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Principal Investigator and Research Associates
Clement Kleinstreuer, Ph. D.
Professor of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering
MAE Department, NC State University
Raleigh, NC 27695-7910
E-mail : ck@eos.ncsu.edu
Zhe Zhang, Ph. D.
Research Assistant Professor of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering
MAE Department, NC State University
Raleigh, NC 27695-7910
E-mail : zhezhang@eos.ncsu.edu
Joseph P. Archie, M.D., Ph. D.
Vascular Surgeon and Adj. Professor(NCSU)
Wake Medical Center, Raleigh, NC, 27610
E-mail : jparchie@aol.com
Geoge A. Truskey, Ph. D.
Professor, BME Department, Duke University
Adj. Assoc. Professor (NCSU)
Durham, NC 27708-0281
E-mail : gtruskey@acpub.duke.edu
Chong S. Kim, Ph. D.
Senior Research Scientist
Adj. Professor (NCSU)
U.S. EPA Human Studies Division, RTP, NC 27711
E-mail : kim.chong@epamail.epa.gov
Mark A. Farber, M.D.
Ass't Professor, Dept. of Surgery, (UNC-CH)
Adj. Assoc. Professor (NCSU)
Chapel Hill, NC 27599
E-mail : farberm@med.unc.edu
James F. Donohue, M.D.
Professor, Dept. of Pulmonary & Critical Care Medicine, (UNC-CH)
Chief of Pulmonary Division
Chapel Hill, NC 27599
E-mail : jdonohue@med.unc.edu

Graduate Students
June Mo Koo
"The Fundamentals of Microfluidics with Applications to Bio MEMS"
(McDonald-Kleinstreuer Fellowship)
E-mail : jmkoo@unity.ncsu.edu
Zhonghua Li
"Fluid-structure interactions as applied to optimal stent/implant design and surgical implementation"
E-mail : zli@unity.ncsu.edu
Hwawei Shi
"Ultrafine particle transport and deposition in respiratory systems"
E-mail : hshi4@unity.ncsu.edu
Zheng Li
"Airflow and particle transport and deposition in asymmetric lung airways and the alveolar region"
E-mail : zli3@unity.ncsu.edu
Burton W. Kennedy
"Non-spherical particle motion and mass transfer at lung airway surfaces"
E-mail : bwkenned@unity.ncsu.edu

Information for Prospective Ph. D. Students
The four CF-PD research projects listed on the home page and outlined on the next two pages, rest selectively on fundamental building blocks of research areas such as two-phase flow, transitional and turbulent flows, blood rheology, microscale flows, particle dynamics, fluid-structure interaction flows, as well as cell biology, biochemistry/electromechanics, and computer sciences, including tera-scale computing and DSMC, direct simulation Monte Carlo.

Thus, prospective Ph. D. students should have a strong knowledge base in the engineering sciences and applied math, should exhibit advanced computational skills, interdisciplinary team-work ethics, and a propensity for creative thinking.

The PhD-level assignments are not only exciting and entail cutting-edge interdisciplinary research activities, the most attractive fact is that the results directly help people.

A standard event is that before journal publications, research results are presented by qualified students at national and international conferences; all expenses paid. Ultimately, graduate students receive a well-rounded, in-depth education with knowledge & skill levels, which allow them to take on any challenging engineering (CFD) project in industry or elsewhere.

For application information, please refer to the "Graduate Program" page at the website of the Mechanical & Aerospace Engineering Department at NCSU.