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Travis W. Walker

Contact Information

Doctoral Candidate

Department of Chemical Engineering Stanford University

Stauffer III, Room 112 381 North South Mall Stanford, CA 94560 USA

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Mobile: +1-605-840-6253 Fax: +1-650-725-7294

E-mail: [email protected] E-mail: [email protected] WWW:sites.google.com/site/traviswwalker/

Personal Katrina (Wife, 25); Dane (Son, 3); Kai (Son, 1)

Research Interests

Multiphase flow phenomena in chemical and biological systems: rheology, fluid mechanics, multiphase systems, viscoelastic fluids, diffuse interfaces

Academic Appointments

Assistant Professor Beginning September 2013

School of Chemical, Biological, and Environmental Engineering Oregon State University

Education Stanford University, Stanford, CA

Ph.D., Chemical Engineering, 2013

• Thesis Proposal: Exploiting Multiphase Interactions in Fluid Mechanics • Adviser: Professor Gerald G. Fuller

• Adviser: Professor Eric S.G. Shaqfeh

M.S., Chemical Engineering, April 2010

• Adviser: Professor Gerald G. Fuller • Adviser: Professor Eric S.G. Shaqfeh

South Dakota School of Mines and Technology, Rapid City, SD

B.S., Chemical Engineering, May 2008

• summa cum laude

• Chemical and Biological Engineering Achievement Award, 2008

B.S., Applied and Computational Mathematics, May 2008

• summa cum laude

• Outstanding Graduating Senior Award in Mathematics, 2008

Refereed Journal Publications

[1] Walker, T.W., T.T. Hsu, C.W. Frank, G.G. Fuller. Role of shear-thinning on the dynamics of rinsing flow by an impinging jet. Phys. Fluids. 24 (9), 2012. doi:10.1063/1.4752765

[2] Leiske, D.L., B. Meckes, C.E. Miller, C. Wu, T.W. Walker, B. Lin, M. Meron, H.A. Ketelson, M.F. Toney, G.G. Fuller. Insertion Mechanism of a Poly(ethylene oxide)-poly(butylene oxide) Block Copolymer into a DPPC Monolayer. Lang-muir. 27 (18), 2011.

doi:10.1021/la2016879

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Invited Lectures

[1] Walker, T.W. (speaker), T.T. Hsu, S.R. Fitzgibbon, C.W. Frank, G.G. Fuller. Exploiting viscoelastic fluids for enhanced particle removal. David M. Mason Lecture Student Symposium, Stanford, CA. 2013.05.14.

[2] Walker, T.W. Exploiting multiphase interactions in fluid mechanics. Oregon State University, Corvallis, OR. 2013.03.06.

[3] Walker, T.W. Exploiting viscoelastic fluids for enhanced particle removal. Missouri University of Science and Technology, Rolla, MO. 2013.02.25.

[4] Walker, T.W. Exploiting multiphase interactions in fluid mechanics. Kansas State University, Manhattan, KS. 2012.11.28.

[5] Walker, T.W. Applications of miscible fluids: surface cleaning and impacting drop morphologies. 3M, Woodbury, MN. 2012.11.05.

Conference Presentations

[1] Walker, T.W. (speaker), T.T. Hsu, S.R. Fitzgibbon, C.W. Frank, G.G. Fuller. Exploiting viscoelastic fluids for enhanced particle removal. The Society of Rhe-ology 84th Annual Meeting, Pasadena, CA. 2013.02.10–14.

[2] Ostrowski, M.A. (speaker), N.F. Huang, T.W. Walker, T. Verwijlen, G.L. Lin, J.P. Cooke, A.R. Dunn, G.G. Fuller. Response of endothelial cells to stagnation point flows. The Society of Rheology 84th Annual Meeting, Pasadena, CA. 2013.02.10–14.

[3] Ostrowski, M.A., N.F. Huang, T.W. Walker, C. Poplawski, A.S. Khoo, M. Devicha, J.P. Cooke, G.G. Fuller, A.R. Dunn. Endothelial Cell Response to Complex Flow Profiles. Poster. The American Society of Cell Biology 2012 Annual Meeting, San Francisco, CA. 2012.12.15–19.

[4] Walker, T.W. (speaker), A.N. Logia, G.G. Fuller. Multiphase Flow of Miscible Liquids: Jets and Drops. 65th Annual Meeting of the APS Division of Fluid Dynamics, San Diego, CA. 2012.11.18–20.

[5] Walker, T.W. (speaker), T.T. Hsu, C.W. Frank, G.G. Fuller. Rinsing Flows: Ex-ploiting Viscoelastic Liquids. 2012 American Institute of Chemical Engineers Annual Meeting, Pittsburgh, PA. 2012.10.28–11.02.

