Graduate Research:
Fluid Mechanics Multi-phase Turbulent Flows
7. Vivek N. Prakash, J. M. Mercado, L. van Wijngaarden, E. Mancilla, Y. Tagawa, D. Lohse, and C. Sun
Energy spectra in turbulent bubbly flows
Journal of Fluid Mechanics, 791, 174-190 (2016)
6. V. Mathai, Vivek N. Prakash, J. Brons, C. Sun and D. Lohse
Wake-driven dynamics of finite-sized buoyant spheres in turbulence
Physical Review Letters, 115, 124501 (2015)
5. Y. Tagawa, I. Roghair, Vivek N. Prakash, M. van Sint Annaland, H. Kuipers, C. Sun, and D. Lohse
The clustering morphology of freely rising deformable bubbles
Journal of Fluid Mechanics, 721, R2 (2013)
4. Vivek N. Prakash, Y. Tagawa, E. Calzavarini, J. M. Mercado, F. Toschi, D. Lohse, and C. Sun
How gravity and size affect the acceleration statistics of bubbles in turbulence
New Journal of Physics, 14, 105017, (2012)
- New Journal of Physics ‘Research Highlights’ collection - 2012, 2013 [web link]
- New Journal of Physics focus issue on ‘Dynamics of Particles in Turbulence’ [web link]
- New Journal of Physics Video Abstract Prize - 2013 [web link]
3. J. M. Mercado*, Vivek N. Prakash*, Y. Tagawa, C. Sun, and D. Lohse
Lagrangian statistics of light particles in Turbulence
Physics of Fluids, 24, 055106 (2012)
[web link] [PDF] (*Equal authorship)
2. Y. Tagawa, J. M. Mercado, Vivek N. Prakash, E. Calzavarini, C. Sun, and D. Lohse
Three-dimensional Lagrangian Voronoi analysis for clustering of particles and bubbles in turbulence
Journal of Fluid Mechanics, 693, 201-215 (2012)
1. Vivek N. Prakash, K. R. Sreenivas, and J. H. Arakeri
The role of viscosity contrast on plume structure in laboratory modeling of mantle convection
Chemical Engineering Science, 158, 245-256 (2017)
17. Arnold J. T. M. Mathijssen*, Maciej Lisicki*, Vivek N. Prakash*, Endre J. L. Mossige*
Culinary fluid mechanics and other currents in food science,
Reviews of Modern Physics, 95, 025004 (2023)
*Corresponding authors
16. Fuller, Gerald G., Maciej Lisicki, Arnold J.T.M. Mathijssen, Endre J.L. Mossige, Rossana Pasquino, Vivek N. Prakash,
and Laurence Ramos. Kitchen flows: Making science more accessible, affordable, and curiosity driven
Physics of Fluids, 34, no. 11: 110401 (2022)
Biophysics
21. Setareh Gooshvar**, Gopika Madhu*, Melissa Ruszczyk^, and Vivek N. Prakash#
Non-bilaterians as Model Systems for Tissue Mechanics.
Integrative and Comparative Biology, 63, 6, 1442-1454 (2023)
**Undergraduate student mentee, *Graduate student mentee, ^Postdoctoral mentee
#Corresponding author
19. Patrick M. Kiel*, and Vivek N. Prakash**
Coral physiology: Going with the ciliary flow.
Current Biology, 32(19), pp.R998-R1000 (2022)
*Graduate student mentee
**Corresponding author
18. Mia J. Konjikusic, Chanjae Lee, Yang Yue, Bikram D. Shrestha*, Ange M. Nguimtsop, Amjad Horani, Steven Brody, Vivek N. Prakash, Ryan S. Gray, Kristen J. Verhey, and John B. Wallingford
Kif9 is an active kinesin motor required for ciliary beating and proximodistal patterning of motile axonemes
Journal of Cell Science, 136 (5): (2023)
*Graduate student mentee
Art + Science
Fluid Mechanics
Faculty career @ University of Miami
PUBLICATIONS
Postdoctoral Research: Organismal Biophysics
14. Vivek N. Prakash, M. S. Bull and M. Prakash
Motility induced fracture reveals a ductile to brittle crossover in the epithelial tissues of a simple animal
Nature Physics, 17, 504–511 (2021)
13. M. S. Bull, Vivek N. Prakash, and M. Prakash
Ciliary flocking and emergent instabilities enable collective agility in a non-neuromuscular animal
(under preparation) (2022)
12. W. Gilpin, Vivek N. Prakash, and M. Prakash
Rapid behavioral transitions produce chaotic mixing by a planktonic microswimmer
(under preparation) (2022)
11. W. Gilpin, Vivek N. Prakash, and M. Prakash
Dynamic vortex arrays created by starfish larvae
Physical Review Fluids, 2, 090501 (2017)
10. W. Gilpin, Vivek N. Prakash, and M. Prakash
Flowtrace: simple visualization of coherent structures in biological fluid flows
Journal of Experimental Biology, 220, 3411-3418 (2017)
Download Flowtrace here: www.flowtrace.org
Cover of Journal of Experimental Biology (Volume 220, 2017) [web link]
9. W. Gilpin, Vivek N. Prakash, and M. Prakash
Vortex arrays and entangled cilia underly the feeding vs. swimming tradeoff in sea star larvae
Nature Physics, 13, 380-386 (2017)
8. W. Gilpin, Vivek N. Prakash, and M. Prakash
Reply to 'Boundary effects on currents around ciliated larvae'
Nature Physics, 13, 521-522 (2017)
- News & Views: V. I. Fernandez & R. Stocker, Hydrodynamics: Modus vivendi, Nature Physics (2016) [web link]
- APS/DFD ‘Milton van Dyke Award’ (Video) - 2016 [web link]
- ‘First place’, Nikon Small World in Motion Competition - 2016 [web link]
- ‘Image of distinction’, Nikon Small World Photomicrography Competition - 2016 [web link]
- Media: Stanford News, New York Times, Nature News, Phys.org, Live Science, Science Daily, EurekAlert, Futurity, Popular Science, Business Insider, Daily mail, CBS News, Smithsonian, Vox, FYFD
15. Jenna Efrein, Carolyn (Jack) Delli-Santi**, and Vivek N. Prakash
Glass, Marine Biology, & Physics
Glass Art Society Journal, Pages 49-51 (2023)
**Undergraduate student mentee
-- Featured in Physics Magazine 'Arts and Culture':
"Modeling Tissue Mechanics with Molten Glass", Physics 17, 55 (2024)
Our poster entry for APS DSOFT "Gallery of Soft Matter" Competition 2024 [web link]
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