Research Associate
Granular Media Group
Benjamin Levich Institute and Physics Department
The City College of New York
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Steinman Hall 1M-10
140th street and Convent Ave. New York, NY 10031-9198
website: http://gibbs.engr.ccny.cuny.edu |
Activities
Research Interests: Nonlinear Dynamics, Granular Segregation, Granular Hydrodynamics, Fracture of Thin Sheets.
I am currently a Post-Doc in Mark Shattuck's lab. My scientific interests lie in the general area of nonlinear dynamics of systems driven far from equilibrium, which I probe primarily with experiments. Over the last few years I have developed particular interest on the physics of Granular Materials which is far from understood. During my Ph.D. I focused my attention on Granular Segregation. This is an interesting and counter-intuitive issue of binary mixtures, where an initially uniform mixture of particles can spontaneously de-mix under flow. Here in New York, I am currently developing an experiment where a quasi-2D granular fluid is created through vibration. We are using this system to study the validity of kinetic theory and to explore hydrodynamic-like phenomena. Another area that I have fun with is the fracture of thin elastic sheets. In collaboration with Benoit Roman and Basile Audoly, we are currently studying the oscillatory fracture patterns observed while tearing a thin polymer film (e.g. the film packaging in a new CD case) with a rigid object (e.g. a pen).
For more info, pics and videos on what I do, please visit my research pages.
CURRICULUM VITAE
Education
- Manchester Centre for Nonlinear Dynamics , University of Manchester,
UK
- Ph.D., Physics, 2004
- St. Edmund's College, University of Cambridge,
UK
- Visiting Scholar , (while attending the '' Granular and Particle-Laden Flows'' programme at the Isaac Newton Institute, Cambridge), September 2003 - December 2003
- Department of Applied Mathematics and Theoretical Physics , University of Cambridge,
UK
- Certificate for Advanced Studies in Mathematics , (Part III Maths), 2000
- University of Manchester,
UK
- B.Sc., Physics, 1999
- Ph.D. Thesis title:
- Dynamics of granular segregation in driven binary monolayers , 2004 (Tom Mullin, Advisor)
Employment
- Research Associate, The Benjamin Levich Institute of the City College of New York, October 2004
- Visiting Research Assistant, The Benjamin Levich Institute of the City College of New York, January 2004-September 2004
- Doctoral Scholar, Portuguese Foundation of Science and Technology, November 2000 - September 2004
- Master's Scholar, Portuguese Foundation of Science and Technology, October 1999 - October 2000
- Vacation Research Student, Manchester Centre for Nonlinear Dynamics, University of Manchester, UK, Summers of 1997 and 1998
Honors
- 2003 Bursary from the Cambridge Philosophical Society
- 2002 John Bink prize, Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Manchester
- 2000 Benefactor's Scholarship, St. John's College, Cambridge
- 2000 European Student Bursary, Cambridge European Trust
- 1999 Platt Prize, Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Manchester
- 1998 The PPARC Award for the ''Best Physics Student in the'' UK at The Science, Technology and Engineering Awards of 1998, London.
- 1999 Hatfield Scholarship, Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Manchester
- 1997 Delta Prize, Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Manchester
- 1996 4th Place at the National Physics Olympiads and joined the Portuguese Physics Olympic Team (of five) to enter the ''27th International Physics Olympiads'', Oslo, Norway
Societies
- American Physical Society
- Institute of Physics
- Sociedade Portuguesa de Fisica
- Royal Society of Chemistry
