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Kenneth Breuer
BornJune 1960
New Brunswick, NJ
Other namesKenny Breuer
EducationScB, Brown University MSc, PhD, MIT
Occupation(s)Professor of Engineering Professor of Ecology, Evolution and Organismal Biology
Websitehttps://sites.brown.edu/breuerlab/

Kenneth Breuer is an American academic, who is a Professor of Engineering and Professor of Ecology, Evolution, and Organismal Biology at Brown University and the director of the Center of Fluid Mechanics at Brown University.[1] He is a fellow of the American Physical Society (APS), American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), and Associate Fellow of the American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA), and a Society of Integrative and Comparative Biology member.[2][3][4]

Early life and education

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Kenny Breuer was born in New Brunswick, New Jersey, in June 1960. He grew up in London before moving back to the US in 1976. He received his Bachelor of Science in Mechanical Engineering from Brown University in 1982 and his PhD in Aeronautics and Astronautics from MIT (1988) under the supervision of Märten Landahl and Joseph Haritonidis.[5] His doctoral dissertation was titled "The Development of a Localized Disturbance in a Boundary Layer".[6] He spent two years at Brown as a postdoctoral fellow with Lawrence Sirovich in applied mathematics and nine years as faculty at MIT in the Department of Aeronautics and Astronautics before returning to Brown in 1999.[7] He is currently a Professor of Engineering and Professor of Ecology, Evolution, and Organismal Biology at Brown University and co-director of the center for the Mechanics of Undersea Science and Engineering (MUSE).[1][8] His field of research is fluid mechanics.

He was a visiting professor at the University of Queensland in 2005, Harvard University in 2008, Paris Tech. in 2015, Imperial College and Tel Aviv University in 2019, and the University of Colorado in 2022.[9]

Research

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His research interests cover a wide range of topics in fluid mechanics, animal locomotion, and turbulent flows.[10] Among these topics are the mechanics and dynamics of bat and bird flight, fluid-structure interactions, focusing on the interactions of fluids with extremely compliant structures, vortex dynamics, renewable energy harvesting, bioinspired engineering, and micron-scale bio-fluid mechanics.[11]

At the macro-scale, he has worked on animal flight mechanics, the formation, growth, and unsteady dynamics of vortical flows, flow interactions with highly compliant structures such as membrane and spring-mounted wings, and energy harvesting from fluid flows.[12][13][14] At the micron scale, he's done research in bacterial motility and flagellar mechanics, the nanoscale flow near a moving contact line, and the development of nanoscale velocimetry techniques.[15][16][17] He has also done research on the transmission of covid-19. [18]

He holds several patents awarded by the European Patent Office and United States Patent and Trademark Office on Kinetic energy harvesting using cyber-physical systems,[19] Sensing and control of flows over membrane wings[20] and Free streamline airfoil,[21] among others.[22]

Selected publications

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  • Arkilic, E. B.; Schmidt, M. A.; Breuer, K. S. (1997). "Gaseous slip flow in long microchannels". Journal of Microelectromechanical Systems. 6 (2): 167–178. doi:10.1109/84.585795.
  • Choi, Chang-Hwan; Westin, K Johan; S Breuer, Kenneth (October 2003). "Apparent slip flows in hydrophilic and hydrophobic microchannels". Physics of Fluids. 15 (10): 2897–2902. Bibcode:2003PhFl...15.2897C. doi:10.1063/1.1605425.[23]
  • Darnton, Nicholas; Turner, Linda; Breuer, Kenneth; Berg, Howard C. (March 2004). "Moving Fluid with Bacterial Carpets". Biophysical Journal. 86 (3): 1863–1870. doi:10.1016/s0006-3495(04)74253-8. PMC 1304020. PMID 14990512.[15]
  • Arkilic, Errol B.; Breuer, Kenneth S.; Schmidt, Martin A. (22 June 2001). "Mass flow and tangential momentum accommodation in silicon micromachined channels". Journal of Fluid Mechanics. 437 (1): 29–43. Bibcode:2001JFM...437...29A. doi:10.1017/S0022112001004128.[24]
  • Song, Arnold; Tian, Xiaodong; Israeli, Emily; Galvao, Ricardo; Bishop, Kristin; Swartz, Sharon; Breuer, Kenneth (2 May 2012). "Aeromechanics of Membrane Wings with Implications for Animal Flight". AIAA Journal. 46 (8): 2096–2106. Bibcode:2008AIAAJ..46.2096S. doi:10.2514/1.36694.[25]
  • Liu, Bin; Powers, Thomas R.; Breuer, Kenneth S. (2011-12-06). "Force-free swimming of a model helical flagellum in viscoelastic fluids". Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 108 (49): 19516–19520. Bibcode:2011PNAS..10819516L. doi:10.1073/pnas.1113082108. PMC 3241751.[26]
  • Breuer, Kenneth S., ed. (2005). Microscale diagnostic techniques. New York: Springer. doi:10.1007/b137604. ISBN 3-540-23099-8.[27]
  • Samimy, M.; Breuer, K. S.; Leal, L. G.; Steen, P. H., eds. (2004). A Gallery of Fluid Motion. Cambridge University Press. ISBN 0-521-82773-6.[28]
  • Homsy, G. M.; Aref, H.; Breuer, K. S.; Hochgreb, S.; Koseff, J. R.; Munson, B. R. (2000). Multi-media fluid mechanics. Cambridge University Press. ISBN 0-521-78748-3.[29]

