Gareth McKinley
Principal Investigator | School of Engineering Professor of Teaching Innovation
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Education

• Ph. D. in Chemical Engineering, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1991
• M. Eng. in Chemical Engineering, University of Cambridge, Downing College, 1986
• B. A. in Natural Sciences/Chemical Engineering, University of Cambridge, Downing College, 1985

Research Interests

• Superhydrophobic, Superoleophobic and Ice-phobic Surfaces
• Jets and Sprays
• Food and biofluid rheology
• Extensional rheometry
• Viscoelastic Flow Instabilities
• Optical instrumentation (PIV, Birefringence, tomography) for complex fluids
• Microfluidic devices for complex fluids
• Flow Assurance in the presence of waxes, hydrates and asphaltenes
• Nanocomposite rheology

Teaching

• 2.25 Advanced Fluid Mechanics (Graduate level) On MIT OCW