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Andrew White

Texas A&M University-Corpus Christi

Department of Mechanical Engineering

6300 Ocean Dr.
Corpus Christi, TX  78411  

andrew.white@tamucc.edu

Project List:

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

Year 8-10 Research Grants (RFP-VI)Role: Post-Doc

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

Year 5-7 Consortia Grants (RFP-IV)Role: Post-Doc

Publications & Presentations:

Journal Articles - 3

2020

White, A. R., Jalali, M., Boufadel, M. C., & Sheng, J. (2020). Bacteria forming drag-increasing streamers on a drop implicates complementary fates of rising deep-sea oil droplets. Sci Rep, 10(1).
White, A. R., Jalali, M., & Sheng, J. (2020). Hydrodynamics of a Rising Oil Droplet With Bacterial Extracellular Polymeric Substance (EPS) Streamers Using a Microfluidic Microcosm. Front. Mar. Sci., 7, Article 294.

2018

Jalali, M., White, A. R., Marti, J., & Sheng, J. (2018). Fabrication and characterization of a scalable surface textured with pico-liter oil drops for mechanistic studies of bacteria-oil interactions. Sci Rep, 8(1).

Conference Presentations - 20

2020

Sheng, J., Jalali-Mousavi, M., & White, A. (2020). Viscoelasticity of Polymeric Streamers Formed by Bacteria Over a Rising Oil Droplet. In Gulf of Mexico Oil Spill & Ecosystem Science Conference 2020. Tampa, FL : 02/03/20-02/06/20.

2019

Jalali-Mousavi, M., White, A., & Sheng, J. (2019). Assessment of the change of crude oil microdroplets exposed to different bacteria species and consortia under different flow velocities. In Gulf of Mexico Oil Spill & Ecosystem Science Conference 2019. New Orleans, LA : 02/04/19-02/07/19: Poster.
Sheng, J., Jalali-Mousavi, M., & White, A. (2019). Path to dirty blizzard from deep-sea oil plume: Bacteria form streamers on rising droplets to increase drag. In Gulf of Mexico Oil Spill & Ecosystem Science Conference 2019. New Orleans, LA : 02/04/19-02/07/19: Poster.
Sheng, J., White, A., & Jalali-Mousavi, M. (2019). Examining role of composition on the formtion of extracellular polymeric substance (EPS) aggregates over a rising oil micro-droplet under shear. In 72nd Annual Meeting of the American Physical Society Division of Fluid Dynamics. Seattle, WA : 11/23/19-11/26/19.
White, A., & Jalali-Mousavi, M. (2019). Viscoelasticity of a bacterial extracellular polymeric substance (EPS) streamer filament using micro-rheology and microfluidics. In 72nd Annual Meeting of the American Physical Society Division of Fluid Dynamics. Seattle, WA : 11/23/19-11/26/19.
White, A. R., Jalali-Mousavi, M., Bacosa, H. P., Xu, C., Chin, W., Schwehr, K. A., et al. (2019). Drastic Differences in Aggregation on a Rising Oil Droplet Caused by Different EPS. In Gulf of Mexico Oil Spill & Ecosystem Science Conference 2019. New Orleans, LA : 02/04/19-02/07/19.

