Kenny Breuer received his ScB from Brown and his MSc and PhD from MIT. He spent nine years on the faculty of MIT in the department of Aeronautics and Astronautics, before returning to Brown in 1999. His research interests are in Fluid Mechanics covering a wide range of topics, including the physics of flows at micron and nanometer scales, animal flight (bat flight in particular), energy harvesting, vortex dynamics, and the physics and control of turbulent flows. He is author of over one hundred refereed technical publications, has edited and co-authored several books, including "Microscale Diagnostic Techniques", "A Gallery of Fluid Motion" and "Multimedia Fluid Mechanics". He is a fellow of the APS, ASME and Associate Fellow of AIAA.
| Mathai V, Das A, Breuer K. "Aerosol transmission in passenger car cabins: Effects of ventilation configuration and driving speed." Physics of Fluids, vol. 34, no. 2, 2022, pp. 021904. |
| Mathai, Varghese, Tzezana, Gali Alon, Das, Asimanshu, Breuer, Kenneth S. "Fluid–structure interactions of energy-harvesting membrane hydrofoils." Journal of Fluid Mechanics, vol. 942, 2022. |
| Fan, Yi, Wu, Kun-Ta, Aghvami, S. Ali, Fraden, Seth, Breuer, Kenneth S. "Effects of confinement on the dynamics and correlation scales in kinesin-microtubule active fluids." Physical Review E, vol. 104, no. 3, 2021. |
| Fan Y, Wu KT, Aghvami SA, Fraden S, Breuer KS. "Effects of confinement on the dynamics and correlation scales in kinesin-microtubule active fluids." Physical Review E, vol. 104, no. 3-1, 2021, pp. 034601. |
| Ribeiro, Bernardo Luiz R., Su, Yunxing, Guillaumin, Quentin, Breuer, Kenneth S., Franck, Jennifer A. "Wake-foil interactions and energy harvesting efficiency in tandem oscillating foils." Physical Review Fluids, vol. 6, no. 7, 2021. |
| Di Luca M, Mintchev S, Su Y, Shaw E, Breuer K. "A bioinspired Separated Flow wing provides turbulence resilience and aerodynamic efficiency for miniature drones." Science robotics, vol. 5, no. 38, 2020. |
| Mathai V, Das A, Bailey JA, Breuer K. "Airflows inside passenger cars and implications for airborne disease transmission." Science Advances, vol. 7, no. 1, 2020. |
| Qu, Zijie, Breuer, Kenneth S. "Effects of shear-thinning viscosity and viscoelastic stresses on flagellated bacteria motility." Physical Review Fluids, vol. 5, no. 7, 2020. |
| Das, Asimanshu, Breuer, Kenneth S., Mathai, Varghese. "Nonlinear modeling and characterization of ultrasoft silicone elastomers." Applied Physics Letters, vol. 116, no. 20, 2020, pp. 203702. |
| Bohnker, Jillian R., Breuer, Kenneth S. "Control of Separated Flow Using Actuated Compliant Membrane Wings." AIAA Journal, vol. 57, no. 9, 2019, pp. 3801-3811. |
| Sum Wu, Kit, Nowak, Jerome, Breuer, Kenneth S. "Scaling of the performance of insect-inspired passive-pitching flapping wings." Journal of The Royal Society Interface, vol. 16, no. 161, 2019, pp. 20190609. |
| Sum Wu K, Nowak J, Breuer KS. "Scaling of the performance of insect-inspired passive-pitching flapping wings." Journal of The Royal Society Interface, vol. 16, no. 161, 2019, pp. 20190609. |
| Alon Tzezana, Gali, Breuer, Kenneth S. "Thrust, drag and wake structure in flapping compliant membrane wings." Journal of Fluid Mechanics, vol. 862, 2019, pp. 871-888. |
| Qu, Zijie, Temel, Fatma Zeynep, Henderikx, Rene, Breuer, Kenneth S. "Changes in the flagellar bundling time account for variations in swimming behavior of flagellated bacteria in viscous media." Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, vol. 115, no. 8, 2018, pp. 1707-1712. |
