Micro Flow Lab

The Research in the Micro Flow lab is focused on fluid dynamics and multiphase flow at the micro and nano scale to develop advanced systems for flow, propulsion and biomedical applications. The experimental studies are conducted using different laser diagnostic techniques (double-pulsed digital holography, particle image velocimetry & shadowgraphy), scanning electron microscopy and high speed imaging. The equipment in the lab include: Two Nd-YAG lasers with an injection seeder (300mJ/Pulse), a dual head PIV Nd-YAG laser (70mJ/pulse), cooled double exposure CCD camera (2000 pix x 2000 pix), a high speed camera (20,000 fps), 50 kV DC Source, two subsonic wind tunnels with test sections of 18"x18" and 12"x12" and a 40ft long shock tube. The computational studies in the lab are carried out using VOF and LBM simulation.

Bio-Generated Flows

Snail Surface-Feeding

Micro Drop Manipulation & Mixing

for lab-on-a-Chip

Shadowgraphy

Jet Engine Afterburner

Digital Holography of Micro Jet

for inkjet printers

SEM of Biodegradable Nanofibers

for tissue engineering

SEM of Nanospheres

for nano printers

CFD

VOF Simulation

Digital Holographic Microscopy

for fuel injection in scramjet engine

CFD

LBM Simulation

Movies:

Bubbly Flow: Download Movie

If you are interested in joining our lab :

Please contact: Dr. Khaled Sallam

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Supported by:

Taitech Inc., Air Force Summer Faculty Fellowship Program, The Egyptian Ministry of Higher Education and State for Scientific research, Oklahoma NASA EPSCoR, J2Engineering Inc., and Oklahoma NSF EPSCoR.

News update:

Oklahoma State University announced on 7/8/2008 approximately 900 individuals, companies and foundations donated $66.8 million the last six weeks to create a multitude of endowed faculty positions that will touch nearly every college and campus across the OSU System. Once fully matched dollar-for-dollar by T. Boone Pickens’ $100 million chair match commitment, as well as the Oklahoma State Regents for Higher Education, the total impact of the historic initiative will be $333.6 million for endowed chairs and professorships at OSU.

Dr. Sallam has been selected as a Faculty Fellow for the 2008 Air Force Summer Faculty Fellowship Program (SFFP) at AFRL/RZ WRIGHT PATTERSON Air Force Base, Ohio.

David Olinger, a PhD student at the MicroFlow lab, was awarded the NASA Oklahoma Space Grant graduate fellowship, June 2007.

Dr. Sallam was awarded the Halliburton Excellent Young Teacher Award from the College of Engineering, Architecture and Technology, Oklahoma State University, May 2007.

David Olinger, a PhD student at the MicroFlow lab, was awarded the 2007 Air Force Summer Research Fellowship, April 2007.

Dr. Sallam and his co-authors won the W.R. Marshall Award at the ILASS-Americas conference in Toronto, Canada, May 2006.

Brian Miller, a MS student at the MicroFlow lab, was awarded the NASA Oklahoma Space Grant graduate fellowship, January 2005.

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