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Carnegie Mellon 2010-
Postdoctoral, UC Santa Barbara, 2007-2010
PhD, Chem. Eng., California Institute of Technology, 2007
CAS, Mathematics, University of Cambridge, 2002
MEng, Chem. Eng., Imperial College of London, 2001
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Aditya Khair
Assistant Professor of Chemical Engineering
Office: DH3102
Phone: (412) 268-4393
Fax: (412) 268-7139
Email: akhair@andrew.cmu.edu
Assistant: Alice Yochum
Email: ayochum@andrew.cmu.edu
Phone: (412) 268-9851
Biography
Research Interests
Highlights
Awards and Honors
Publications
Research Group Site
Biography
Aditya Khair studied as an undergraduate at Imperial College London, where he received a degree in Chemical Engineering (MEng, First Class Honours) in 2001. He spent the third (junior) year of this degree at Carnegie Mellon University as an international exchange student. Next, he attended the University of Cambridge and obtained a Certificate of
Advanced Study in Mathematics. In 2002 he began a Ph.D. in Chemical Engineering at the California Institute of Technology, working under the supervision of Professor John Brady on theoretical aspects of
particle motion in colloidal dispersions, with applications to microrheology and non-equilibrium depletion forces. In recognition of his Doctoral candidacy, he was awarded the Constantin G. Economou Memorial Prize in 2004. After completing his Ph.D. in 2007, he made the short journey north to the University of California at Santa Barbara, to be a Postdoctoral Scholar in Chemical Engineering, working in the research group of Professor Todd Squires. In Fall 2010 he joined the the Chemical Engineering Department at Carnegie Mellon University as an Assistant Professor. His present interests lie broadly in electrokinetic phenomena, micro- and nano-fluidics, and the rheology and dynamics of complex fluids.
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Research Interests
Prof. Khair's group utilizes a combination of analytical, asymptotic, and numerical techniques to quantify structure and dynamics of complex materials at the micro- and nano-scale. This field of small-scale flow and transport processes is replete with scientifically interesting and broadly important problems. Often, our work aims to develop an understanding of a complex phenomenon or experiment at its most fundamental level, with the subsequent goal of utilizing that knowledge for novel applications.
Specific areas of interest include:
Electrokinetics
Complex (non-Newtonian) fluids
Microfluidics and nanofluidics
Electrochemical systems
Colloidal physics
Professor Khair is always on the lookout for talented and motivated students; please send him an email if you are interested in working with his group.
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Highlights
Invited to give a talk at Workshop on Electrokinetic Phenomena in Nano-colloids and Nano-fluidics, at Technion, Haifa, Israel. Invited to give a talk at Workshop on Chemi-Thermo-EM Phoresis in Complex Fluids, at Postech, Pohang, Korea.
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Awards and Honors
2009 Francois Frenkiel Award for Fluid Mechanics, Division of Fluid Dynamics, American Physical Society
2004 Constantin G. Economou Memorial Prize, Chemical Engineering, California Institute of Technology
2002 Graduate Study Fellowship, Chemical Engineering, California Institute of Technology.
2001 William Peck Book Prize & H. Sawistowski Travel Fellowship, Imperial College London
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Publications
Recent Publications
Selected Publications
Full Publications
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Recent Publications
A. S. Khair & T. M. Squires, "Ion steric effects on electrophoresis of a colloidal particle," J Fluid Mech. 640, 343-356 (2009).
A. Ramachandran & A. S. Khair, "The dynamics and rheology of a dilute suspension of hydrodynamically Janus spheres in a linear flow," J. Fluid Mech. 633, 233-269 (2009)
A. S. Khair & T. M. Squires, "The role of hydrodynamic slip on the electrophoretic mobility of a spherical colloidal particle," Phys. Fluids 21, 042001 (2009).
Surprising consequences of ion conservation in electro-osmosis over a surface charge discontinuity. A. S. Khair & T. M. Squires, J. Fluid Mech. 615, 323-334 (2008).
Fundamental aspects of concentration polarization arising from non-uniform electrokinetic transport. A. S. Khair & T. M. Squires, Phys. Fluids 20, 087102 (2008)
J. W. Swan & A. S. Khair, J. Fluid Mech. 606, 115-132 (2008).
Microrheology of colloidal dispersions: shape matters. A. S. Khair & J. F. Brady, J. Rheol. 52, 165-196 (2008)
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Selected Publications
A. S. Khair & T. M. Squires, "Surprising consequences of ion conservation in electro-osmosis over a surface charge discontinuity," J. Fluid Mech. 615, 323-334 (2008).
A. S. Khair & T. M. Squires, "Fundamental aspects of concentration polarization arising from non-uniform electrokinetic transport," Phys. Fluids 20, 087102 (2008).
A. S. Khair & J. F. Brady, "Single particle motion in colloidal dispersions: A simple model for active and nonlinear microrheology," J. Fluid Mech. 557, 73-117 (2006).
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Full Publications
D. M. Phillips, A. S. Khair & M. S. Jhon, "Mathematical simulation of ultra-thin polymeric film spreading dynamics," IEEE Trans. Magnetics 37, 1866-1868 (2001).
A. S. Khair & J. F. Brady, "'Microviscoelasticity' of colloidal dispersions," J. Rheol. 49, 1449-1481 (2005).
A. S. Khair, M. Swaroop, M. & J. F. Brady, "A new resistance function for two rigid spheres in a uniform compressible low-Reynolds-number flow," Phys. Fluids 18, 043102 (2006).
J. F. Brady, A. S. Khair & M. Swaroop, "On the bulk viscosity of suspensions," J. Fluid Mech. 554 (50th anniversary issue), 109-123 (2006).
A. S. Khair & J. F. Brady, "Single particle motion in colloidal dispersions: A simple model for active and nonlinear microrheology," J. Fluid Mech. 557, 73-117 (2006).
A. S. Khair, "The `Einstein Correction' to the bulk viscosity in n dimensions," J. Colloid Interface Sci. 302, 702-703 (2006).
A. S. Khair & J. F. Brady, "On the motion of two particles translating with equal velocities through a colloidal dispersion," Proc. Roy. Soc. A 463, 223-240 (2007).
A. S. Khair & J. F. Brady, "Microrheology of colloidal dispersions: shape matters," J. Rheol. 52, 165-196 (2008).
J. W. Swan & A. S. Khair, "Hydrodynamics of "slip-stick" particles," J. Fluid Mech. 606, 115-132 (2008).
A. S. Khair & T. M. Squires, "Fundamental aspects of concentration polarization arising from non-uniform electrokinetic transport," Phys. Fluids 20, 087102 (2008).
A. S. Khair & T. M. Squires, "Surprising consequences of ion conservation in electro-osmosis over a surface charge discontinuity," J. Fluid Mech. 615, 323-334 (2008).
A. S. Khair & T. M. Squires, "The role of hydrodynamic slip on the electrophoretic mobility of a spherical colloidal particle," Phys. Fluids 21, 042001 (2009).
A. Ramachandran & A. S. Khair, "The dynamics and rheology of a dilute suspension of hydrodynamically Janus spheres in a linear flow," J. Fluid Mech. 633, 233-269 (2009)
A. S. Khair & T. M. Squires, "Ion steric effects on electrophoresis of a colloidal particle," J Fluid Mech. 640, 343-356 (2009).
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