[6] Walker, T.W. (speaker), A.N. Logia, G.G. Fuller. Multiphase Flow of Miscible Liquids: Jets and Drops. 2012 American Institute of Chemical Engineers Annual Meeting, Pittsburgh, PA. 2012.10.28–11.02.

[7] Walker, T.W. Multiphase Flow Phenomena in Chemical and Biological Systems. Meet the Faculty Candidate Poster Session. 2012 American Institute of Chemical Engineers Annual Meeting, Pittsburgh, PA. 2012.10.28–11.02.

[8] Ostrowski, M.A. (speaker), N.F. Huang, T.W. Walker, A.S. Khoo, M. Devicha, C. Poplawski, J.P. Cooke, G.G. Fuller, A.R. Dunn. Response of Endothelial Cells to Stagnation Point Flows. 2012 American Institute of Chemical Engineers Annual Meeting, Pittsburgh, PA. 2012.10.28–11.02.

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[10] Padhy, S., T.W. Walker, S. Krishnan, M. Rodriguez, E.S.G. Shaqfeh (speaker), G. Iaccarino, J.F. Morris, N. Tonmukayakul. The Effect of Orthogonal Shear Flow On the Sedimentation of Particles in Viscoelastic Fluids. 2012 American Institute of Chemical Engineers Annual Meeting, Pittsburgh, PA. 2012.10.28– 11.02.

[11] Walker, T.W. (speaker), T.T. Hsu, E.S.G. Shaqfeh, G.G. Fuller. Rinsing flows using non-Newtonian fluids. The Society of Rheology 83rd Annual Meeting, Cleveland, OH. 2011.10.10–14.

[12] Walker, T.W., T.T. Hsu, P.D. Anderson, G.G. Fuller (speaker). Rinsing Flows of Non-Newtonian Fluids. 63rd Annual Meeting of the APS Division of Fluid Dynamics, Long Beach, CA. 2010.11.21-23.

[13] Giacomin, D.J., T.W. Walker, T.T. Hsu, G.G. Fuller. Rinsing of rheologically complex fluids. Poster. The Society of Rheology 82rd Annual Meeting, Santa Fe, NM. 2010.10.24–28.

[14] Hsu, T.T., T.W. Walker, C.W. Frank, G.G. Fuller (speaker). Fluid mechanics of rinsing flows. 2009 American Institute of Chemical Engineers Annual Meeting, Nashville, TN. 2009.11.08–13.

[15] Hsu, T.T. (speaker), T.W. Walker, C.W. Frank, G.G. Fuller. Fluid Mechanics of Rinsing Flows: Effect of Viscoelasticity. The Society of Rheology 81st Annual Meeting, Madison, WI. 2009.10.18-22.

[16] Walker, T.W. (speaker), R.T. Kowalski. Analytic Power Series Technique for Solv-ing First Order Ordinary Differential Equations. MAA Rocky Mountain Sec-tional Meeting, BHSU, Spearfish, SD. 2008.04.25–26.

[17] Walker, T.W. Clean Energy Sources and Mass Electrical Storage. U.S. House, Rayburn 2335 - House Science Committee, Washington, D.C. 2007.08.02.

[18] Walker, T.W., A. Sarnai, D. Badarch, P. Munkhbaatar, R.M. Winter. Study of Ex-traction of Molybdenum from Its Concentrates. Poster. 2005 American Institute of Chemical Engineers Annual Meeting, Cincinnati, OH. 2005.10.31.

Other Publications

[1] Hsu, T.T., T.W. Walker, C.W. Frank, G.G. Fuller. Screen shots of the rinsing flows with the testing coating fluid being (clockwise from upper left) glycerol-water, Boger fluid, semidilute PAM solution, and water. Cover. Phys. Fluids. 23 (3), 2011.

[2] Walker, T.W. Harnessing Natural Energy. Chem. Eng. Prog. 104 (3): S23-S28, 2008.

[3] Walker, T.W. Clean Energy Sources and Mass Electrical Storage. J. Eng. Public Pol. 11, 2007,www.wise-intern.org.

Other

Presentations

[1] Logia, A.N., T.W. Walker, G.G. Fuller. Exploring Multiphase Viscous Drop Impact with a Bulk Fluid. Undergraduate Student Paper Competition. AIChE Western Regional Conference. San Diego, CA. 2013.04.27.

[2] Walker, T.W., T.T. Hsu, S.R. Fitzgibbon, C.W. Frank, G.G. Fuller. Enhanced Par-ticle Removal Using Viscoelastic Polymer Solutions. Poster. Stanford Polymer Collective Research Poster Symposium. Stanford, CA. 2013.04.19.

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[4] Logia, A.N., T.W. Walker, G.G. Fuller. Newtonian Liquid-Liquid Drop Exper-iments: An Exploration of Miscible Fluid Systems. Poster. Bright Students Training as Research Scientists Program. American Geophysical Union Fall Meeting. San Francisco, CA. 2012.12.05.

