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Daniel Attinger

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Daniel Attinger
Assistant Professor
230 S. W. Mudd, Mail Code: 4703

Phone: +1 212-854-2841
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Daniel Attinger joined the Mechanical Engineering Department of Columbia University in 2005 as an assistant professor. He founded the Laboratory for Microscale Transport Phenomena. His research investigates the transport of heat, momentum, and energy at the micrometer scale. He focuses particularly on interfacial phenomena in the presence of drops, bubbles, and microspheres.
Daniel Attinger is the recipient of the ETH Zurich silver medal (2001), and a 2005 NSF Career award for young investigators. He is a member of the Association for Laboratory Automation and of the American Society of Mechanical Engineers.


Publications

Ph.D. Thesis
Attinger, D., An Investigation of Molten Microdroplet Surface Deposition: Transient Behavior, Wetting Angle Dynamics and Substrate Melting Phenomenon, in Mechanical Engineering. 2001, Eidgenoessische Technische Hochschule (ETH): Zurich. 127 pages

Invited Book Chapters

  1. D. Attinger, S. Haferl, Z. Zhao, and D. Poulikakos, "Transport Phenomena in the Impact of a Molten Droplet on a Surface: Macroscopic Phenomenology and Microscopic Considerations. Part II Heat Transfer and Solidification," Annual Review of Heat Transfer, Vol. XI, pp. 145-205, Begell House, NY, 2000.
  2. S. Haferl, Z. Zhao, J. Giannakouros, D. Attinger, and D. Poulikakos, "Transport Phenomena in the Impact of a Molten Droplet on a Surface: Macroscopic Phenomenology and Microscopic Considerations. Part I Fluid Dynamics", Annual Review of Heat Transfer, Vol. XI, pp. 65-143, Begell House, NY, 2000

Journal Articles

 
  1. Wang, X., F. Moraga, and D. Attinger, A micro-rotor driven by an acoustic bubble. Microscale Thermophysical Engineering. (accepted for publication, July 2005).
  2. 2. Chio, H., M.J. Jensen, X. Wang, H. Bruus, and D. Attinger, Transient pressure drops of gas bubbles passing through liquid-filled microchannel contractions: an experimental and numerical study. J. Micromech. Microeng., 2006. 16(143-149).
  3. Chang, S., D. Attinger, F.-P. Chiang, Y. Zhao, and R. Patel, SIEM Measurements of Ultimate Tensile Strength and Tensile Modulus of Jetted, UV Cured Cationic Resin Microsamples. Journal of Rapid Prototyping, 2004. 10 (3): p. 193-199.
  4. Attinger, D. and D. Poulikakos, On Quantifying Interfacial Thermal and Surface Energy during Molten Microdroplet Surface Deposition. Journal of Atomization and Spray, 2003. 13(218): p. 309-319.
  5. D. Attinger and D. Poulikakos, "Melting and Resolidification of a Substrate caused by Molten Microdroplet Impact," ASME Journal of Heat Transfer Vol. 123, pp. 1110-1121, 2001.
  6. D. Attinger, Z. Zhao, and D. Poulikakos, "An Experimental Study of Molten Microdroplet Surface Deposition and Solidification: Transient Behavior and Wetting Angle Dynamics", ASME Journal of Heat Transfer Vol. 122 (3), pp. 544-556, 2000.

Conference Articles
  1. Jensen, M.J., X. Wang, D. Attinger, and H. Bruus. Clogging pressures of bubbles in microchannel contractions: theory and experiments. in Nanotech 2004. 2004. Boston, Massachusetts.
  2. Chow, C.K. and D. Attinger. Visualization and Measurements of Microdroplet Impact Dynamics on a Curved Substrate. in ASME_JSME Joint Fluids Engineering Conference. 2003. Honolulu, Hawai: ASME, New York.
  3. Attinger, D. Using Drops and Bubbles to Carry and Transform Energy at the Microscale, with presentation of a Novel Rotary Microengine. Keynote lecture scheduled August 10 2004 at MECT-04 Conference. 2004. Seoul, Korea.
  4. D. Attinger, B. van der Schoot and M. Boillat, "Applications and Development of a Microsensor-Controlled Liquid Handling System for Drug Research and Biotechnology." 2001 Technology Leadership Day Conference, Technical University of Fribourg, Switzerland.
  5. D. Attinger, Z. Zhao and D. Poulikakos, "On Factors influencing the Wetting Angle after a Molten Microdroplet Impacts a Surface, " ICLASS-2000 Conference, Pasadena, California, 2000, pp. 235-243.
  6. D. Attinger, V. Butty, S. E. Haferl and D. Poulikakos, "Numerical Modeling of Microdroplet Impact and Solidification with Substrate Melting, " ICTAM-2000 Conference, Chicago, Illinois.
  7. D. Attinger, Z. Zhao and D. Poulikakos, "Visualization and Measurements of Picoliter-Size Molten Droplet Impact Dynamics and Solidification on a Surface," ASME International Mechanical Engineering Congress and Exposition, Nashville, Tennessee, 1999, HTD-Vol. 364-3, pp. 159-169.