Our computational laboratory currently has a super computer: a 25-node Beowulf cluster, with which Computational Fluid Dynamic (CFD) and computational fluid/solid modeling is performed.

Computational Fluid Dynamic (CFD) modeling of the transport of chemotherapy drugs through the brain for tumor volume reduction

[Brain meshes provided by Center for Comparative NeuroImaging (CCNI), Worcester Polytechnic Institute]

- Computational modeling of a new hip joint design, using elastohydrodynamic lubrication (EHL) with shape-optimization on the microscale, (image created by A. Tillinghast)

In the experimental laboratory there are two main areas of research:

1) Bio-Ferrography and Tribology-related wear and friction research

2) Design of micro-channels and experiments to capture bacteria and cells for detection in small time frames (minutes or less), of diseases and infections using various geometries.