Stephen Davis
Walter P. Murphy Professor of Engineering Sciences and Applied Mathematics
Education
Ph.D. Mathematics, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Troy, NY
M.S. Mathematics, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Troy, NY
B.E.E. Electrical Engineering, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Troy, NY
Research Interests
Theoretical fluid mechanics; hydrodynamic stability and interfacial phenomena; material science; thin films and crystal growth; asymptotic and variational methods
Significant Recognition
- National Academy Of Engineering
- National Academy of Sciences
- American Academy of Arts and Sciences
- ISI Highly Cited Researcher
- G.I. Taylor Medal, Society Of Engineering Science 2001
- Fluid Dynamics Prize, American Physical Society 1994
Selected Publications
- E. J. Schwalbach, S. H. Davis, P. W. Voorhees, J. A. Warren and D. Wheeler, “Stability and topological transformations of liquid droplets on vapor-liquid-solid nanowires”, Journal of Applied Physics, (2012)
- P. S. Stewart and S. H. Davis, “Dynamics and stability of metallic foams: Network modeling”, Journal of Rheology, (2012)
- M. J. Blount, M. J. Miksis and S. H. Davis, “Fluid flow beneath a semipermeable membrane during drying processes”, Physical Review E, (2012)
- E. J. Schwalbach, S. H. Davis, P. W. Voorhees, D. Wheeler and J. A. Warren, “Liquid droplet dynamics and complex morphologies in vapor-liquid-solid nanowire growth”, Journal of Materials Research, (2011)
- Davis, S.H.; Davis, M.J.; Stewart, P.S., “A train of rising Bretherton bubbles”, Bulletin of the American Physical Society, (2011)
- Chopp, D.; Davis, S.; Peet, Y.; Miksis, M., “Computational analysis of fluid-structure interaction in blood vessels”, Bulletin of the American Physical Society, (2011)
- Davis, S.; Stewart, P.; Davis, M., “Solidification of molten metallic foams”, Bulletin of the American Physical Society, (2011)
- Davis, S.H.; Gratton, M.B., “The dynamics of foams with mobile interfaces”, Bulletin of the American Physical Society, (2011)