| Vejdani HR, Boerma DB, Swartz SM, Breuer KS. "The dynamics of hovering flight in hummingbirds, insects and bats with implications for aerial robotics." Bioinspiration & Biomimetics, vol. 14, no. 1, 2018, pp. 016003. |
| Onoue, Kyohei, Breuer, Kenneth S. "A scaling for vortex formation on swept and unswept pitching wings." Journal of Fluid Mechanics, vol. 832, 2017, pp. 697-720. |
| Konow N, Cheney JA, Roberts TJ, Iriarte-Díaz J, Breuer KS, Waldman JRS, Swartz SM. "Speed-dependent modulation of wing muscle recruitment intensity and kinematics in two bat species." The Journal of Experimental Biology, vol. 220, no. Pt 10, 2017, pp. jeb.144550. |
| Schunk C, Swartz SM, Breuer KS. "The influence of aspect ratio and stroke pattern on force generation of a bat-inspired membrane wing." Interface Focus, vol. 7, no. 1, 2017, pp. 20160083. |
| Franck, Jennifer A., Breuer, Kenneth S. "Unsteady high-lift mechanisms from heaving flat plate simulations." International Journal of Heat and Fluid Flow, vol. 67, 2017, pp. 230-239. |
| Kiser, Jillian, Manning, Michael, Adler, David, Breuer, Kenneth. "A reduced order model for dielectric elastomer actuators over a range of frequencies and prestrains." Applied Physics Letters, vol. 109, no. 13, 2016, pp. 133506. |
| Bahlman, Joseph W., Price-Waldman, Rosalyn M., Lippe, Hannah W., Breuer, Kenneth S., Swartz, Sharon M. "Simplifying a wing: diversity and functional consequences of digital joint reduction in bat wings." J. Anat., vol. 229, no. 1, 2016, pp. 114-127. |
| Onoue, Kyohei, Breuer, Kenneth S. "Vortex formation and shedding from a cyber-physical pitching plate." J. Fluid Mech., vol. 793, 2016, pp. 229-247. |
| Hubel, Tatjana Y., Hristov, Nickolay I., Swartz, Sharon M., Breuer, Kenneth S. "Wake structure and kinematics in two insectivorous bats." Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences, vol. 371, no. 1704, 2016, pp. 20150385. |
| Kiser, Jillian, Breuer, Kenny S. "An Out-of-Plane Velocity Component in Dielectric Barrier Discharge Actuator Flow." 53rd AIAA Aerospace Sciences Meeting, 2015. |
| Bergou, Attila J., Swartz, Sharon M., Vejdani, Hamid, Riskin, Daniel K., Reimnitz, Lauren, Taubin, Gabriel, Breuer, Kenneth S. "Falling with Style: Bats Perform Complex Aerial Rotations by Adjusting Wing Inertia." PLOS Biology, vol. 13, no. 11, 2015, pp. e1002297. |
| Onoue, Kyohei, Song, Arnold, Strom, Benjamin, Breuer, Kenneth S. "Large amplitude flow-induced oscillations and energy harvesting using a cyber-physical pitching plate." Journal of Fluids and Structures, vol. 55, 2015, pp. 262-275. |
| Qian, Bian, Park, Joonsik, Breuer, Kenneth S. "Large apparent slip at a moving contact line." Physics of Fluids, vol. 27, no. 9, 2015, pp. 091703. |
| Curet, Oscar M., Carrere, Alex, Waldman, Rye, Breuer, Kenneth S. "Aerodynamic Characterization of a Wing Membrane with Variable Compliance." AIAA Journal, vol. 52, no. 8, 2014, pp. 1749-1756. |
| Chen, Po-Ting, Joshi, Shiv P., Swartz, Sharon, Breuer, Kenneth, Reich, Gregory W. "Bat-Inspired Flapping Flight." 22nd AIAA/ASME/AHS Adaptive Structures Conference, 2014. |
| Onoue, Kyohei, Song, Arnold, Strom, Benjamin W., Breuer, Kenny S. "Cyber-physical Energy Harvesting through Flow-Induced Oscillations of a Rectangular Plate." 32nd ASME Wind Energy Symposium, 2014. |
| Brownstein, Ian D., Szlatenyi, Christopher, Breuer, Kenny S. "Enhanced Aerodynamic Performance of a Wind Turbine Airfoil Section using Plasma Actuation." 52nd Aerospace Sciences Meeting, 2014. |
