Jeffrey M. Davis

Professor & Department Head

262D Goessmann Lab

Chemical Engineering Department
University of Massachusetts Amherst
686 N. Pleasant Street
Amherst, MA 01003-9303

jmdavis@ecs.umass.edu

413-545-2916 (office)

413-545-1647 (fax)

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Education

Ph.D., Princeton University, 2003
M.A., Princeton University, 2001
B.S., Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1999

Research

Professor Davis’ research is in the area of physical applied mathematics, with applications primarily in fluid mechanics and transport phenomena. His interest in these areas was piqued by an undergraduate course in fluid mechanics at MIT. The instructor, Professor Howard Brenner, subsequently acted as a mentor as Professor Davis completed an undergraduate thesis, a course in interfacial transport processes (as the only enrolled student), and several other graduate courses in transport phenomena while maintaining a perfect GPA at MIT. Professor Davis furthered his expertise in interfacial flows by studying with Professor Sandra Troian while earning his Ph.D. at Princeton University.

Professor Davis utilizes analytical and numerical methods to provide physical insight and an enhanced fundamental understanding of the underlying phenomena. He has made significant contributions to the dynamics of thin liquid films on heterogeneous surfaces, interfacial flows, hydrodynamic stability, and microscale flows involving the dynamic interaction of microparticles with nano-textured surfaces. Much of his current research is focused on blood flow through capillary networks and related subjects in biofluid dynamics.

Publications

Jeffrey M. Davis, “On the linear stability of blood flow through capillary networks,” Bulletin of Mathematical Biology 76, 2985-3015 (2014).

Jeffrey M. Davis and C. Pozrikidis, “Self-sustained oscillations in blood flow through a honeycomb capillary network,” Bulletin of Mathematical Biology 76, 2217-2237 (2014).

Jeffrey M. Davis and C. Pozrikidis, “Linear stability of viscous flow induced by surface stretching,” Archive of Applied Mechanics 84, 985-998 (2014).

C. Pozrikidis and J. M. Davis, “Blood flow through capillary networks,” p. 214-253, in Transport in Biological Media, S.M. Becker and A.V. Kuznetsov, eds. Elsevier, 2013.

Jeffrey M. Davis and C. Pozrikidis, “Stretching of a liquid layer underneath a semi-infinite fluid,” Journal of Engineering Mathematics 79, 2013, p. 35-50.

Harshwardhan H. Katkar and Jeffrey M. Davis, “Bifurcation in a thin liquid film flowing over a locally heated surface,” Journal of Fluid Mechanics 726, 656-667 (2013).

C. Pozrikidis and Jeffrey M. Davis, “Resistance and pressure coefficients for a periodic array of spherical, spheroidal, and cylindrical particles inside a circular tube,” IMA Journal of Applied Mathematics 78, 32-58 (2013).

Jeffrey M. Davis and C. Pozrikidis, “Hydrodynamic instability of a suspension of spherical particles through a branching network of circular tubes,” Acta Mechanica 223, 529-540 (2012).

Jeffrey M. Davis and C. Pozrikidis, “Numerical simulation of unsteady blood flow through capillary networks,” Bulletin of Mathematical Biology 73, 1857-1880 (2011).

Naveen Tiwari and Jeffrey M. Davis, “Stability and pattern formation in an evaporating film flowing along an inclined, non-uniformly heated surface,” Journal of Colloid and Interface Science 355, 243-251 (2011).

Naveen Tiwari and Jeffery M. Davis, “Stabilization of thin liquid films flowing over locally-heated surfaces via substrate topography,” Physics of Fluids 22, 042106/1-12 (2010).

Naveen Tiwari and Jeffrey M. Davis, “Non-modal and nonlinear dynamics of perturbations to a volatile liquid film flowing over a locally heated surface,” Physics of Fluids 21, 102101/1-14 (2009).

Ranojoy D. Duffadar and Jeffrey M. Davis, “Dynamic adhesion behavior of micrometer-scale particles flowing over patchy surfaces with nanoscale electrostatic heterogeneity,” Journal of Colloid and Interface Science 326, 18-27 (2008).

Ranojoy D. Duffadar and Jeffrey M. Davis, “Interaction of micrometer-scale particles with nanotextured surfaces in shear flow,” Journal of Colloid and Interface Science 308, 20-29 (2007).

Jeffrey M. Davis, “Asymptotic analysis of liquid films dip-coated onto chemically micropatterned surfaces,” Physics of Fluids 17, 038101/1-5 (2005).

Honors

Phi Beta Kappa, MIT, 1999
Roger de Friez Hunneman Prize in Chemical Engineering, MIT, 1999
Gordon Y. S. Wu Fellowship in Engineering, Princeton University, 1999
George Van Ness Lothrop Honorific Fellowship, Princeton University, 2002
Honorary Teaching Recognition Award, UMass Chemical Engineering, 2006
3M Nontenured Faculty Award, 2006
Lilly Teaching Fellowship, 2007
Outstanding Teacher Award, University of Massachusetts, College of Engineering, 2007
NSF CAREER Award, 2007
Camille Dreyfus Teacher-Scholar Award, 2007
Outstanding Junior Faculty Award, UMass College of Engineering, 2008
Award for Outstanding Accomplishments in Research and Creative Activities, University of Massachusetts, 2010

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