Thank you for visiting my research website. Here I provide links to publications, talks, and other information related to my dissertation work at Northwestern. Ph.D. in Chemical Engineering, December 2007, Northwestern University, Evanston, Illinois
Dissertation title: Mixing and segregation of granular materials: A dynamical systems approach
B.S. in Chemical Engineering, 2002, Rice University, Houston, Texas
Fellowships
National
Science Foundation Graduate Research Fellowship,
2004-2007
National
Science Foundation IGERT Fellowship, Complex Systems,
2003-2004
Northwestern
University Fellowship, 2002-2003
National Science Foundation Graduate Research
Fellowship Honorable Mention, 2002
Published
"Linked twist map formalism in two and three dimensions applied to mixing in tumbled granular flows", R. Sturman, S. W. Meier, J. M. Ottino, and S. Wiggins, Journal of Fluid Mechanics, 602, 129-174, (2008).
"Coarsening of granular segregation patterns in quasi-two-dimensional tumblers", S. W. Meier, D. A. Melani Barreiro, J. M. Ottino, and R. M. Lueptow, Nature Physics, 4, 244-248, (2008).
"A dynamical systems approach to mixing and segregation of granular materials in tumblers", S. W. Meier, R. M. Lueptow, and J. M. Ottino, Advances in Physics, 56(5), 757-827 (2007).
"Capturing patterns and symmetries in chaotic granular flow," S. W. Meier, S. E. Cisar, R. M. Lueptow, and J. M. Ottino, Physical Review E, 74(3), 031310 (2006).
"Surface velocity in three-dimensional granular tumblers," N. A. Pohlman, S. W. Meier, R.M. Lueptow, and J.M. Ottino, Journal of Fluid Mechanics, 560, 355-368 (2006).
Presentations
Application of dynamical systems tools to mixing in quasi-2d and 3d tumblers, S. W. Meier, R. Sturman, R. M. Lueptow, S. Wiggins, and J. M. Ottino, APS Division of Fluid Dynamics 60th Annual Meeting, November 18-20, 2007, Salt Lake City, Utah
The Linked Twist Map Approach to Granular Tumbler Mixers, R. Sturman, S. Meier, S. Wiggins, J. Ottino, APS Division of Fluid Dynamics 60th Annual Meeting, November 18-20, 2007, Salt Lake City, Utah
Coarsening of segregation patterns in quasi-two-dimensional granular tumblers, D. A. Melani, S. W. Meier, J. M. Ottino, R. M. Lueptow, APS Division of Fluid Dynamics 60th Annual Meeting, November 18-20, 2007, Salt Lake City, Utah
A Continuum Framework for the Description of Mixing and Segregation in Three-Dimensional Granular Flows, S. W. Meier and J. M. Ottino, AIChE Annual Meeting, November 12-17, 2006, San Francisco, California
Capturing Patterns and Symmetries in Time-Periodic Granular Flow,
S. W. Meier, S. E. Cisar, R. M. Lueptow, and J. M. Ottino, AIChE Annual Meeting, November
12-17, 2006, San Francisco, California
A Continuum Framework for Mixing and Segregation in Granular Flows,
J. M. Ottino, S. W. Meier, R. M. Lueptow, APS Division of Fluid Dynamics 59th Annual Meeting, November 19-21, 2006, Tampa Bay, Florida
Relating Segregation Patterns and Symmetries in Chaotic Granular Flow,
S. E. Cisar, S. W. Meier, R. M. Lueptow, and J. M. Ottino, APS Division of Fluid Dynamics 59th Annual Meeting, November 19-21, 2006, Tampa Bay, Florida
"Granular Surface Flows in Three Dimensional Tumblers," S. W. Meier, N. A. Pohlman, R. M. Lueptow, J. M. Ottino, APS Division of Fluid Dynamics 58th Annual Meeting, November 21, 2005, Chicago, Illinois