Outreach

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He is active in fluid dynamics education and outreach. He is a co-author of the best-selling DVD: Multimedia Fluid Mechanics (Camb. Univ. Press)[30], and co-editor of the compilation of flow visualization: A Gallery of Fluid Motion (Camb. Univ. Press)[31]. He has also appeared on programs such as PBS's NOVA (Bat superpowers, 2021[32]; The four-winged dinosaur, 2008[33]), NPR's Science Friday,[34] the Discovery Channel's series Weird Connections, and the BBC's series Invisible Worlds[35]. His research has been featured in the New York Times,[36] Discover magazine, Smithsonian Magazine,[37] National Geographic,[38] ABC News[39] and has been highlighted on the National Science Foundation website[40] and the California Academy of Sciences[41]. Dr. Breuer's bat flight research has been featured on the popular science YouTube channel SmarterEveryDay, hosted by Destin Sandlin.[42]

Awards and honors

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  • National Merit Scholar (1978)
  • ONR Graduate Research Fellow (1982–1986)
  • Harold and Esther Edgerton Chair at MIT (1996–1998)[43]
  • Midwest Mechanics Lecturer (2006–2007)[44]
  • Chair American Physical Society, Division of Fluid Dynamics (2012)[45][2]
  • Associate Fellow, American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (2013)[46][4]
  • Fellow, American Physical Society (2010)[45][47][2]
  • Fellow, The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (2013)[48][3]
  • Dean's Award for Excellence in Mentoring in Engineering, Brown University (2020)[49]
  • Director, Center for Fluid Mechanics, Brown University (2020-Present)[50][1]