| Liu B, Gulino M, Morse M, Tang JX, Powers TR, Breuer KS. "Helical motion of the cell body enhances Caulobacter crescentus motility." Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, vol. 111, no. 31, 2014, pp. 11252-6. |
| Cheney, Jorn A., Ton, Daniel, Konow, Nicolai, Riskin, Daniel K., Breuer, Kenneth S., Swartz, Sharon M. "Hindlimb Motion during Steady Flight of the Lesser Dog-Faced Fruit Bat, Cynopterus brachyotis." PLoS ONE, vol. 9, no. 5, 2014, pp. e98093. |
| Cheney JA, Ton D, Konow N, Riskin DK, Breuer KS, Swartz SM. "Hindlimb motion during steady flight of the lesser dog-faced fruit bat, Cynopterus brachyotis." PLoS ONE, vol. 9, no. 5, 2014, pp. e98093. |
| Bahlman JW, Swartz SM, Breuer KS. "How wing kinematics affect power requirements and aerodynamic force production in a robotic bat wing." Bioinspiration & biomimetics, vol. 9, no. 2, 2014, pp. 025008. |
| Cheney JA, Konow N, Middleton KM, Breuer KS, Roberts TJ, Giblin EL, Swartz SM. "Membrane muscle function in the compliant wings of bats." Bioinspiration & biomimetics, vol. 9, no. 2, 2014, pp. 025007. |
| Liu, Bin, Breuer, Kenneth S., Powers, Thomas R. "Propulsion by a helical flagellum in a capillary tube." Physics of Fluids, vol. 26, no. 1, 2014, pp. 011701. |
| von Busse R, Waldman RM, Swartz SM, Voigt CC, Breuer KS. "The aerodynamic cost of flight in the short-tailed fruit bat (Carollia perspicillata): comparing theory with measurement." Journal of The Royal Society Interface, vol. 11, no. 95, 2014, pp. 20140147. |
| Curet, Oscar M., Carrere, Alex, Waldman, Rye M., Breuer, Kenny S. "Aerodynamic Characterization of Wing Membrane with Adaptive Compliance." 54th AIAA/ASME/ASCE/AHS/ASC Structures, Structural Dynamics, and Materials Conference, 2013. |
| Curet OM, Swartz SM, Breuer KS. "An aeroelastic instability provides a possible basis for the transition from gliding to flapping flight." Journal of The Royal Society Interface, vol. 10, no. 80, 2013, pp. 20120940. |
| Bahlman JW, Swartz SM, Breuer KS. "Design and characterization of a multi-articulated robotic bat wing." Bioinspiration & biomimetics, vol. 8, no. 1, 2013, pp. 016009. |
| Liu, Bin, Breuer, Kenneth S., Powers, Thomas R. "Helical swimming in Stokes flow using a novel boundary-element method." Physics of Fluids, vol. 25, no. 6, 2013, pp. 061902. |
| Waldman, Rye M., Breuer, Kenny S. "Shape, lift, and vibrations of highly compliant membrane wings." 43rd Fluid Dynamics Conference, 2013. |
| Dasgupta, Moumita, Liu, Bin, Fu, Henry C., Berhanu, Michael, Breuer, Kenneth S., Powers, Thomas R., Kudrolli, Arshad. "Speed of a swimming sheet in Newtonian and viscoelastic fluids." Physical Review E, vol. 87, no. 1, 2013, pp. 013015. |
| Dasgupta, Moumita, Liu, Bin, Fu, Henry C., Berhanu, Michael, Breuer, Kenneth S., Powers, Thomas R., Kudrolli, Arshad. "Speed of a swimming sheet in Newtonian and viscoelastic fluids." Physical Review E, vol. 87, no. 1, 2013. |
| Waldman, Rye M., Breuer, Kenneth S. "Accurate measurement of streamwise vortices using dual-plane PIV." Exp Fluids, vol. 53, no. 5, 2012, pp. 1487-1500. |
| Colorado J, Barrientos A, Rossi C, Bahlman JW, Breuer KS. "Biomechanics of smart wings in a bat robot: morphing wings using SMA actuators." Bioinspiration & biomimetics, vol. 7, no. 3, 2012, pp. 036006. |
| Hubel TY, Hristov NI, Swartz SM, Breuer KS. "Changes in kinematics and aerodynamics over a range of speeds in Tadarida brasiliensis, the Brazilian free-tailed bat." Journal of The Royal Society Interface, vol. 9, no. 71, 2012, pp. 1120-1130. |
| Yu TS, Park J, Lim H, Breuer KS. "Fog deposition and accumulation on smooth and textured hydrophobic surfaces." Langmuir, vol. 28, no. 35, 2012, pp. 12771-8. |