2018

Amaro, M. B., White, A. R., & Sheng, J. (2018). Standing Wave Tank Facility for Mechanistic Studies of Planktonic Interactions with Oil Slicks. In 2018 Indiana Louis Stokes Alliance for Minority Participation (IN LSAMP) Annual Conference. Indianapolis, IN : 10/19/18-10/19/18: Poster.
Jalali-Mousavi, M., White, A., & Sheng, J. (2018). Microfluidic studies of morphological changes of crude oil microdroplets exposed to different bacteria species and consortia under different flow velocities. In 71st Annual Meeting of the APS Division of Fluid Dynamics. Atlanta, GA : 11/18/18-11/20/18.
Schawe, H., White, A. R., & Sheng, J. (2018). Characterization of Particulate Formation in and Rheological Properties of Suspensions of Microbial Consortia Exposed to Crude with and without Dispersant. In Gulf of Mexico Oil Spill & Ecosystem Science Conference 2018. New Orleans, LA : 02/05/18-02/08/18: Poster.
Sheng, J., White, A., & Jalali-Mousavi, M. (2018). Path to dirty blizzard from Deepwater Horizon deep-sea plume: Bacteria form streamers on rising oil droplets to increase drag. In 71st Annual Meeting of the APS Division of Fluid Dynamics. Atlanta, GA : 11/18/18-11/20/18.
White, A., Jalali-Mousavi, M., Bacosa, H., Santschi, P., Quigg, A., & Sheng, J. (2018). The effect of bacterial secretion composition on the aggregation of particles at a liquid?liquid interface. In 92nd ACS Colloid & Surface Science Symposium. State College, PA : 06/10/18-06/13/18.
White, A., Jalali-Mousavi, M., & Sheng, J. (2018). How Does Marine Oil Snow Initiate on a Rising Micro-Scale Crude Oil Droplet? In Gulf of Mexico Oil Spill & Ecosystem Science Conference 2018. New Orleans, LA : 02/05/18-02/08/18.
White, A., Jalali-Mousavi, M., & Sheng, J. (2018). The increased drag of a rising oil droplet induced by the attachment of extracellular polymeric streamers produced by bacteria. In 92nd ACS Colloid & Surface Science Symposium. State College, PA : 06/10/18-06/13/18.
White, A., Jalali-Mousavi, M., & Sheng, J. (2018). Non-invasive micro-rheology of a single bacterium-scale filament of extracellular polymeric substances using oscillating flow. In 71st Annual Meeting of the APS Division of Fluid Dynamics. Atlanta, GA : 11/18/18-11/20/18.
White, A. R., Jalali-Mousavi, M., Bacosa, H. P., Xu, C., Chin, W., Schwehr, K. A., et al. (2018). The Effect of EPS Composition on the Aggregate Formation on a Crude Oil Drop Interface. In Gulf of Mexico Oil Spill & Ecosystem Science Conference 2018. New Orleans, LA : 02/05/18-02/08/18.

2017

Amaro, M., White, A., Jalali, M., & Sheng, J. (2017). Flow Analysis of a Rising Crude Oil Micro-Droplet Affected by Attached Microbial Streamers. In 70th Annual Meeting of the American Physical Society Division of Fluid Dynamics. Denver, CO : 11/19/17-11/21/17.
Miranda, M., White, A., Jalali, M., & Sheng, J. (2017). Continuous Microfluidics, Ecology-on-a-Chip, Experiments for Long Term Observation of Bacteria at Liquid-Liquid Interfaces. In 70th Annual Meeting of the American Physical Society Division of Fluid Dynamics. Denver, CO : 11/19/17-11/21/17.
Sheng, J., White, A., & Jalali, M. (2017). Bacteria Interface Interactions in Ecology-on-a-Chip by Holographic Microscopy and Interferometry. In 70th Annual Meeting of the American Physical Society Division of Fluid Dynamics. Denver, CO : 11/19/17-11/21/17.
White, A., Jalali, M., Miranda, M., Amaro, M., & Sheng, J. (2017). A Route to Marine Oil Snow: Bacteria Produce Extracellular Polymeric Streamers on Oil Micro-droplets with Significant Impacts on Drag. In 70th Annual Meeting of the American Physical Society Division of Fluid Dynamics. Denver, CO : 11/19/17-11/21/17.
White, A., Jalali, M., & Sheng, J. (2017). Continuous-Flow Microfluidic Experiments for Long-Term Observations of Microbes at Oil-Water Interfaces. In Gulf of Mexico Oil Spill & Ecosystem Science Conference 2017. New Orleans, LA : 02/06/17-02/09/17: Poster.