Paulo E. Arratia
Associate Professor
Mechanical Engineering and Applied Mechanics (MEAM)
Honors and Awards: Rutgers University Distinguished Alumni Award - 2013, American Physical Society Division of Fluid Dynamics Milton Van Dyke Award - 2011, NSF Career Award - 2010, American Physical Society Group of Nonlinear & Statistical Physics Nonlinear Images Award - 2007
Research Expertise: Biomechanics | Fluid Mechanics | Mechanics of Materials
Paulo studies the flow behavior of complex fluids such as polymeric solutions, colloidal suspensions, and human blood. One of the main objectives of his research is to understand the physical and chemical forces controlling the structural scale of complex fluids in order to engineer materials with unique properties. Paulo's research interests are very interdisciplinary with focus on Soft-Condensed Matter & Fluid Dynamics and include swimming of microorganisms, blood flow in microfluidic devices, and viscoelasticity.
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Affiliations: Postdoctoral Fellowship - University of Pennsylvania 2005-2007; Postdoctoral Fellowship - Haverford College 2003-2005; Lecturer - Rutgers University 2002
Education:
PhD Chemical & Biochemical Engineering 2003 - Rutgers University
MS Chemical & Biochemical Engineering 2001 - Rutgers University
BS Chemical Engineering 1997 - Hampton University
Recent Publications 
- Measuring material relaxation and creep recovery in a microfluidic device, Koser, A.E. | Pan, L. | Keim, N.C. | Arratia, P.E., Lab on a Chip - Miniaturisation for Chemistry and Biology, 2013
- A high-shear, low Reynolds number microfluidic rheometer, Pan, L. | Arratia, P.E., Microfluidics and Nanofluidics, 2013
- Fluid elasticity can enable propulsion at low Reynolds number, Keim, N.C. | Garcia, M. | Arratia, P.E., Physics of Fluids, 2012
- Biomechanical profiling of Caenorhabditis elegans motility, Krajacic, P. | Shen, X. | Purohit, P.K. | Arratia, P. | Lamitina, T., Genetics, 2012
- Undulatory locomotion of Caenorhabditis elegans on wet surfaces, Shen, X.N. | Sznitman, J. | Krajacic, P. | Lamitina, T. | Arratia, P.E., Biophysical Journal, 2012