| Bahlman JW, Swartz SM, Riskin DK, Breuer KS. "Glide performance and aerodynamics of non-equilibrium glides in northern flying squirrels (Glaucomys sabrinus)." Journal of The Royal Society Interface, vol. 10, no. 80, 2012, pp. 20120794-20120794. |
| Iriarte-Diaz J, Riskin DK, Breuer KS, Swartz SM. "Kinematic Plasticity during Flight in Fruit Bats: Individual Variability in Response to Loading." PLoS ONE, vol. 7, no. 5, 2012, pp. e36665. |
| Franck, Jennifer, Swartz, Sharon, Breuer, Kenny. "Large-Eddy Simulations of a Flapping Plate." 50th AIAA Aerospace Sciences Meeting including the New Horizons Forum and Aerospace Exposition, 2012. |
| Waldman, Rye, Breuer, Kenny. "Measurement of streamwise vortices in low-speed flight." 50th AIAA Aerospace Sciences Meeting including the New Horizons Forum and Aerospace Exposition, 2012. |
| Riskin DK, Bergou A, Breuer KS, Swartz SM. "Upstroke wing flexion and the inertial cost of bat flight." Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences, vol. 279, no. 1740, 2012, pp. 2945-50. |
| Bergou, Attila J., Swartz, Sharon, Breuer, Kenneth, Taubin, Gabriel. "3D reconstruction of bat flight kinematics from sparse multiple views." 2011 IEEE International Conference on Computer Vision Workshops (ICCV Workshops), 2011. |
| Curet, Oscar, Swartz, Sharon, Breuer, Kenneth. "A Self-Excited Flapping Wing: Lift, Drag and the Implications for Biological Flight." 41st AIAA Fluid Dynamics Conference and Exhibit, 2011. |
| MacAyeal LC, Riskin DK, Swartz SM, Breuer KS. "Climbing flight performance and load carrying in lesser dog-faced fruit bats (Cynopterus brachyotis)." Journal of Experimental Biology, vol. 214, no. 5, 2011, pp. 786-793. |
| Willis, David, Bahlman, Joseph, Breuer, Kenneth, Swartz, Sharon. "Energetically Optimal Short-Range Gliding Trajectories for Gliding Animals." AIAA Journal, vol. 49, no. 12, 2011, pp. 2650-2657. |
| Liu, B., Powers, T. R., Breuer, K. S. "Force-free swimming of a model helical flagellum in viscoelastic fluids." Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, vol. 108, no. 49, 2011, pp. 19516-19520. |
| Breuer, Kenny, Schunk, Cosima, Bahlman, Joseph, Swartz, Sharon. "Measurement of the wake behind a bat-like flapper and the influence of the flapping frequency on lift generation." 6th AIAA Theoretical Fluid Mechanics Conference, 2011. |
| QIAN, BIAN, BREUER, KENNETH S. "The motion, stability and breakup of a stretching liquid bridge with a receding contact line." J. Fluid Mech., vol. 666, 2011, pp. 554-572. |
| Iriarte-Diaz, J., Riskin, D. K., Willis, D. J., Breuer, K. S., Swartz, S. M. "Whole-body kinematics of a fruit bat reveal the influence of wing inertia on body accelerations." Journal of Experimental Biology, vol. 214, no. Pt 9, 2011, pp. 1546-53. |
| Chen, Jian, Riskin, Daniel K., Hubel, Tatjana Y., Willis, David, Song, Arnold, Liu, Hanyu, Breuer, Kenneth, Swartz, Sharon M., Laidlaw, David H. "Exploration of bat wing morphology through a strip method and visualization." ACM SIGGRAPH 2010 Talks on - SIGGRAPH '10, 2010. |
| Molki, M., Breuer, K. "Oscillatory motions of a prestrained compliant membrane caused by fluid–membrane interaction." Journal of Fluids and Structures, vol. 26, no. 3, 2010, pp. 339-358. |
| Riskin DK, Iriarte-Díaz J, Middleton KM, Breuer KS, Swartz SM. "The effect of body size on the wing movements of pteropodid bats, with insights into thrust and lift production." Journal of Experimental Biology, vol. 213, no. Pt 23, 2010, pp. 4110-4122. |
