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Investigating the effect of oil spills
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Vaseem Shaik

Purdue University

Department of Mechanical Engineering

585 Purdue Mall
West Lafayette, IN  47907  

vshaik@purdue.edu

Project List:

Role of Microbial Motility for Degradation of Dispersed Oil

Year 6-8 Investigator Grants (RFP-V)Role: Graduate Student - PhD Level, GoMRI Scholar

Publications & Presentations:

Journal Articles - 4

2019

Desai, N., Shaik, V. A., & Ardekani, A. M. (2019). Hydrodynamic Interaction Enhances Colonization of Sinking Nutrient Sources by Motile Microorganisms. Front. Microbiol., 10(Article 289).

2018

Desai, N., Shaik, V. A., & Ardekani, A. M. (2018). Hydrodynamics-mediated trapping of micro-swimmers near drops. Soft Matter, 14(2), 264–278.

2017

Shaik, V. A., & Ardekani, A. M. (2017). Motion of a model swimmer near a weakly deforming interface. J. Fluid Mech., 824, 42–73.
Shaik, V. A., & Ardekani, A. M. (2017). Point force singularities outside a drop covered with an incompressible surfactant: Image systems and their applications. Phys. Rev. Fluids, 2(11).

Conference Presentations - 3

2019

Desai, N., Shaik, V. A., & Ardekani, A. M. (2019). Influence of hydrodynamic interactions and chemotaxis on accumulation of bacteria near oil drops. In Gulf of Mexico Oil Spill & Ecosystem Science Conference 2019. New Orleans, LA : 02/04/19-02/07/19.
Desai, N., Shaik, V. A., & Ardekani, A. M. (2019). Bioremediation and motility: how fluid flow and nutrient distribution affect bacterial foraging. In 56th Society of Engineering Science Meeting, 2019. St. Louis, MO : 10/13/2019-10/15/19.
Desai, N., Shaik, V. A., & Ardekani, A. M. (2019). Hydrodynamic and chemotactic influences in bacterial foraging. In 72nd APS Division of Fluid Dynamics. Seattle, WA : 11/24/19-11/26/19.