Mohammad Nur E Alam Doctoral Student Co-adving with Dr. Joshua Bostwick.	Bimal Thapaliya Doctoral Student Research Area: Node skipping behavior of particles in ultrasonic standing wave fields.

Student Awards, Graduations, etc.

• The hooding of Dr. Shivuday Kala (2023) Pic #1
• The hooding of Dr. Steven A. Fredericks (2018) Pic #1 Pic #2
• The hooding of Dr. Weiyu Ran (2014) Pic #1 Pic #2
• The hooding of Dr. Steven M. Bower (2011).
• The graduation of Mr. Garrett D. Bounds.
• The hooding of Dr. Jie Kou (2010).
• Mr. Jie Kou successfully defends Ph.D. dissertation
• 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.
• Steven M. Bower, 2007 Departmental Excellence in Engineering Award.
• Brian K. Jones, 2005 Best M.S. Thesis Award.

Graduated Students and Former Postdocs

Nisarg Patel M. S. (December 20233) Thesis Title: Influence of swirl and turbulence in the particle removal using fog in a pipe flow Current Affiliation: Blue 1 Energy Equipment
Tyler M. Merrell M. S. (August 2016) Thesis Title: Aerosol removal in a cylindrical ultrasonic standing wave field Current Affiliation: L3 Harris	Steven A. Fredericks Ph.D. (May 2018) Thesis Title: Investigation of single drop particle scavenging using an ultrasonically levitated drop Current Affiliation: University of Minnesota, Department of Mechanical Engineering	Xingchen Shao (co-advised with Dr. Joshua Bostwick) Ph.D. (August 2020) Thesis Title: Pattern formation and elastocapillary instabilities in soft gels Current Affiliation: ASML	Shivuday Kala Ph.D. (December 2023) Thesis Title: Improving sizing resolution of particle impactors in the nanoparticle range Current Affiliation: Clemson University, Department of Mechanical Engineering
Rachel K. Sundberg-Anderson M.S., non-thesis (May 2014) Current Affiliation: Clemson University, Academic Success Center	Mayur S. Mohite M.S., non-thesis (May 2014)	Jonathan L. Hodges M.S. (Dec. 2014) Thesis Title: A model of the diurnal variation in lake surface temperature Current Affiliation: Virginia Tech	Weiyu Ran Ph.D. (Dec. 2014) Thesis Title: Particle scavenging by water drops in an ultrasonic standing wave field, Current Affiliation: Cummins Fuel Systems
Alexandria M. Cochrane Undergraduate Researcher (2012) A comparison of foam and liquid water cooling above the Leidenfrost temperature. Current Affiliation: Clemson University	D. Adam Spencer Undergraduate Researcher (ME H415, 2012-2013) Research Area: An experimental study of foam as a cooling agent: A comparision with water Current Affiliation: Clemson University	Christian G. A. Gaeta Undergraduate Researcher (ME H415, 2012-2013) Research Area: The effect of airborne particle concentration on Mesler bubble formation Current Affiliation: DWG Consulting Engineers	Ryne C. Phillips M.S. Civil Engineering (Dec. 2013) Thesis Title: Evaporation and modeling water availability in the Savannah River Basin, co-advised with Dr. Nigel B. Kaye Current Affiliation: W. P. Law, Inc.
Forrest Williard Undergraduate Researcher (2010) Prototyping of a field-deployable method for surfactant monolayer removal. Current Affiliation: Clemson University	Jie Kou Ph.D. (Dec. 2010) Thesis Title: A study of the statistics of the air/water interfacial temperature field during mixed convection heat transfer. Current Affiliation: Cummins Fuel Systems	Greg Johnson Undergraduate Researcher (ME 415, Summer 2011) Research Area: The evoluation of the cell size distribution during foam drainage	Steven M. Bower Ph.D. (Aug. 2011) Thesis Title: An investigation of the effects of surfactant monolayers on natural convection heat transfer and evaporative mass transfer. Current Affiliation: Southwest Research Institute
David Sitarski Undergraduate Researcher ME 415 (2009) Patterns in flows from a spatially periodic temperature gradient. Current Affiliation: Hubbell Lighting	R. J. Lee M.S. (Dec. 2009) Thesis Title: The effect of a surfactant monolayer on gas exchange across an air-water interface during mixed convection Current Affiliation: Leidos	Brantley Mills Undergraduate Researcher (ME 415, 2009) Research Area: Mesler Entrainment: the effect of surfactants and Weber number Current Affiliation: Georgia Institute of Technology	Garrett Bounds Undergraduate Researcher (ME 415, 2010) Research Area: Mesler Entrainment: the effect of Froude, Capillary, and Weber numbers Current Affiliation: BMW
Dr. K. Peter Judd Postdoctoral Fellow (2006 - 2007) Infrared Imaging of Air/Water Interfaces Current Affiliation: NRL	Dr. Timothy Conover Postdoctoral Fellow (2005 - 2006) Effect of Wind Speed on the RMS of Surface Temperature Current Affiliation:	Justin L. Lapp M.S. (Aug. 2007) Thesis Title: Analyzing relationships between lightning and rain in order to improve estimation accuracy of rain Current Affiliation: University of Maine, Assistant Professor of Mechanical Engineering	Prasad Gokhale M.S. (2008) Thesis Title: An experimental investigation of air/water heat transfer during mixed convection conditions Current Affiliation: General Electric
Paul H. Wright M.S. (Dec. 2005) Thesis Title: A statistical analysis of the surface temperature field during evaporative convection Current Affiliation: Electrolux Home Products	Nithya A. Sivasubramanian M.S. (May 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. (Aug. 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. (Dec. 2006) Thesis Title: The effects of water droplet oscillations on the scavenging of micron sized particles Current Affiliation: URS Corp, Y-12 National Security Complex
James W. Ballentine Undergraduate Researcher (ME 415, 2004) Research Topic: The Correlation between Lightning Strikes and DSD Parameters	Abigail L. Kinard Undergraduate Researcher (ME 415, 2004) Research Topic: Simulation of Particle Deposition beneath Faraday Waves in Thin Liquid Films Current Affiliation: General Electric	Brian K. Jones M.S. (Aug. 2004) Thesis Title: 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: Columbia University	Disha D. Saxena M.S. (Dec. 2004) Thesis Title: Comparison of algorithms for raindrop image processing: detection and sizing Current Affiliation: AOL, LLC
Nathan K. Grizzard M.S. (Aug. 2002) Thesis Title: The effect of surfactant monolayers on the velocity of drop-induced vortex rings Sealed Air Corp.	Robert H. King Undergraduate Researcher (ME 415, 2002) 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

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.