Arun Kumar Kota
Associate Professor, Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering
Engineering Building III (EB3) 3286
Bio
Dr. Kota is focused on surface science to conduct both fundamental and applied research in the areas of bio-inspired and bio-compatible surfaces, super-repellent surfaces, chemically patterned surfaces, stimuli-responsive surfaces and de-icing surfaces.
Publications
- Hemp-Based Sustainable Slippery Surfaces: Icephobic and Antithrombotic Properties , ACS SUSTAINABLE CHEMISTRY & ENGINEERING (2023)
- Oil-Water Separation using Synthetic Trees , LANGMUIR (2023)
- Rapid and Onsite Detection of Fuel Adulteration , LANGMUIR (2023)
- Designing non-textured, all-solid, slippery hydrophilic surfaces , MATTER (2022)
- On-demand, remote and lossless manipulation of biofluid droplets , MATERIALS HORIZONS (2022)
- Design and application of a self-pumping microfluidic staggered herringbone mixer , MICROFLUIDICS AND NANOFLUIDICS (2021)
- Droplet Evaporation Dynamics of Low Surface Tension Fluids Using the Steady Method , LANGMUIR (2020)
- Dropwise condensation on solid hydrophilic surfaces , SCIENCE ADVANCES (2020)
- Elucidating the Trade-off between Membrane Wetting Resistance and Water Vapor Flux in Membrane Distillation , ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY (2020)
- Impact of superhydrophobicity on the fluid dynamics of a bileaflet mechanical heart valve , JOURNAL OF THE MECHANICAL BEHAVIOR OF BIOMEDICAL MATERIALS (2020)
Grants
This work seeks to understand the influence of molecular ordering on the wetting resistance of non-woven structures.
This study aims to use SLIC coatings and flexible blades to improve the anti-thrombotic response of LVADs
This CAREER proposal aims to build an integrated research and education plan centered on understanding how molecular architecture of surface ligands and reaction coordinates in surface modification influence surface crystallinity and morphology of organically modified silica particles (Ormosils).
This study aims to gauge the efficacy of superhydrophobic bileaflet mechanical heart valve with vortex generators as a potential alternative to current heart valve technology by fine tuning material composition and processing to meet the durability and antithrombogenic requirements for heart valves.
This proposal aims to quantitatively evaluate the influence of contact angle hysteresis on the slip length, and consequently its influence on pressure drop and the heat transfer coefficient in different single phase flows.
This study aims to gauge the efficacy of superhydrophobic bileaflet mechanical heart valve with vortex generators as a potential alternative to current heart valve technology by fine tuning material composition and processing to meet the durability and antithrombogenic requirements for heart valves.