| Hubel TY, Riskin DK, Swartz SM, Breuer KS. "Wake structure and wing kinematics: the flight of the lesser dog-faced fruit bat, Cynopterus brachyotis." Journal of Experimental Biology, vol. 213, no. Pt 20, 2010, pp. 3427-40. |
| Huang, P., Brayer, K.S. "Прямое измерение длины проскальзывания в растворах электролита." "Proceedings" of "OilGasScientificResearchProjects" Institute, SOCAR, no. 2, 2010, pp. 81-85. |
| Willis, David, Bahlman, Joseph, Breuer, Kenneth, Swartz, Sharon. "Energetically Optimal Flight Trajectories for Short Range Gliding Animals." 27th AIAA Applied Aerodynamics Conference, 2009. |
| Guasto, Jeffrey S., Breuer, Kenneth S. "High-speed quantum dot tracking and velocimetry using evanescent wave illumination." Exp Fluids, vol. 47, no. 6, 2009, pp. 1059-1066. |
| Qian, Bian, Loureiro, Melissa, Gagnon, David A., Tripathi, Anubhav, Breuer, Kenneth S. "Micron-Scale Droplet Deposition on a Hydrophobic Surface Using a Retreating Syringe." Phys. Rev. Lett., vol. 102, no. 16, 2009. |
| Qian B, Loureiro M, Gagnon DA, Tripathi A, Breuer KS. "Micron-scale droplet deposition on a hydrophobic surface using a retreating syringe." Phys. Rev. Lett., vol. 102, no. 16, 2009, pp. 164502. |
| Qian, Bian, Jiang, Hongyuan, Gagnon, David A., Breuer, Kenneth S., Powers, Thomas R. "Minimal model for synchronization induced by hydrodynamic interactions." Physical Review E, vol. 80, no. 6, 2009. |
| Qian B, Jiang H, Gagnon DA, Breuer KS, Powers TR. "Minimal model for synchronization induced by hydrodynamic interactions." Physical Review E, vol. 80, no. 6 Pt 1, 2009, pp. 061919. |
| HUANG, PETER, GUASTO, JEFFREY S., BREUER, KENNETH S. "The effects of hindered mobility and depletion of particles in near-wall shear flows and the implications for nanovelocimetry." J. Fluid Mech., vol. 637, 2009, pp. 241. |
| Hubel, Tatjana Y., Hristov, Nickolay I., Swartz, Sharon M., Breuer, Kenneth S. "Time-resolved wake structure and kinematics of bat flight." Exp Fluids, vol. 46, no. 5, 2009, pp. 933-943. |
| Waldman, Rye, Song, Arnold, Riskin, Daniel, Swartz, Sharon, Breuer, Kenneth. "Aerodynamic Behavior of Compliant Membranes as Related to Bat Flight." 38th Fluid Dynamics Conference and Exhibit, 2008. |
| Swartz SM, Breuer KS, Willis DJ. "Aeromechanics in aeroecology: flight biology in the aerosphere." Integrative and Comparative Biology, vol. 48, no. 1, 2008, pp. 85-98. |
| Song, A., Tian, X., Israeli, E., Galvao, R., Bishop, K., Swartz, S., Breuer, K. "Aeromechanics of Membrane Wings with Implications for Animal Flight." AIAA Journal, vol. 46, no. 8, 2008, pp. 2096-2106. |
| Schmidt BJ, Huang P, Breuer KS, Lawrence MB. "Catch strip assay for the relative assessment of two-dimensional protein association kinetics." Analytical Chemistry, vol. 80, no. 4, 2008, pp. 944-50. |
| Riskin, D., Iriarte-Diaz, J., Middleton, K., Breuer, K., Swartz, S. "Effects of body size on the wing kinematics of bats." Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology Part A: Molecular & Integrative Physiology, vol. 150, no. 3, 2008, pp. S78. |
| Hubel, Tatjana, Song, Arnold, Breuer, Kenneth, Swartz, Sharon. "Kinematics and Aerodynamics of Bat Flight." 38th Fluid Dynamics Conference and Exhibit, 2008. |
| Kim MJ, Breuer KS. "Microfluidic pump powered by self-organizing bacteria." Small, vol. 4, no. 1, 2008, pp. 111-8. |
| Willis, David, Persson, Per Olof, Israeli, Emily, Peraire, Jaime, Swartz, Sharon, Breuer, Kenneth. "Multifidelity Approaches for the Computational Analysis and Design of Effective Flapping Wing Vehicles." 46th AIAA Aerospace Sciences Meeting and Exhibit, 2008. |
