Research
Interests |
Computational science and engineering; computational fluid dynamics;
non-Newtonian fluid mechanics.
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| Education |
University of California, Santa Barbara
Ph.D Chemical Engineering with Computational
Science and Engineering emphasis, September 2007
Thesis topic: Flow behavior of a model liquid crystalline polymer.
Primary advisors: L. Gary Leal from Chemical Engineering and
Carlos J. Garcia-Cervera and Hector D. Ceniceros
from Mathematics.
Developed and analyzed numerical algorithms for modeling of
Liquid Crystalline Polymer processing. Used computational and
analytical techniques to analyze flow-induced structural
modifications of molecular orientation and predictive capabilities
of the molecular-based Doi-Marrucci-Greco model.
Elective coursework included: Complex fluids (surfactants, colloids,
liquid crystals), Macromolecular structure and dynamics,
Numerical methods, High performance (parallel) computing.
University of Texas at Austin
B.S.E. Chemical Engineering, May 2000
Thesis topic: Microstructure formation via adsorption of tethered
nanoparticles. Advisor: Roger Bonnecaze.
Simulated the formation of two-dimensional films of nanoparticles
via a numerical study of two-dimensional random sequential
adsorption of tethered hard disks.
Elective coursework included: Microelectronics, Numerical methods,
Programming.
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| Experience |
University of Leeds, Polymer IRC
March 2006-present
Post-Doctoral Research Fellow in Polymer/molecular non-Newtonian Flow
Computation. Responsibilities include the incorporation of novel
constitutive equations for single-phase polymeric fluids into in-house
finite element codes, the simulation of the flow of these materials in
processing-type flow geometries, and critical evaluation of the ability
of the constitutive equations to model their behavior in typical
processing flows, including comparison with experimental data.
UCSB, Department of Chemical Engineering
Fall quarter, 2000
Teaching assistant for graduate-level fluid dynamics course
Advanced Transport Processes-Laminar Flow and Convective
Transport Processes.
Motorola
November 1995-December 1998
Device engineering technician.
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| Awards |
University Co-Op Undergraduate Intellectual
Achievement Award, 1999
National Science Foundation IGERT (Integrative Graduate
Education and Research Traineeship) Fellowship, 2003-2005
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| Publications |
D. H. Klein, C. J. Garcia-Cervera, H. D. Ceniceros, and L. G. Leal.
Three-dimensional, shear-driven dynamics of polydomain textures and
disclination loops in liquid crystalline polymers.
Submitted to Journal of Rheology, Oct 2007.
D. H. Klein, C. J. Garcia-Cervera, H. D. Ceniceros, and L. G. Leal.
Ericksen number and Deborah number cascade predictions of a model for
liquid crystalline polymers for simple shear flow.
Physics of Fluids, 19(2), 2007.
D. H. Klein, C. J. Garcia-Cervera, H. D. Ceniceros, and L. G. Leal.
Computational studies of the shear flow behaviour of a model for
nematic liquid crystalline polymers. In Rob May and A. J. Roberts,
editors, Proc. of 12th Computational Techniques and Applications
Conference CTAC-2004, volume 46, pages C210-C244, April 2005.
J. J. Gray, D. H. Klein, B. A. Korgel, and R. T. Bonnecaze.
Microstructure formation and kinetics in the random sequential
adsorption of polydisperse tethered nanoparticles modeled as hard
disks. Langmuir, 17(8):2317-2328, 2001.
J. J. Gray, D. H. Klein, R. T. Bonnecaze, and B. A. Korgel.
Non-equilibrium phase behavior during the random sequential
adsorption of tethered hard disks.
Physical Review Letters, 85(21):4430-4433, 2000.
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| Presentations |
Poster: D. H. Klein, C. Garcia-Cervera, H. D. Ceniceros,
and L. G. Leal.
Simple shear dynamics of a model for nematic
liquid crystalline polymers: the Ericksen and Deborah number cascades.
National Science Foundation 2005 IGERT Project Meeting,
Washington~D. C., May 2005.
Contributed talk: D. H. Klein, C. Garcia-Cervera, H. D. Ceniceros,
and L. G. Leal. Computational studies of the shear flow behavior of a
model for liquid crystalline polymers.
American Institute of Mathematical Sciences Fifth International
Conference on Dynamical Systems and Differential Equations,
Pomona, CA, June 2004.
Contributed talk: D. H. Klein and L. G. Leal.
Simulation of shear flow of a nematic liquid crystalline polymer.
American Institute of Chemical Engineers 2003 Annual Meeting,
San Francisco, CA, November 2003.
Poster: D. H. Klein, J. J. Gray, B. A. Korgel, and
R. T. Bonnecaze. Creation of surface nanostructures by adsorption
of tethered nanoparticles.
American Institute of Chemical Engineers 2000 Annual Meeting,
Dallas, TX, November 1999.
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Computing
Skills |
Extensive experience with Fortran 77/90, C/C++, Mathematica,
Matlab programming and OS X and Linux operating systems.
Also familiar with the extension of Fortran and C to parallel
computing environment using MPI libraries.
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| Memberships |
American Institute of Chemical Engineers
Society of Rheology
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| References |
Available upon request.
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