Selected Current Publications (2000 to present)

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This represents a selection of representative publications and presentations, it is not intended to be a complete list.

Books and Multimedia

• Multimedia Fluid Mechanics. Homsy, G., Aref, H., Breuer, K.S., Hochgreb, S., Powell, K., Munson, B. & Robertson, C. Cambridge University Press. 2000. Second edition, revised and expanded, 2008.
• A Gallery of Fluid Motion. Saminy, M., Breuer, K.S., Leal, G. & Steen, P. (editors). Cambridge University Press. 2003.
• Microscale Diagnostic Techniques. Breuer, K.S. (editor). Springer-Verlag. 2004.

Near wall micro- and nanometer-scale flows, slip velocities and hindered diffusion.

• Arkilic, E. B. Schmidt, M.A. & Breuer, K.S. "Gaseous slip flow in long microchannels." J. MicroElectroMechanical Systems, 6 (2). June 1997.
• Arkilic, E.B., Schmidt, M.A. & Breuer, K.S. "Slip flows and Tangential Momentum Accommodation in Micromachined Channels." J. Fluid Mech, 437. pp. 29 - 43. June, 2001.
• Choi, C-H., Westin, K.J.A. & Breuer, K.S. "Apparent Slip Flows in hydrophilic and hydrophobic microchannels." Physics of Fluids, 15(10). pp. 2897-2902. 2003.
• Jin, S., Huang, P., Park, J., Yoo, J.Y., & Breuer, K.S. "Near-wall PTV measurements using evanescent wave illumination." Experiments in Fluids, 37 (6) pp. 825-833. 2004.
• Huang, P., Guasto, J.S. and Breuer, K.S. "Direct measurement of slip velocities using three-dimensional total internal reflection velocimetry." J. Fluid Mech. 2006.
• Guasto, J.S., Huang, P. and Breuer, K.S. "Statistical Particle Tracking Velocimetry Using Molecular and Quantum Dot Tracer Particles." Experiments in Fluids, 2006.
• Huang, P. and Breuer, K.S. "Direct measurement of slip length in electrolyte solutions." Physics of Fluids, 19(2). pp. 028104/3. 2007.
• Huang, P. and Breuer, K.S. "Direct measurement of anisotropic near-wall hindered diffusion using total internal reflection velocimetry" Phys Rev. E. 76, 046307. 2007
• Guasto, J.S. and Breuer, K.S. "Simultaneous, ensemble-averaged measurement of near-wall temperature and velocity in steady micro-flows using single quantum dot tracking" Expt Fluids 45(1) pp. 157-166. doi: 10.1007/s00348-008-0471-y. 2008.
• Guasto, J.S. and Breuer, K.S. "Micro-velocimetry using Time-Resolved Measurements of Quantum Dots in a Microchannel". Proceedings of the ECI International Conference on Heat Transfer and Fluid Flow in Microscale Whistler, 21-26 September 2008

Animal Flight

• Tian, X., Iriarte-Diaz, J, Middleton, K, Galvao, R, Israeli, E, Roemer, A, Sullivan, A, Song, A, Swartz S. and Breuer, K. "Direct measurements of the kinematics and dynamics of bat flight." Bioinspir. Biomim., 1 S10-S18. 2006.
• Song, A. and Breuer, K "Dynamics of a compliant membrane as related to mammalian flight." AIAA paper, 2007-68061. AIAA Aerospace Sciences Meeting, Reno NV 2007.
• Swartz, S. Diaz, J, Riskin, D.K.,Song, A., Tian, X, Willis, D.J, and Breuer, K.S."Wing Structure and the Aerodynamic Basis of Flight in Bats." Proceedings of AIAA Aerospace Science Meeting, Reno NV. Jan 2007.
• Willis, D,  Israeli, E, Persson, P, Drela, M, Peraire, J, Swartz, S. and Breuer, K. "A Computtional Framework for Fluid Structure Interaction in Biologically Inspired Flapping Flight"  AIAA-2007-3803 25th AIAA Applied Aerodynamics Conference, Miami, FL, June 25-28, 2007.
• Willis D, Peraire, J and Breuer, K. A Computational Investigation of Bio-Inspired Formation Flight and Ground Effect  AIAA-2007-4182 25th AIAA Applied Aerodynamics Conference, Miami, FL, June 25-28, 2007.
• Willis, D, Persson, P, Israeli,E. Peraire, J. Swartz S. and Breuer, K. Multifidelity Approaches for the Computational Analysis and Design of Effective Flapping Wing Vehicles  AIAA-2008-518, Proceedings of the 46th AIAA Aerospace Sciences Meeting and Exhibit, Reno, Nevada, Jan. 7-10, 2008.
• Song, A, Tian, X, Israeli, E, Galvao, R, Bishop, K, Swartz, S and Breuer, K. "Aeromechanics of Membrane Wings, with Impications forAnimal Flight". AIAA Journal 46 (8) pp2096-2196. 2008. doi: 10.2514/1.36694
• Swartz, SM, Breuer, KS and Willis, DJ. "Aeromechanics in aeroecology:flight biology in the aerosphere". Integrative and Comparative Biology. 48 (1) pp. 85-98 2008. doi:10.1093/icb/icn054. June 2008.
• Daniel K. Riskin; David J Willis; Jose Iriarte-Diaz; Tyson L Hedrick; Mykhaylo Kostandov; Jian Chen; David H Laidlaw; Kenneth S Breuer; Sharon M Swartz. "Quantifying the complexity of bat wing kinematics". J Theo. Bio 254 pp.604-615. 2008 doi:10.1016/j.jtbi.2008.06.011
• Rye M. Waldman, Arnold J. Song, Daniel K. Riskin, Sharon M. Swartz, and Kenneth S. Breuer4, "Aerodynamic Behavior of Compliant Membranes as Related to Bat Flight". Proceedings, AIAA Fluid Dynamics Conference, Seattle WA. June 2008.
• T Hubel, N Hristov, S. Swartz and K. Breuer "Time-Resolved Wake Structure and Kinematics of Bat Flight" Experiments in Fluids (submitted for review) 2008.
  

