The Thermosciences Group conducts research on advanced energy systems and transport, including air-breathing and space propulsion, bioanalytical and biomedical systems, electronics fabrication and cooling, and materials processing.  The research combines a traditional emphasis in fluid mechanics, heat transfer, thermodynamics, and combustion with an understanding and application of atomic and molecular physics, physical chemistry, biology, lasers and electro-optics, and electromagnetic phenomena. More »

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Making Shock Waves in
Microfluidics - Juan G. Santiago

We are dramatically improving the sensitivity of on-chip electrophoresis devices by creating ion concentration shock waves in microchannels. More »

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Image of on-chip ITP assay