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Mehdi Molaei

Texas Tech University

Department of Mechanical Engineering

Whitacre College of Engineering
Box 41021
Lubbock, TX  79409  

mehdi.molaei@ttu.edu

Project List:

Dispersion Research on Oil: Physics and Plankton Studies II (DROPPS II)

Year 5-7 Consortia Grants (RFP-IV)Role: Graduate Student - PhD Level

Dispersion Research on Oil: Physics and Plankton Studies (DROPPS)

Year 2-4 Consortia Grants (RFP-I)Role: GoMRI Scholar, Graduate Student - PhD Level

Publications & Presentations:

Journal Articles - 6

2020

Deng, J., Molaei, M., Chisholm, N. G., & Stebe, K. J. (2020). Motile Bacteria at Oil-Water Interfaces:Pseudomonas aeruginosa. Langmuir, 36(25), 6888–6902.

2018

Vaccari, L., Molaei, M., Leheny, R. L., & Stebe, K. J. (2018). Cargo carrying bacteria at interfaces. Soft Matter, 14(27), 5643–5653.

2017

Vaccari, L., Molaei, M., Niepa, T. H. R., Lee, D., Leheny, R. L., & Stebe, K. J. (2017). Films of bacteria at interfaces. Advances in Colloid and Interface Science, 247, 561–572.

2016

Molaei, M., & Sheng, J. (2016). Succeed escape: Flow shear promotes tumbling of Escherichia colinear a solid surface. Sci. Rep., 6, 35290.

2014

Molaei, M., Barry, M., Stocker, R., & Sheng, J. (2014). Failed Escape: Solid Surfaces Prevent Tumbling of Escherichia coli. Phys. Rev. Lett., 113(6), 068103.
Molaei, M., & Sheng, J. (2014). Imaging bacterial 3D motion using digital in-line holographic microscopy and correlation-based de-noising algorithm. Opt. Express, 22(26), 32119–32137.

Conference Presentations - 18

2019

Deng, J., Molaei, M., Chisholm, N. G., Crocker, J. C., & Stebe, K. J. (2019). Surface active layersof bacteria at oil-water interfaces. In 93rd ACS Colloid & Surface Science Symposium. Atlanta, GA : 06/16/19-06/19/19.
Molaei, M., Chisholm, N. G., Crocker, J. C., & Stebe, K. J. (2019). Displacement fields in complex interfaces owing to thermal andactive motions. In Harrington Symposium on the Physics of Microfluidics. Austin, TX : 06/09/19-06/11/19: Poster.
Molaei, M., Deng, J., Chisholm, N., & Stebe, K. (2019). Swimming Bacteria at Complex Fluid Interfaces. In 2019 American Institute of Chemical Engineers (AIChE) Annual Meeting. Orlando, FL : 11/10/19-11/15/19.
Molaei, M., Deng, J., Yao, T., Chisholm, N., Cocker, J., & Stebe, K. (2019). Flow Field on the interface induced by swimming and driven colloids. In 72nd Annual Meeting of the American Physical Society Division of Fluid Dynamics. Seattle, WA : 11/23/19-11/26/19.

2018

Vaccari, L., Molaei, M., Chisholm, N., Leheny, R., & Stebe, K. (2018). Cargo-Carrying Bacteria at Oil-Water Interfaces. In Gulf of Mexico Oil Spill & Ecosystem Science Conference 2018. New Orleans, LA : 02/05/18-02/08/18.

2017

Vaccari, L., Molaei, M., Leheny, R., & Stebe, K. (2017). Bacteria and Transport of Colloids at Fluid Interfaces. In Gulf of Mexico Oil Spill & Ecosystem Science Conference 2017. New Orleans, LA : 02/06/17-02/09/17: Poster.
Vaccari, L., Molaei, M., Leheny, R., & Stebe, K. (2017). Bacteria and Transport of Colloids at Fluid Interfaces. In Society of Rheology 88th Annual Meeting. Tampa, FL : 02/12/17-02/16/17.

2016

Molaei, M., Jalali-Mousavi, M., & Sheng, J. (2016). Interactions of Passive and Active Marine Particles at the Oil-Water Interfaces. In Gulf of Mexico Oil Spill & Ecosystem Science Conference 2016. Tampa, FL : 02/01/16-02/04/16: poster.
Vaccari, L., Niepa, T. H., Molaei, M., Sharifi-Mood, N., Leheny, R., & Stebe, K. (2016). Complex colloidal motion at oil-water interfaces with bacteria. In 90th ACS Colloid & Surface Science Symposium. Cambridge, MA : 06/05/16-06/08/216.

2015

Molaei, M., Jalali-Mousavi, M., & Sheng, J. (2015). Effect of motility on bacterial encounter rate with oil droplet. In Gulf of Mexico Oil Spill & Ecosystem Science Conference 2015. Houston, TX : 02/16/15-02/19/15.
Molaei, M., & Sheng, J. (2015). Tumbling and quasi-tumbling motions of E. coli over a solid surface under shear flow. In 68th Annual Meeting of the APS Divison of Fluid Dynamics. Boston, MA : 11/22/15-11/24/15.
Sheng, J., Jalali-Mousavi, M., & Molaei, M. (2015). Microfluidic experiments to quantify microbe encountering oil water interface. In 68th Annual Meeting of the APS Divison of Fluid Dynamics. Boston, MA : 11/22/15-11/24/15.

2014

Jalali-Mousavi, M., Molaei, M., Stebe, K., & Sheng, J. (2014). Bacterial adhesion and biofilm formation over substrates with micro-scale oily textures. In 88th ACS 2014 Colloid & Surface Science Symposium. Philadelphia, PA : 6/22/2014-06/25/2014.
Molaei, M., Jalali-Mousavi, M., Vaccari, L., Stebe, K., & Sheng, J. (2014). Bacterial locomotion near oil-water interface. In 88th ACS 2014 Colloid & Surface Science Symposium. Philadelphia, PA : 6/22/2014-06/25/2014.
Molaei, M., & Sheng, J. (2014). Motion of motile bacteria near a solid surface under shear flows. In 67th Annual Meeting of the APS Division of Fluid Dynamics. San Francisco, CA : 11/23/2014-11/25/2014.
Sheng, J., & Molaei, M. (2014). Bacterial encountering with oil droplet. In 67th Annual Meeting of the APS Division of Fluid Dynamics. San Francisco, CA : 11/23/2014-11/25/2014.

2013

Sheng, J., Jalali-Mousavi, M., Molaei, M., Vaccari, L., & Stebe, K. (2013). Bacterial motility near the sheared complex boundaries using DHM + microfluidics platform. In Gulf of Mexico Oil Spill & Ecosystem Science Conference 2013. New Orleans, LA: 01/21/2013-01/23/2013.
Sheng, J., Molaei, M., & Jalali-Mousavi, M. (2013). Bacteria near a surface patterned with hydrophilic and hydrophobic regions. In Gulf of Mexico Oil Spill & Ecosystem Science Conference 2013. New Orleans, LA: 01/21/2013-01/23/2013.