Biological Flows and Bacterial Microfluidics

• Kim, M., Bird, J.C., Van Parys, A.J., Breuer, K.S. & Powers, T.R. "A macroscopic scale model of bacterial flagellar bundling." Proc.Nat.Acad.Science., 100(26). pp. 15481-15485. 2003.
• Darnton, N., Turner, L., Breuer, K.S. & Berg, H.C. "Moving fluid with bacterial carpets." Biophysical Journal, 86. pp. 1863-1870. 2004
• Kim, M. & Breuer, K.S. "Enhanced diffusion due to motile bacteria." Physics of Fluids, 16(9), pp. 78-81. 2004.
• Kim, M., Kim, M., Bird, J.C., Park, J., Powers, T.R., & Breuer, K.S. "Particle image velocimetry experiments on a macro-scale model for bacterial flaggelar bundling." Experiments in Fluids, 37(6) pp. 782-788. 2004.
• Yi, D.K., Kim, M.J., Turner, L., Breuer, K.S. and Kim, D-Y. "Colloid lithography-induced polydimethylsiloxane microstructures and their application to cell patterning." BioTechnology Letters, 28. pp. 169-173. 2006.
• Kim, M. J. and Breuer, K. S. "The Use of Bacterial Carpets to Enhance Mixing in Microfluidic Systems." J. Fluids Engineering, March, 121 pp. 319-324. 2007.
• Kim, M.J. and Breuer, K.S. "Controlled Mixing in Microfluidic Systems Using Bacterial Chemotaxis." Analytical Chemistry 79. pp. 955-959. 2007.
• Jay,G.D, Torres, J.R, Warman, M. L, Laderer, M.C. and Breuer, K.S. " The role of lubricin in the mechanical behavior of synovial fluid" Proc. Nat. Acad. Sci. 104 (15) pp. 61946-199, April 2007.
• Kim, M.J. and Breuer K.S. "Microfluidic pump powered by self-organizing bacteria" Small , 4, No. 1, pp. 111–118. 2008.
• Qian, B, Powers, T.R. and Breuer, K.S. "Shape transition and propulsive force of an elastic rotating in a viscous fluid" Phys. Rev. Lett, 100, 078101 (2008).
• Schmidt, BJ, Huang, P, Breuer, KS, and Lawrence, MB. "Catch Strip Assay for the Relative Assessment of Two-Dimensional Protein Association Kinetics" Anal. Chem. 2008 (Supporting information).

Turbulence Control

• Rathnasingham, R. & Breuer, K.S. "Active control of turbulent boundary layers," J. Fluid Mech., 495. pp. 209-233. 2003.
• Breuer, K.S., Park, J. & Henoch, C. "Actuation and control of a turbulent channel flow using Lorentz forces." Physics of Fluids, 16(4) pp. 897-907.. 2004.
• Wu, K.E. and Breuer, K.S. "Control of Turbulent Boundary Layers using FXLMS Feedforward Architectures." AIAA Paper, 2006-3022. San Francisco, CA. June 2006.
• McCamley, M., Henoch, C. and Breuer, K.S. "Structure and Dynamics of Turbulent Flows Subjected to Lorentz Force Control." AIAA Paper, 2006-3191. San Francisco, CA. June 2006.
• Henoch, C., Krupenkin, T.N., Kolodner, P., Taylor, J.A., Hodes, M.S., Lyons, A.M., Peguero, C. and Breuer, K.S. "Turbulent Drag Reduction Using Superhydrophobic Surfaces." AIAA Paper, 2006-3192. San Francisco, CA. June 2006.

Microsensors and Sensing techniques

• Westin, K.J.A, Choi, C-H, & Breuer, K.S. "A novel system for measuring liquid flow rates with nanoliter per minute resolution." Experiments in Fluids, 34. pp 635—642. 2003.
• Han, G., Westin, K.J.A., Bird, J.C., Cao, Z. & Breuer, K.S. "Infrared Diagnostics for Measuring Fluid and Solid Motion Inside Silicon Microdevices" Microthermophysical Engineering, 8. pp. 169-182. 2004

MicroLubrication and Microengines

• Fréchette, L.G., Jacobson, S.A., Breuer, K.S., Ehrich, F.F., Ghodssi, R., Khanna, R., Wong, C.W., Zhang, X., Schmidt, M.A. & Epstein, A.H. "High-speed microfabricated silicon turbomachinery and fluid film bearings." JMEMS, 14(1). pp. 141-152. 2005.
• Kwok, P.Y., Weinberg, M.S. & Breuer, K.S. "Fluid effects in vibrating micro-machined structures." JMEMS. 14(4). pp. 770-781. 2005.