PhD candidate wins APS Student Poster Award
Elmira Taheri recently won the APS Student Poster Award for the poster titled “Turbulent Suspension Flows in Porous-Walled Duct Using Immersed Boundary Method” during the 77th annual meeting of the American Physical Society (APS) Division of Fluid Dynamics in Salt Lake City.
Taheri’s research, which the National Science Foundation funds, is focused on turbulent suspension flows in porous-walled ducts using simulations to examine how wall permeability and particle concentration affect flow dynamics and turbulence. The work aids in optimizing engineering systems like filtration and biomedical flows.
“This research is important because it reveals how duct geometry, wall permeability, and particle interactions collectively influence turbulence and flow dynamics in porous-walled systems. These insights are vital for optimizing applications like industrial and water treatment filtration systems, fluid transport in ducts, river sedimentations, and biomedical devices,” she said.
Taheri noted that the research could significantly impact the world by enabling the design of more efficient and sustainable systems in critical industries such as microfluidics, biomedical devices, drug delivery systems, and underground slurry flows, leading to improved efficiencies and operating lifetimes for these devices
“By understanding how duct geometry, wall permeability, and particle interactions influence flow dynamics, it can lead to improved filtration technologies for cleaner water and enhanced biomedical devices for better healthcare solutions,” said Taheri, who works under the direction of Associate Professor Parisa Mirbod in the Mirbod Laboratory at UIC.
This collaborative project involves UIC PhD student Abbas Moradi Bilondi and Marco E. Rosti from the Okinawa Institute of Science and Technology in Japan.
The lab members are exploring the fundamentals of particle-laden flows and their behavior on various structures using state-of-the-art experiments and computational methods and theories. The research can be applied as new pathways in a wide range of industrial applications
The lab also provides a collaborative and supportive environment that allows the researchers to excel.
“The lab atmosphere allows me to tackle challenging research problems while learning from a team with diverse expertise. I also appreciate the access to cutting-edge tools and resources that enable me to push the boundaries of my research,” she said.