References

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  9. ^ "Seminar: What animals can teach us about aerodynamics - November 4 | Ann and H.J. Smead Aerospace Engineering Sciences | University of Colorado Boulder". www.colorado.edu. Retrieved 2024-08-29.
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  12. ^ Gorman, James (2014-06-16). "New Insight Into How Bats Conquer the Air". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2024-08-29.
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  14. ^ Quirós, Gabriela (2011-05-10). "Bat Flight a Mechanical Marvel". KQED. Retrieved 2024-08-29.
  15. ^ a b Darnton, Nicholas; Turner, Linda; Breuer, Kenneth; Berg, Howard C. (March 2004). "Moving Fluid with Bacterial Carpets". Biophysical Journal. 86 (3): 1863–1870. Bibcode:2004BpJ....86.1863D. doi:10.1016/S0006-3495(04)74253-8. PMC 1304020. PMID 14990512.
  16. ^ Arkilic, Errol B.; Breuer, Kenneth S.; Schmidt, Martin A. (June 2001). "Mass flow and tangential momentum accommodation in silicon micromachined channels". Journal of Fluid Mechanics. 437 (1): 29–43. Bibcode:2001JFM...437...29A. doi:10.1017/S0022112001004128. ISSN 1469-7645.
  17. ^ Kim, Min Jun; Breuer, Kenneth S. (2004-09-01). "Enhanced diffusion due to motile bacteria". Physics of Fluids. 16 (9): L78–L81. doi:10.1063/1.1787527. ISSN 1070-6631.
  18. ^ Mathai, Varghese; Das, Asimanshu; Bailey, Jeffrey A.; Breuer, Kenneth (January 2021). "Airflows inside passenger cars and implications for airborne disease transmission". Science Advances. 7 (1). doi:10.1126/sciadv.abe0166. ISSN 2375-2548. PMC 7775778. PMID 33277325.
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  22. ^ "Kenneth Breuer Inventions, Patents and Patent Applications - Justia Patents Search". patents.justia.com. Retrieved 2024-08-29.
  23. ^ Choi, Chang-Hwan; Westin, K. Johan A.; Breuer, Kenneth S. (2003-10-01). "Apparent slip flows in hydrophilic and hydrophobic microchannels". Physics of Fluids. 15 (10): 2897–2902. Bibcode:2003PhFl...15.2897C. doi:10.1063/1.1605425. ISSN 1070-6631.
  24. ^ Arkilic, Errol B.; Breuer, Kenneth S.; Schmidt, Martin A. (2001-06-25). "Mass flow and tangential momentum accommodation in silicon micromachined channels". Journal of Fluid Mechanics. 437 (1): 29–43. Bibcode:2001JFM...437...29A. doi:10.1017/S0022112001004128. ISSN 0022-1120.
  25. ^ Song, Arnold; Tian, Xiaodong; Israeli, Emily; Galvao, Ricardo; Bishop, Kristin; Swartz, Sharon; Breuer, Kenneth (August 2008). "Aeromechanics of Membrane Wings with Implications for Animal Flight". AIAA Journal. 46 (8): 2096–2106. Bibcode:2008AIAAJ..46.2096S. doi:10.2514/1.36694. ISSN 0001-1452.
  26. ^ Liu, Bin; Powers, Thomas R.; Breuer, Kenneth S. (2011-12-06). "Force-free swimming of a model helical flagellum in viscoelastic fluids". Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 108 (49): 19516–19520. Bibcode:2011PNAS..10819516L. doi:10.1073/pnas.1113082108. ISSN 0027-8424. PMC 3241751. PMID 22106263.
  27. ^ Breuer, Kenneth S., ed. (2005). Microscale Diagnostic Techniques. Berlin/Heidelberg: Springer-Verlag. doi:10.1007/b137604. ISBN 978-3-540-23099-1.
  28. ^ Thorpe, S. A. (2004-07-10). "A Gallery of Fluid Motion. Edited By M. SAMIMY, K. S. BREUER, L. G. LEAL P. H. STEEN. Cambridge University Press, 2004. 119 pp. ISBN 0521 827736, 65.00 (hardback) or ISBN 0521 53500X, 19.99 (paperback)". Journal of Fluid Mechanics. 510: 374–377. doi:10.1017/S0022112004229871 (inactive 2024-11-18). ISSN 0022-1120.{{cite journal}}: CS1 maint: DOI inactive as of November 2024 (link)
  29. ^ Bridges, Richard (July 2001). "Multi-media fluid mechanics, by G. M. Homsy, H. Aref, K. S. Breuer, S. Hochgreb, J. R. Koseff and B.R. Munson. 2000. £14.95 (US $19.95) CD-ROM ISBN 0 521 78748 3 (Cambridge University Press)". The Mathematical Gazette. 85 (503): 380–381. doi:10.2307/3622079. ISSN 0025-5572. JSTOR 3622079.
  30. ^ Bridges, Richard (July 16, 2001). "Multi-media fluid mechanics, by G. M. Homsy, H. Aref, K. S. Breuer, S. Hochgreb, J. R. Koseff and B.R. Munson. 2000. £14.95 (US $19.95) CD-ROM ISBN 0 521 78748 3 (Cambridge University Press)". The Mathematical Gazette. 85 (503): 380–381. doi:10.2307/3622079. JSTOR 3622079 – via Cambridge University Press.
  31. ^ Samimy, M.; Breuer, K. S.; Leal, L. G.; Steen, P. H. (November 16, 2004). A Gallery of Fluid Motion. Cambridge University Press. doi:10.1017/CBO9780511610820. ISBN 978-0-521-82773-7.
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