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75
Citations
22693
World Ranking
285
National Ranking
141

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2020 - Member of the National Academy of Sciences
  • 2014 - Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences
  • 2012 - Fluid Dynamics Prize, American Physical Society (APS)
  • 1999 - Member of the National Academy of Engineering For work in elucidating the basic mechanics of and developing methods for the simulation of multiphase flows.

Overview

John F. Brady is affiliated with the California Institute of Technology in the United States and has contributed extensively to research in physics, engineering, and materials science. Their body of work encompasses subfields such as condensed matter physics, materials chemistry, statistical and nonlinear physics, biomedical engineering, and computational mechanics.

The scientist's research covers a range of topics including micro and nano robotics, advanced thermodynamics and statistical mechanics, material dynamics and properties, Pickering emulsions and particle stabilization, microfluidic and bio-sensing technologies, particle dynamics in fluid flows, and Lattice Boltzmann simulation studies.

Their recent publications include:

  • "Microscopic origins of the swim pressure and the anomalous surface tension of active matter", 2020, Physical Review E
  • "Mechanical theory of nonequilibrium coexistence and motility-induced phase separation", 2023, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
  • "Upstream swimming and Taylor dispersion of active Brownian particles", 2020, Physical Review Fluids
  • "A hydrodynamic model for discontinuous shear-thickening in dense suspensions", 2020, Journal of Rheology
  • "AI-aided geometric design of anti-infection catheters", 2024, Science Advances

Frequent publication venues for their work include:

  • arXiv (Cornell University)
  • Journal of Fluid Mechanics
  • Soft Matter
  • Physical Review E
  • The Journal of Chemical Physics

Collaborators who have appeared most often alongside this scientist are:

  • Zhiwei Peng
  • Ahmad K. Omar
  • Tingtao Zhou
  • Stewart A. Mallory
  • Gwynn J. Elfring

John F. Brady's recognized distinctions include membership in prestigious organizations and awards such as:

  • Member of the National Academy of Sciences (2020)
  • Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences (2014)
  • Fluid Dynamics Prize from the American Physical Society (2012)
  • Member of the National Academy of Engineering (1999), recognized for work elucidating the mechanics of multiphase flows and developing simulation methods

Best Publications

  • Shear thickening in colloidal dispersions

    Norman J. Wagner;John F. Brady

  • Pressure-driven flow of suspensions : simulation and theory

    Prabhu R. Nott;John F. Brady

  • The rheology of concentrated suspensions of spheres in simple shear flow by numerical simulation

    John F. Brady;Georges Bossis

  • Dynamic simulation of hydrodynamically interacting particles

    L. Durlofsky;J. F. Brady;G. Bossis

  • Dispersion in fixed beds

    Donald L. Koch;John F. Brady

  • The rheology of Brownian suspensions

    G. Bossis;J. F. Brady

  • The rheological behavior of concentrated colloidal dispersions

    John F. Brady

  • Structure, diffusion and rheology of Brownian suspensions by Stokesian Dynamics simulation

    David R. Foss;John F. Brady

  • Accelerated Stokesian Dynamics simulations

    Asimina Sierou;John F. Brady

  • Microstructure of strongly sheared suspensions and its impact on rheology and diffusion

    John F. Brady;Jeffrey F. Morris

  • Analysis of the Brinkman equation as a model for flow in porous media

    L. Durlofsky;J. F. Brady

  • Swim pressure: stress generation in active matter.

    S. C. Takatori;W. Yan;J. F. Brady

  • Dynamic simulation of sheared suspensions. I. General method

    Georges Bossis;John F. Brady

  • Chaos and threshold for irreversibility in sheared suspensions

    D. J. Pine;D. J. Pine;Jerry P. Gollub;Jerry P. Gollub;J. F. Brady;A. M. Leshansky

  • Stokesian Dynamics simulation of Brownian suspensions

    Thanh N. Phung;John F. Brady;Georges Bossis

  • Rheology and microstructure in concentrated noncolloidal suspensions

    A. Sierou;J. F. Brady

  • Dynamic simulation of hydrodynamically interacting suspensions

    John F. Brady;Ronald J. Phillips;Julia C. Lester;Georges Bossis

  • Dynamic simulation of an electrorheological fluid

    R. T. Bonnecaze;J. F. Brady

  • Yield stresses in electrorheological fluids

    R. T. Bonnecaze;J. F. Brady

  • Accelerated Stokesian dynamics: Brownian motion

    Adolfo J. Banchio;John F. Brady

Frequent Co-Authors

Donald L. Koch
Donald L. Koch Cornell University
Jeffrey F. Morris
Jeffrey F. Morris City College of New York
Louis J. Durlofsky
Louis J. Durlofsky Stanford University
Roger T. Bonnecaze
Roger T. Bonnecaze The University of Texas at Austin
Zhen-Gang Wang
Zhen-Gang Wang California Institute of Technology
Andreas Acrivos
Andreas Acrivos City University of New York
Jerry P. Gollub
Jerry P. Gollub Haverford College
David J. Pine
David J. Pine New York University
Stefan U. Egelhaaf
Stefan U. Egelhaaf Heinrich Heine University Düsseldorf
Wilson C. K. Poon
Wilson C. K. Poon University of Edinburgh

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