| Riskin DK, Willis DJ, Iriarte-Díaz J, Hedrick TL, Kostandov M, Chen J, Laidlaw DH, Breuer KS, Swartz SM. "Quantifying the complexity of bat wing kinematics." Journal of Theoretical Biology, vol. 254, no. 3, 2008, pp. 604-15. |
| Qian B, Powers TR, Breuer KS. "Shape Transition and Propulsive Force of an Elastic Rod Rotating in a Viscous Fluid." Phys. Rev. Lett., vol. 100, no. 7, 2008, pp. 078101. |
| Qian, Bian, Powers, Thomas R., Breuer, Kenneth S. "Shape Transition and Propulsive Force of an Elastic Rod Rotating in a Viscous Fluid." Phys. Rev. Lett., vol. 100, no. 7, 2008. |
| Guasto, Jeffrey S., Breuer, Kenneth S. "Simultaneous, ensemble-averaged measurement of near-wall temperature and velocity in steady micro-flows using single quantum dot tracking." Exp Fluids, vol. 45, no. 1, 2008, pp. 157-166. |
| Song, Arnold, Tian, Xiaodong, Israeli, Emily, Galvao, Ricardo, Bishop, Kristin, Swartz, Sharon, Breuer, Kenneth. "The Aero-Mechanics of Low Aspect Ratio Compliant Membrane Wings, with Applications to Animal Flight." 46th AIAA Aerospace Sciences Meeting and Exhibit, 2008. |
| Hubel, T., Breuer, K., Song, A., Swartz, S. "Wing motion and wake structure of bat flight." Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology Part A: Molecular & Integrative Physiology, vol. 150, no. 3, 2008, pp. S77. |
| Willis, David, Israeli, Emily, Persson, Per-Olof, Drela, Mark, Peraire, Jaime, Swartz, Sharon, Breuer, Kenny. "A Computational Framework for Fluid Structure Interaction in Biologically Inspired Flapping Flight." 25th AIAA Applied Aerodynamics Conference, 2007. |
| Willis, David, Peraire, Jaime, Breuer, Kenneth. "A Computational Investigation of Bio-Inspired Formation Flight and Ground Effect." 25th AIAA Applied Aerodynamics Conference, 2007. |
| Kim MJ, Breuer KS. "Controlled mixing in microfluidic systems using bacterial chemotaxis." Analytical Chemistry, vol. 79, no. 3, 2007, pp. 955-9. |
| Huang, Peter, Breuer, Kenneth S. "Direct measurement of anisotropic near-wall hindered diffusion using total internal reflection velocimetry." Physical Review E, vol. 76, no. 4, 2007. |
| Huang P, Breuer KS. "Direct measurement of anisotropic near-wall hindered diffusion using total internal reflection velocimetry." Physical Review E, vol. 76, no. 4 Pt 2, 2007, pp. 046307. |
| Huang, Peter, Breuer, Kenneth S. "Direct measurement of slip length in electrolyte solutions." Physics of Fluids, vol. 19, no. 2, 2007, pp. 028104. |
| Song, Arnold, Breuer, Kenneth. "Dynamics of a Compliant Membrane as Related to Mammalian Flight." 45th AIAA Aerospace Sciences Meeting and Exhibit, 2007. |
| Jay GD, Torres JR, Warman ML, Laderer MC, Breuer KS. "The role of lubricin in the mechanical behavior of synovial fluid." Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, vol. 104, no. 15, 2007, pp. 6194-9. |
| Kim, Min Jun, Breuer, Kenneth S. "Use of Bacterial Carpets to Enhance Mixing in Microfluidic Systems." Journal of Fluids Engineering, vol. 129, no. 3, 2007, pp. 319. |
| Zorzos, Anthony N., Guasto, Jeffrey S., Breuer, Kenneth S. "Visualization and Tracking of Electrospray Droplet Emissions Using Fluorescence and Holographic Techniques." Volume 11: Micro and Nano Systems, Parts A and B, 2007. |
| Swartz, Sharon, Iriarte-Diaz, Jose, Riskin, Daniel, Tian, Xiaodong, Song, Arnold, Breuer, Kenneth. "Wing Structure and the Aerodynamic Basis of Flight in Bats." 45th AIAA Aerospace Sciences Meeting and Exhibit, 2007. |
| Yi DK, Kim MJ, Turner L, Breuer KS, Kim DY. "Colloid lithography-induced polydimethylsiloxane microstructures and their application to cell patterning." Biotechnology letters, vol. 28, no. 3, 2006, pp. 169-73. |
