Arun Ramchandran

Arun RamchandranProfessor
B. Chem. Eng. (Institute of Chemical Technology, Mumbai), Ph.D. (University of Notre Dame)

Canada Research Chair in Engineered Soft Materials and Interfaces, Tier II
Principal Investigator
, Laboratory of Complex Fluids

Website: Laboratory of Complex Fluids 

Room: WB368 | Tel: 416-978-4162 | Email: arun.ramchandran@utoronto.ca

Honours & Awards

Humboldt Research Fellowship for Experienced Researchers, 2021-2022.
Canadian Journal of Chemical Engineering Lectureship Award, 2019.
NSERC Discovery Accelerator Supplement, 2018-2020.
Canada Research Chair (Tier II) in Engineered Soft Materials and Interfaces, 2017-2022.
Bill Burgess Teacher of the Year Award for large classes in the Department of Chemical Engineering and Applied Chemistry, University of Toronto, 2014.
Ontario Ministry of Research and Innovation Early Researcher Award, 2014.
North American Mixing Forum Early Career Excellence Award in Mixing, 2013.

Memberships

American Institute of Chemical Engineers (AIChE)
Canadian Society for Chemical Engineering (CSChE)
Society of Rheology
Professional engineers, Ontario
Humboldt Association of Canada

Research Interests

Our research group focuses on generating fundamental understanding in the area of suspensions of rigid and deformable particles (e.g. drops, elastic particles and vesicles), at the level of a few particles and also at high volume fractions. A detailed description of the research areas and projects in our group is available on our lab website.

All projects involve analytical, numerical and experimental components, and the experimental side requires, in particular, a significant effort in building new devices from scratch. So, if you like theory, or computation, or rigging up widgets, or perhaps even all of these, our group has some interesting projects to offer. Contact Prof. Ramachandran at arun.ramchandran@utoronto.ca for more details.

Selected Publications

A. Farahvash, S. Marafon, V. Juncal, N. Figueiredo, A. Ramachandran, R. H. Muni, “Effects of tamponade type used in rhegmatogenous retinal detachment repair on the ensuing retinal displacement: A Computer Simulation Model”, submitted to Acta Ophthalmologica (2021) [4.2].

A. Farahvash, S. Marafon, V. Juncal, N. Figueiredo, A. Ramachandran, R. H. Muni, “Understanding the Mechanism of Retinal Displacement Following Rhegmatogenous Retinal Detachment Repair: A Computer Simulation Model”, accepted in Acta Ophthalmologica (2021) [4.2].

T. M. Ho, A. Razzaghi, A. Ramachandran and K. S. Mikkonen, “Emulsion characterization via microfluidic devices: A review on interfacial tension and stability to coalescence”, accepted in Adv. Colloid Int. Sci. (2021) [12.1].

S. Borkar and A. Ramachandran, “Substrate colonization by an emulsion drop prior to wetting”, Nat. Commun. 12, 5734 (2021) [12.8].

W. W. Lee, A. Ramachandran, H. Hamli, L. C. Escaf, A. Bansal, and R. H. Muni, “Immediate subretinal fluid displacement from the buoyant force of a small gas bubble in pneumatic retinopexy: Insights into the potential mechanism of retinal displacement following retinal detachment repair”, Retinal Cases and Brief Reports (2021) [0.79].

S. Chakraborty and A. Ramachandran, “A macrotransport equation for the Hele-Shaw flow of suspensions”, J. Fluid Mech. 924 (2021) [3.9].

W. Gao, N. Vaezzadeh, K. Chow, H. Chen, P. Lavender, M. D. Jeronimo, A. McAllister, O. Laselva, J. –X. Jiang, B. K. Gage, S. Ogawa, A. Ramachandran, C. E. Bear, G. M. Keller, and A. Günther, “One-Step Formation of Protein-Based Tubular Structures for Functional Devices and Tissues”, Advanced Healthcare Materials 10, 2001746 (2021) [9.0].

H. Savoji, H. D. H. Locke; M. H. Mohammadi, B. Lai, R. N. Benjamin, D. Bannerman, M. Shoaib, E. Bobicki, A. Ramachandran, M. Radisic, “3D printing of vascular tubes using bioelastomer prepolymers by freeform reversible embedding”, ACS Biomaterials Science & Engineering 6, 1333-1343 (2020) (Cover article) [5.3].

R. Xie, A. Korolj, R.X.Z. Lu, B. Zhang, A. Ramchandran, Q. Liang and M. Radisic, “h-FIBER: Microfluidic topographical hollow fiber for studies of glomerular filtration barrier”, ACS Central Science 6, 903-912 (2020) [15.4].

S. Goel, N. Joshi, M. S. Uddin, S. Ng, E. J. Acosta and A. Ramachandran, “The interfacial tension of the water-diluted bitumen system at high bitumen concentrations measured using a microfluidic technique”, Langmuir, in a special edition to honour Prof. Jacob Israelachvili, 35, 15170-15722 (2019) [3.9] [Invited].