Student thesis and internship projects
The Physics of Fluids group covers a wide variety of topics. To get some idea on the topics we work on you can look at our Research section, our published articles, the previous theses here and here, and the poster below:
Here is a list of available projects:
| Title | Type | Supervisors |
|---|
| Evaporating drops: From coffee stains to inkjet printing |
Master |
Experimental |
Pim Dekker, Detlef Lohse, Marjolein van der Linden |
| Swirling Kolmogorov flow |
Master |
Numerical |
Chris Howland, Roberto Verzicco, Detlef Lohse |
| Simplified atmospheric convection |
Master |
Numerical |
Chris Howland, Richard Stevens, Detlef Lohse |
| The role of Particle Shape in Granular Dam Break Dynamics |
Master |
Experimental |
Muhammad Ahmed Hanif, Devaraj van der Meer |
| Production of micron-sized particles and capsules by 3D-printed fully three-dimensional microfluidic channels |
Master |
Experimental |
Timothy Chan, Saeed Saleem, Dominik Krug, Guillaume Lajoinie |
| Cavitation from microcrevices in viscoelastic media |
Master |
Experimental |
Dawid Surdeko, Guillaume Lajoinie, Michel Versluis |
| Vaporization dynamics of superheated microcapsules |
Master |
Experimental |
Saeed Saleem, Guillaume Lajoinie, Michel Versluis |
| Dynamics of multiple super-heated microdroplets |
Master |
Experimental |
Saeed Saleem, Guillaume Lajoinie, Michel Versluis |
| Understanding sheared convection at melting submarine glaciers |
Master |
Numerical |
Chris Howland, Detlef Lohse |
| The impact of atmospheric conditions on wind farm wakes |
Master |
Numerical |
Richard Stevens |
| A deeper understanding of bubble drag reduction in Taylor–Couette flow |
Master |
Experimental |
Timothy Chan, Luuk Blaauw, Dominik Krug, Sander Huisman |
| The roughness distribution problem for minimised drag |
Master |
Experimental |
Luuk Blaauw, Sander Huisman |
| Rotational and Lagrangian statistics of oddly-shaped particles in turbulence |
Master |
Experimental |
Mees Flapper, Sander Huisman |
| Optimising and understanding the generation of homogeneous isotropic turbulence (HIT) |
Master |
Experimental |
Mees Flapper, Sander Huisman |
| What shape of ice melts the slowest in water? |
Master/Bachelor |
Numerical |
Rui Yang, Sander Huisman |
Melting, erosion and dissolution of objects
Currently not taking any more students
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Master/Bachelor |
Experimental |
Pim Waasdorp, Sander Huisman |
| Droplet microswimmers |
Master/Bachelor |
Experimental |
Corinna Maaß, Prashanth Ramesh |
| Playing ping-pong with liquid droplets |
Master/Bachelor |
Numerical |
Vatsal Sanjay, Pierre Chantelot, Detlef Lohse |
| Air layer drainage under an impacting hydrogel droplet |
Master/Bachelor |
Numerical |
Vatsal Sanjay, Detlef Lohse |
| Bursting of sandwiched liquid films |
Master/Bachelor |
Numerical |
Vatsal Sanjay, Detlef Lohse |
| Sliding of oil-engulfed droplets |
Master/Bachelor |
Numerical |
Vatsal Sanjay, Detlef Lohse |
| Bursting Bubbles: from champagne to complex liquids |
Master/Bachelor |
Numerical |
Vatsal Sanjay, Alexandros Oratis, Detlef Lohse |
| Drops and bubbles spreading on lubricant infused surfaces |
Master/Bachelor |
Numerical |
Vatsal Sanjay, Alexandros Oratis, Detlef Lohse |
| Gravity defying liquids |
Master/Bachelor |
Numerical |
Vatsal Sanjay, Detlef Lohse |
| Alcoholic droplets spinning towards chaos while they approach their death |
Master/Bachelor |
Experimental |
Alvaro Marin, Christian Diddens |
| Graphene snowballs or snowflakes? |
Master/Bachelor |
Experimental |
Alvaro Marin |
| Microfluidic bacterial wellness center |
Master/Bachelor |
Experimental |
Alvaro Marin |
| Propeller-shaped structures in Saturn's rings |
Master/Bachelor |
Numerical |
Edgar Ortega Roano, Devaraj van der Meer |
| Interaction of droplets and colloidal suspensions with an advancing solidification front |
Master/Bachelor |
Experimental |
Jochem Meijer, Detlef Lohse |
| Simulating the minimal unit of vertical convection |
Master/Bachelor |
Numerical |
Chris Howland, Detlef Lohse |
This is just a small sample of the topics that we work on, if you have seen some of our research during our lectures, on YouTube or Twitter, in published papers, or are interested in a certain measurement technique or experimental facility we can also make a custom assignment based on your interests. For information about doing your bachelor thesis, master thesis, or internship project in the Physics of Fluids group, you can contact the involved persons in the table directly, and for more information on thesis projects (in general) or a custom project, please contact Assoc. Prof. Dr. Sander Huisman:
For Biomedical Engineering students and Technical Medicine students please contact
Prof. Dr. Michel Versluis:
Template
Download the thesis proposal template.
