Randy H. Ewoldt is the Alexander Rankin Professor in the Department of Mechanical Science and Engineering at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign. He has Ph.D. and S.M. degrees from MIT, and a B.S. degree from Iowa State, all in Mechanical Engineering. Before joining Illinois, he held a post-doctoral fellowship at the University of Minnesota. At Illinois, his research group studies rheology, fluid mechanics, and design of complex fluids; in particular, this includes yield stress fluids, polymer gels, biological materials, and large- and medium-amplitude oscillatory shear (LAOS/MAOS). He serves on the editorial boards for the Journal of Non-Newtonian Fluid Mechanics and Physics of Fluids, and regularly lectures at rheology short courses in the USA and Europe.
Research
Prof. Ewoldt conducts fundamental research in fluid mechanics and rheology of complex fluids motivated by both their unavoidable and opportunistic novel functionality. Work often involves interdisciplinary collaborations and is a combination of experiment and theory. Complex fluids are ubiquitous in nature and in man-made applications and therefore research extends from bioengineering to manufacturing and robotics.
Education
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2009Massachusetts Institute of TechnologyPh.D. in Mechanical Engineering
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2006Massachusetts Institute of TechnologyM.S. in Mechanical Engineering
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2004Iowa State UniversityB.S. in Mechanical Engineering
Positions
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2021 · Present( Department of Mechanical Science and Engineerin)University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign