J. Iwan D. Alexander, Ph.D.
Professor
Director, National Center Space Exploration and Research
Faculty Director, Great Lakes Institute for Energy Innovation
Ph.D. Washington State University 1981
Contact information
Office
305 Olin Building
Hours
By appointment
Phone
216.368.0748
Research and Academic Interests
- Experimental and theoretical studies of the dynamics and static behavior of fluid surfaces and interfaces
- Vibrational convective transport in melts and inhomogeneous liquids
- Control of flow and nutrient transport in plant growth media under weightless conditions for advanced life support
- Physicochemical transport processes in biological systems
- Fluid transport processes in bone
- Dynamics of two phase miscible and immiscible fluids
- Binary and self-diffusion in liquid metals and compound semiconductors
- Effects of fluid convection (forced and free) on heat and mass transfer in melts and solutions associated with materials preparation processes