF and 1054 ERF, 312-413-7601