| Wu, Kevin, Breuer, Kenneth. "Control of Turbulent Boundary Layers Using FXLMS Feedforward Architectures." 3rd AIAA Flow Control Conference, 2006. |
| HUANG, PETER, GUASTO, JEFFREY S., BREUER, KENNETH S. "Direct measurement of slip velocities using three-dimensional total internal reflection velocimetry." J. Fluid Mech., vol. 566, 2006, pp. 447. |
| Tian, Xiaodong, Iriarte, Jose, Middleton, Kevin, Galvao, Ricardo, Israeli, Emily, Roemer, Abigail, Sullivan, Allyce, Song, Arnold, Swartz, Sharon, Breuer, Kenneth. "Direct Measurements of the Kinematics and Dynamics of Bat Flight." 36th AIAA Fluid Dynamics Conference and Exhibit, 2006. |
| Tian X, Iriarte-Diaz J, Middleton K, Galvao R, Israeli E, Roemer A, Sullivan A, Song A, Swartz S, Breuer K. "Direct measurements of the kinematics and dynamics of bat flight." Bioinspiration & biomimetics, vol. 1, no. 4, 2006, pp. S10-8. |
| Guasto, Jeffrey S., Huang, Peter, Breuer, Kenneth S. "Statistical particle tracking velocimetry using molecular and quantum dot tracer particles." Exp Fluids, vol. 41, no. 6, 2006, pp. 869-880. |
| Galvao, Ricardo, Israeli, Emily, Song, Arnold, Tian, Xiaodong, Bishop, Kristin, Swartz, Sharon, Breuer, Kenneth. "The Aerodynamics of Compliant Membrane Wings Modeled on Mammalian Flight Mechanics." 36th AIAA Fluid Dynamics Conference and Exhibit, 2006. |
| McCamley, Maureen, Henoch, Charles, Breuer, Kenneth. "The Structure and Dynamics of Turbulent Flows Subject to Lorentz Force Control." 3rd AIAA Flow Control Conference, 2006. |
| Henoch, Charles, Krupenkin, Tom, Kolodner, Paul, Taylor, J., Hodes, M, Lyons, A, Peguero, Charles, Breuer, Kenneth. "Turbulent Drag Reduction Using Superhydrophobic Surfaces." 3rd AIAA Flow Control Conference, 2006. |
| Kim, Min Jun, Breuer, Kenneth S. "A Selective Mixing in Microfluidic Systems Using Bacterial Chemotaxis." Fluids Engineering, 2005. |
| Bae, Jin Woo, Breuer, Kenneth S., Tan, Choon S. "Active Control of Tip Clearance Flow in Axial Compressors." J. Turbomach., vol. 127, no. 2, 2005, pp. 352. |
| Huang, Peter, Guasto, Jeffrey, Breuer, Kenneth. "Direct Measurement of Slip Velocities Using Three-Dimensional Total Internal Reflection Velocimetry." Design, Synthesis, and Applications, 2005. |
| Huang, Peter, Guasto, Jeffrey S., Breuer, Kenneth S. "Direct Measurement of Slip Velocities Using Three-Dimensional Total Internal Reflection Velocimetry." Fluids Engineering, 2005. |
| Jin, Songwan, Choi, Choonghyo, Breuer, Kenneth S., Yoo, Jung Yul. "Effects of Cross-Section Geometry of Capillary on the Evaporation From the Meniscus." ASME 3rd International Conference on Microchannels and Minichannels, Part B cont’d, 2005. |
| Kwok, P.Y., Weinberg, M.S., Breuer, K.S. "Fluid effects in vibrating micromachined structures." Journal of Microelectromechanical Systems, vol. 14, no. 4, 2005, pp. 770-781. |
| Frechette, L.G., Jacobson, S.A., Breuer, K.S., Ehrich, F.F., Ghodssi, R., Khanna, R., Chee Wei Wong, None, Xin Zhang, None, Schmidt, M.A., Epstein, A.H. "High-speed microfabricated silicon turbomachinery and fluid film bearings." Journal of Microelectromechanical Systems, vol. 14, no. 1, 2005, pp. 141-152. |
| Torres, J. R., Jay, G. D., Warman, M. L., Laxer, R. M., Laderer, M., Breuer, K. S. "Lubricin Interaction With Hyaluronate Promotes Interchain Association Leading to Network Formation." World Tribology Congress III, Volume 2, 2005. |
| Guasto, Jeffrey S., Huang, Peter, Breuer, Kenneth S. "Statistical Particle Tracking Velocimetry Using Molecular and Quantum Dot Tracer Particles." Fluids Engineering, 2005. |
