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Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering

D-Index
51
Citations
11932
World Ranking
1100
National Ranking
446

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2014 - Fellow, National Academy of Inventors
  • 2012 - Member of the National Academy of Engineering For studies of atomization, turbulent mixing, and heat transfer and for the development of medical devices.
  • 2000 - Fellow of American Physical Society (APS) Citation For landmark contributions to the fundamental understanding of combustion, free shear flows, particlefluid interaction, and turbulence induced atomization of imiscible fluids

Overview

Juan C. Lasheras was affiliated with the University of California, San Diego in the United States. Their research spanned multiple areas within medicine and biochemistry, genetics, and molecular biology, with a focus on cellular mechanics, adhesion molecules, and biomedical engineering.

Their main fields of study included:

  • Medicine
  • Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology

More specifically, their subfields of research covered:

  • Cell Biology
  • Immunology and Allergy
  • Biomedical Engineering
  • Immunology
  • Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience

Juan C. Lasheras's work addressed several key topics such as:

  • Cellular Mechanics and Interactions
  • Cell Adhesion Molecules Research
  • 3D Printing in Biomedical Research
  • Cerebrospinal fluid and hydrocephalus
  • Neutrophil, Myeloperoxidase and Oxidative Mechanisms
  • Parasites and Host Interactions
  • Pulmonary Hypertension Research and Treatments

The scientist published extensively in several venues, with frequent publications in:

  • Biophysical Journal
  • arXiv (Cornell University)
  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • Frontiers in Cell and Developmental Biology
  • Journal of Fluid Mechanics

Among recent publications are the following works:

  • Elucidating the Biomechanics of Leukocyte Transendothelial Migration by Quantitative Imaging, 2021, Frontiers in Cell and Developmental Biology
  • A model for the oscillatory flow in the cerebral aqueduct, 2020, Journal of Fluid Mechanics
  • Modelling and direct numerical simulation of flow and solute dispersion in the spinal subarachnoid space, 2021, Applied Mathematical Modelling
  • The interplay between matrix deformation and the coordination of turning events governs directed neutrophil migration in 3D matrices, 2021, Science Advances
  • Transmantle Pressure Computed from MR Imaging Measurements of Aqueduct Flow and Dimensions, 2021, American Journal of Neuroradiology

Their frequent co-authors included:

  • Juan C. del Álamo
  • Yi-Ting Yeh
  • Ernesto Criado-Hidalgo
  • Shu Chien
  • Antoni Garcia-Herreros

Throughout their career, Juan C. Lasheras received several awards including:

  • Fellow, National Academy of Inventors (2014)
  • Member of the National Academy of Engineering (2012) for studies of atomization, turbulent mixing, and heat transfer and for the development of medical devices
  • Fellow of American Physical Society (APS) (2000) for contributions in combustion, free shear flows, particle-fluid interaction, and turbulence-induced atomization of immiscible fluids

Best Publications

  • Liquid Jet Instability and Atomization in a Coaxial Gas Stream

    Juan C. Lasheras;E. J. Hopfinger

  • On the breakup of an air bubble injected into a fully developed turbulent flow. Part 1. Breakup frequency

    C. Martínez-Bazán;J. L. Montañés;J. C. Lasheras

  • Break-up and atomization of a round water jet by a high-speed annular air jet

    J. C. Lasheras;E. Villermaux;E. J. Hopfinger

  • Effect of preferential concentration on the settling velocity of heavy particles in homogeneous isotropic turbulence

    Alberto Aliseda;Alain H. Cartellier;F. Hainaux;Juan C. Lasheras

  • Transition from dripping to jetting

    Christophe Clanet;Juan C. Lasheras

  • Three-dimensional instability of a plane free shear layer: an experimental study of the formation and evolution of streamwise vortices

    J. C. Lasheras;H. Choi

  • The Biomechanics of Arterial Aneurysms

    Juan C. Lasheras

  • On the origin and evolution of streamwise vortical structures in a plane, free shear layer

    J. C. Lasheras;J. S. Cho;T. Maxworthy

  • Initial breakup of a small-diameter liquid jet by a high-speed gas stream

    C.M. Varga;Juan C. Lasheras;Emil J. Hopfinger

  • On the breakup of an air bubble injected into a fully developed turbulent flow. Part 2. Size PDF of the resulting daughter bubbles

    C. Martínez-Bazán;J. L. Montañés;J. C. Lasheras

  • A review of statistical models for the break-up of an immiscible fluid immersed into a fully developed turbulent flow

    J.C. Lasheras;C. Eastwood;C. Martı́nez-Bazán;J.L. Montañés

  • Selective organ cooling apparatus and method

    John D. Dobak;Juan C. Lasheras

  • Device for applications of selective organ cooling

    John D. Dobak;Juan C. Lasheras;Randell L. Werneth

  • Atomization of viscous and non-newtonian liquids by a coaxial, high-speed gas jet. Experiments and droplet size modeling

    A. Aliseda;E.J. Hopfinger;J.C. Lasheras;D.M. Kremer

  • THE ELECTROSTATIC SPRAY EMITTED FROM AN ELECTRIFIED CONICAL MENISCUS

    A.M. Gañán-Calvo;J.C. Lasheras;J. Dávila;A. Barrero

  • Experimental and numerical investigation of the three-dimensional transition in plane wakes

    E. Meiburg;J. C. Lasheras

  • Flow changes caused by the sequential placement of stents across the neck of sidewall cerebral aneurysms.

    Gádor Cantón;David I. Levy;Juan C. Lasheras;Peter K. Nelson

  • Particle dispersion in a turbulent, plane, free shear layer

    B. J. Lázaro;J. C. Lasheras

  • Inflatable catheter for selective organ heating and cooling and method of using the same

    John D. Dobak;Juan C. Lasheras

  • Improved lumen design for catheter

    Randell L. Werneth;Kevin P. Gilmartin;Steven A. Yon;Juan C. Lasheras

Frequent Co-Authors

Richard A. Firtel
Richard A. Firtel University of California, San Diego
Shu Chien
Shu Chien University of California, San Diego
Emil J. Hopfinger
Emil J. Hopfinger Grenoble Alpes University
Eckart Meiburg
Eckart Meiburg University of California, Santa Barbara
Jean-Marc Chomaz
Jean-Marc Chomaz École Polytechnique
Alfonso M. Gañán-Calvo
Alfonso M. Gañán-Calvo University of Seville
Shyni Varghese
Shyni Varghese Duke University
Stephen M. Black
Stephen M. Black Florida International University
Conor R. Caffrey
Conor R. Caffrey University of Montana
Alison L. Marsden
Alison L. Marsden Stanford University

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