Thermal/Fluid Sciences, Micro/Nano Technology: Microfluidics, Nanofluidics, MEMS, NEMS.

Professor Pennathur’s research group focuses on using fundamental fluidics knowledge at both micro- and nano -scales to create novel devices for practical applications. Major efforts include creating and developing enabling tools to identify and characterize biological substances, improving current bionalaytical devices, and designing/engineering entire systems for point-of-care usage. Dr. Pennathur received her PhD in Mechanical Engineering at Stanford University in March 2006, where her research investigated electrokinetic transport of fluids at the nanoscale. Prior to Stanford, she received her both her B.S. and M.S. in Aerospace and Aeronautical Engineering from M.I.T where she studied microscale cavitation in MEMS devices.