| Samimy, M., Breuer, K. S., Leal, L. G., Steen, P. H., Powers, Thomas R. "A Gallery of Fluid Motion." Am. J. Phys., vol. 72, no. 9, 2004, pp. 1262. |
| Breuer, Kenneth S., Park, Jinil, Henoch, Charles. "Actuation and control of a turbulent channel flow using Lorentz forces." Physics of Fluids, vol. 16, no. 4, 2004, pp. 897. |
| Kim, Min Jun, Breuer, Kenneth S. "Enhanced diffusion due to motile bacteria." Physics of Fluids, vol. 16, no. 9, 2004, pp. L78-L81. |
| Han, Gengxin, Bird, James, Johan, K., Westin, A., Cao, Zhiqiang, Breuer, Kenneth. "INFRARED DIAGNOSTICS FOR MEASURING FLUID AND SOLID MOTION INSIDE SILICON MICRODEVICES." Microscale Thermophysical Engineering, vol. 8, no. 2, 2004, pp. 169-182. |
| Darnton N, Turner L, Breuer K, Berg HC. "Moving fluid with bacterial carpets." Biophysical Journal, vol. 86, no. 3, 2004, pp. 1863-70. |
| Jin, S., Huang, P., Park, J., Yoo, J. Y., Breuer, K. S. "Near-surface velocimetry using evanescent wave illumination." Exp Fluids, vol. 37, no. 6, 2004, pp. 825-833. |
| Kim, Min Jun, Kim, Mun Ju, Bird, James. C., Park, Jinil, Powers, Thomas. R., Breuer, Kenneth S. "Particle image velocimetry experiments on a macro-scale model for bacterial flagellar bundling." Exp Fluids, vol. 37, no. 6, 2004, pp. 782-788. |
| Bae, Jinwoo, Breuer, Kenneth S., Tan, Choon S. "Periodic Unsteadiness of Compressor Tip Clearance Vortex." Volume 6: Turbo Expo 2004, 2004. |
| Weinstein, R., Hueso, E., Pivkin, I., Swartz, S., Laidlaw, D. H., Karniadakis, G., Breuer, K. "Simulation and visualization of flow around bat wings during flight." ACM SIGGRAPH 2004 Posters on - SIGGRAPH '04, 2004. |
| Hueso, E., Pivkin, I., Swartz, S., Laidlaw, D.H., Karniadakis, G., Breuer, K. "Visualization of Vortices in Simulated Airflow around Bat Wings During Flight." IEEE Visualization 2004, 2004. |
| Kim M, Bird JC, Van Parys AJ, Breuer KS, Powers TR. "A macroscopic scale model of bacterial flagellar bundling." Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, vol. 100, no. 26, 2003, pp. 15481-5. |
| Year | Degree | Institution |
|---|---|---|
| 1988 | PhD | Massachusetts Institute of Technology |
| 1984 | MS | Massachusetts Institute of Technology |
| 1982 | BS | Brown University |
National Merit Scholar (1978)
ONR Graduate Reseach Fellow (1982-1986)
Harold and Esther Edgerton Chair at MIT (1996-8)
Midwest Mechanics Lecturer (2006-2007)
Chair American Physical Society, Division of Fluid Dynamics (2012)
Fellow, American Physical Society (2010)
Director, Center for Fluid Mechanics, Brown University (2020- )
Visiting Professor: University of Queensland (2005), Harvard University (2008), Paris Tech. (2015), Imperial College (2019) Tel Aviv University (2019), University of Colorado (2022)
| Name | Title |
|---|---|
| Powers, Thomas | Professor of Engineering, Professor of Physics |
| Swartz, Sharon | Professor of Biology, Professor of Engineering |
Member:
American Physical Society (Fellow)
American Society of Mechanical Engineers (Fellow)
American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (Associate Fellow)
Society of Integrative and Comparative Biology
| ENGN 0810 - Fluid Mechanics |
| ENGN 1700 - Aerospace Fluid Mechanics |
| ENGN 1700 - Fluid Mechanics of Aerospace and Energy Systems |
| ENGN 1860 - Advanced Fluid Mechanics |
| ENGN 1931I - Design of Robotic Systems |
| ENGN 2820 - Fluid Mechanics II |
| ENGN 2912T - Experimental Fluid Mechanics |
| ENGN 2921 - Swimming and Flying: The Mechanics of Animal Locomotion |
