Principal Investigator

James_Bird James Bird, Ph.D.
Professor

Ph.D., Harvard University
Office: EMA 220
730 Commonwealth Avenue
Boston University, Boston, MA 02215
phone: (617) 358-6929
email: jbird [at] bu.edu

Current Members

Ph.D. Students
garam Garam Lee
garamlee [at] bu.edu
Droplet impact, Drying patterns, Wicking and swelling
taeki Taeki Kim
taekikim [at] bu.edu
Bubble-particle interactions, Flow through biological tissue
eli Eli Forstadt
eforstad [at] bu.edu
Particles on interfaces, Interfacial swimming, Bursting bubbles
Undergraduate Students
austin Austin Zhang
austinz [at] bu.edu
sydney Sydney Le
sydle [at] bu.edu
lucas Lucas Gibbons
lrgibbon [at] bu.edu

Past Members

Postdoctoral Researchers
Frederik Brasz
Graduate Students
Coco DeFrancesco
M.S. Mechanical Engineering (2024)
Lena Dubitsky
Ph.D. Mechanical Engineering (2024)
Yizhao Wang
M.S. Mechanical Engineering (2023)
Alexandros Oratis
Ph.D. Mechanical Engineering (2021)
Oliver McRae
Ph.D. Mechanical Engineering (2020)
Mark Menesses
Ph.D. Mechanical Engineering (2019)
Samira Shiri
Ph.D. Mechanical Engineering (2019)
Jicheng Guo
Ph.D. Material Science (2018)
Mustafa Ordu
Ph.D. Material Science (2017)
Peter Walls
Ph.D. Mechanical Engineering (2017)
Casey Bartlett
Ph.D. Mechanical Engineering (2015)
Colin Patterson
M.S. Mechanical Engineering (2015)
Undergraduates
Charles Boyce Daniel Poe
Christian Bragdon Torben Umeda
Timothy Farmer Henry Varona
Elena Flynn Katie Williams
Dianne Kim Yingxian Yu
Armela Murrizi Madeline Zhang
Ryan Cully Carly Hattrich
ShuLan Holmes-Farley Matthew Nadeau
Daralyn Wen Yunting Yan
Andrew Sabo Amrit Kohli
Armen Manucharyan Jake Garrett
Austin Zhang Ludovica Pujia
Visitors
Alexis Berny Matthieu Laurent
Gregoire Dequidt Eve Lehuré
Antoine Gaillard Tom Leger
Guillaume Genero Christina Pritscher
Louis Henaux Matthieu Santin
Robin Herver Aakash Sane
Jeremie Klinger Lebo Molefe
Jack Verich Mark Greer
Benjamin Berat Pierre Artus
Matteo Bassanini