CAREER: Fluid Mechanics of Micro-Scale Engineering Systems

Meinhart教授将扩展他在极小尺度粒子图像测速（PIV）方面的开创性工作，以研究微流动系统中的流动。这些非常小尺度的有效流体混合与我们熟悉的宏观尺度混合在性质上是不同的。记录微尺度混合中相关速度场的能力对于微生物分析仪器和其他依赖于“混沌平流”的设备的发展将具有相当重要的意义。迈因哈特教授将把他的研究与他的教学贡献结合起来。这将包括他参与加州大学圣巴巴拉分校的教育推广计划，他将把微机电系统（MEMS）的有趣方面带给K-12的人，通过研究生课程。

Professor Meinhart will extend his pioneering work on extremely small scale particle image velocimetry (PIV) to study flows in micro flow systems. Effective fluid mixing at these very small scales is a qualitatively different phenomenon than the familiar macroscopic scale mixing. The ability to record the associated velocity fields in microscale mixing will be of considerable importance for the development of micro-bioanalytical instruments and other devices which will depend upon "chaotic advection".Professor Meinhart will coordinate his research with his instructional contributions. These will include his involvement with the University of California - Santa Barbara Educational Outreach Program in which he will bring the interesting aspects of Micro Electrical-Mechanical Systems (MEMS) to persons in the K-12 through graduate school programs.