[5] Logia, A.N., T.W. Walker, G.G. Fuller. Exploring Multiphase Viscous Drop Im-pact with a Bulk Fluid. Poster. SURPS Poster Presentation. Stanford, CA. 2012.10.04.

[6] Logia, A.N., T.W. Walker, G.G. Fuller. Newtonian Liquid-Liquid Drop Experi-ments: An Exploration of Miscible Fluid Systems in Engineering Solid Fibers. Poster. Raising Interest in Science and Engineering Poster Presentation. Stan-ford, CA. 2012.07.27.

[7] Logia, A.N. (speaker), T.W. Walker, G.G. Fuller (speaker). When Flowing Gets Tough, Rheology Gets Things Flowing. Presentation. American Chemical Soci-ety Santa Clara Valley Section Meeting. Stanford, CA. 2011.09.15.

[8] Logia, A.N., T.W. Walker, G.G. Fuller. Role of Reynolds Number on Liquid-Liquid Drop Experiments. Poster. Raising Interest in Science and Engineering Poster Presentation. Stanford, CA. 2011.07.29.

Papers in Preparation

[1] Ostrowski, M.A., N.F. Huang, T.W. Walker, T. Verwijlen, C. Poplawski, A.S. Khoo, J.P. Cooke, G.G. Fuller, A.R. Dunn. Endothelial Cells Migrate Upstream and Align Against the Shear Stress Field Created by Impinging Flow.

[2] Walker, T.W., T.T. Hsu, D.S.L. Mui, J. Zhu, A. Mendiratta, C.W. Frank, G.G. Fuller. Surface cleaning and particle removal using Non-Newtonian liquids.

[3] Walker, T.W., A.N. Logia, G.G. Fuller. Multiphase Flow of Miscible Liquids: Jets and Drops.

[4] Hsu, T.T., T.W. Walker, C.W. Frank, G.G. Fuller. Instabilities and elastic recoil of the two-fluid circular hydraulic jump.

[5] Bhamla, M.S., T.W. Walker, G.G. Fuller. Desiccation in Confined Geometry.

[6] Padhy, S., M. Rodriguez, T.W. Walker, S. Krishnan, E.S.G. Shaqfeh, G. Iaccarino. Sedimentation of a sphere in viscoelastic fluid with cross shear flow.

Student Advising

Rachid Zniber. High School Summer Internship. 2012.07–08.

Nicholas Farn. High School Summer Internship. 2012.06–07.

Dong Hyun Kim. Graduate Student Mechanical Engineering Research Rotation. 2012.01–03.

Alison Nicole Logia. Raising Interest in Science and Engineering (RISE) Summer Research Program. Role of Reynolds Number on Liquid-Liquid Drop Experiments. 2011.06–2011.08.

Intel International Science and Engineering Fair (Intel ISEF) Role of Reynolds Num-ber on Liquid-Liquid Drop Experiments. 2011.08–2012.05.

Raising Interest in Science and Engineering (RISE) Summer Research Program. Role of Reynolds Number on Liquid-Liquid Drop Experiments. 2012.06–2012.08.

Undergraduate Research 2012.08–present

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Armen Mekhdjian. Graduate Student Chemical Engineering Research Rotation. Two-Fluid Rinsing Flow Dynamics. 2010.09–12.

David J. Giacomin. Undergraduate Summer Internship. Rinsing of rheologically complex fluids. 2010.06–08.

Teaching Experience

Stanford University, Stanford, CA

Teaching Assistant 2010.03–present

• Head Teaching Assistant for ENGR 20/CHEMENG 20: Introduction to Chemi-cal Engineering

− Professor Chaitan KhoslaandDr. Lisa Y. Hwang − Spring 2010, Spring 2011

− Led team of three undergraduate teaching assistants. − Responsible for weekly 2-hour recitation.

• Teaching Assistant for CHEMENG 300: Applied Mathematics in the Chemical and Biological Sciences

− Professor Eric S.G. Shaqfeh − Fall 2012

• Teaching Assistant for CHEMENG 310: Microhydrodynamics − Professor Gerald G. Fuller

− Winter 2013

• Teaching Assistant for CHEMENG 470: Complex Fluid Interfaces: Capillarity and Interfacial Dynamics

− Professor Gerald G. Fuller − Spring 2013

Instructor, Stanford Outdoor Education Program 2010.10–present

• Instructor for GES7A: An Introduction to Wilderness Skills − Fall 2010

• Taught 3 lectures.

• Coordinated consumable purchasing for 2 trips. − Fall 2011

• Taught 3 lecture.

• Coordinated instructor hiring.

• Organized and led a group of 11 students and 3 instructors on weekend backpacking trip.

