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Alexander L. Yarin, PhD

UIC Distinguished Professor

Department of Mechanical and Industrial Engineering

Contact

Building & Room:

2057 ERF

Address:

842 West Taylor Street, MC 251, Chicago, IL 60607

Office Phone:

312.996.3472

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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