Alexander L. Yarin, PhD
UIC Distinguished Professor and Richard and Loan Hill Professor
Department of Mechanical and Industrial Engineering
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2057 ERF
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842 West Taylor Street, MC 251, Chicago, IL 60607
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About
The main directions of A.L. Yarin's research are in the field of novel nanotextured materials and their applications, filtration and separation, electrohydrodynamics and its applications for advanced manufacturing, and biomedical and forensic hydrodynamics.
Research Interests:
Nanotechnology
Electrospinning of nano fibers
Nanotechnology
Co-electrospinning of core-shell nanofibers
Thermal treatment of core-shell nanofibers to manufacture turbostratic carbon nanotubes
Micro- and nanofluidics
Nanoparticle-based ink-jet printing in micro- and optoelectronics
Deposition of nanocoating on micron- and nano-sized particles in plasma reactors
Drop splashing
Acoustic levitation
Fluid mechanics and rheology
Heat transfer
Biodegradable and stimuli-responsive polymers
Education
D.Sc., Physics and Mathematics
Institute for Problems in Mechanics, USSR Academy of Sciences, Moscow, 1989
Ph.D., Physics and Mathematics
Institute for Problems in Mechanics, USSR Academy of Sciences, Moscow, 1980
M.S., Applied Physics
Polytechnical Institute, Leningrad (Sankt-Peterburg), Russia, 1977