William Ristenpart

Ristenpart, William

Position Title
Professor

  • Chemical Engineering
3012 Bainer Hall
Bio

Dr. Ristenpart's reserach is in complex transport phenomena, with an emphasis on using advanced experimental techniques to extract quantitative measurements from complicated phenomena. The Ristenpart research group strives to answer fundamental scientific questions about a variety of systems where the transport behavior is paramount. Recent topics include: electrocoalescence of charged droplets, shear-induced deformation of red blood cells, electrically-induced aggregation of colloids near electrodes, and turbulent dispersion of airborne pathogens.  His lab has two Phantom high-speed cameras (a grayscale v7.1 and a color v7.3), both of which can capture at more than 100,000 frames per second. They also have several microscopes and various optical and laser systems.

Dr. Ristenpart is also passionate about coffee – I serve as Director of the UC Davis Coffee Center, and see here for an overview of my undergraduate course, The Design of Coffee.

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