− Fall 2012

• Provided external support for overall course.

• Instructor for GES 7B: An Introduction to Wilderness Skills − Winter 2011

• Coordinated consumable purchasing for 2 trips.

• Organized and led a group of 7 students and 3 instructors on weekend climbing trip.

− Winter 2012

• Coordinated instructor hiring.

• Organized and led a group of 10 students and 3 instructors on weekend winter backpacking trip.

− Winter 2013

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• Conducted overall course organization. − Spring 2012

• Provided external support for overall course.

Professional Experience

Stanford University, Stanford, CA

Teaching Assistant Evaluation Coordinator 2010.03–2012.07

• Maintain Department of Chemical Engineering teaching assistant evaluation web-site.

• Distribute evaluation results to teaching assistants, instructors, and department. • Promote continued growth for the teaching assistants in the department.

Graduate Research Rotation 2009.01–2009.04

• PI:Professor Gerald G. Fuller

• Research Rotation Topic: Understanding Polymer Addition to Tear Films

Graduate Research Rotation 2009.01–2009.04

• PI:Professor Eric S.G. Shaqfeh

• Research Rotation Topic: Modeling a Flexible Polymer in Three-Dimensional, Mixed Flows

South Dakota School of Mines and Technology, Rapid City, SD

Undergraduate Researcher 2008.05–2008.08

• Funding:National Science Foundation

− Development of an Extended Wavelength Pulsed Laser System for Vibrational Sum-Frequency Generation Spectroscopy

− Supervisor (co-PI): Dr. Jacek Swiatkiewicz − PI:Professor Jan A. Puszynski

• Development of VB program for controlling VSFG Spectroscopy

• PI:Professor Kenneth M. Benjamin

• Molecular simulation of silver nanoparticle self-assembly in supercritical water

• PI:Professor R. Travis Kowalski

• Taylor series technique for solving first-order differential equations

Senior Design 2007.05–2008.05

• Organization: Engineers and Scientists Abroad (ESA) • Location: Vicuna, Chile

• Designed a sustainable energy collection, storage, and distribution system for implementation at an orphanage being built by Vocations for Orphans (VFO). • Implemented a demonstration sized system at SDSM&T for laboratory exercises

and sustainable energy promotion within the university.

• PI:Professor Robb M. Winter

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• Funding:National Science Foundation • Location: Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia

− SDSM&T-MUS&T REU Site Collaboration − PI:Professor Robb M. Winter

− PI: Professor P. Munkhbaatar − Supervisor: Altantsetseg Sarnai

• Study of Extraction of Molybdenum from Its Concentrates

Washington Internships for Students of Engineering, Washington, D.C.

• Sponsored by AIChE

• Completed public policy paper concerning energy storage research funding. • Presented at the House Committee on Science and Technology hearing room.

Cargill Sweeteners North America, Eddyville, IA

Cooperative Education Opportunity 2006.01–2006.08

• Optimized refinery separation technologies and regeneration treatments. • Supervised multiple team projects, while implementing capital additions to

in-crease reliability and productivity.

Honors Boy Scouts of America • Eagle Scout, 2001

• Brotherhood,Tetonwana Lodge #105, Order of the Arrow, 2000 • Flame of Leadership, Stanford District, Pacific Skyline Council, 2012

Engineering Academic Achievement Award, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007

Tau Beta Pi National Engineering Honor Society • Tau Beta Pi Member, SD A, 2004

• Tau Beta Pi National Fellow, 2008–09 • Tau Beta Pi Laureate, 2010

Phi Eta Sigma National Freshman Honor Society, 2005

AIChE Donald F. Othmer Sophomore Academic Excellence Award, 2005

SDSM&T Leadership Hall of Fame, 2007

Order of the Engineer, 2008

Professional Memberships

National Eagle Scout Association (NESA), Member, 2001

American Institute of Chemical Engineers (AIChE), Member, 2004–present

American Chemical Society (ACS), Member, 2004–2006

Mathematical Association of America (MAA), Member, 2005–2006

Society of Rheology (SOR), Member, 2011–present

Service Boy Scouts of America,

• Troop 52, Stanford, CA, 2009–present

− Crew 810-M Philmont Advisor, 2012.08.10-17 − Scoutmaster, 2012–present

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− Climbing Instructor, 2010–present − Wood Badge, W3-55-12-1

Stanford University,

• Stanford Outdoors, Stanford, CA, 2008–present

− Climbing Instructor,Stanford Alpine Club, 2009–present

South Dakota High School Activities Association,

• Assistant Wrestling Coach, Rapid City Stevens High School, Rapid City, SD, 2005– 2008

− 2008 South Dakota State ”A” Team Champions − 2007 South Dakota State ”A” Team Runner-up

• Assistant Wrestling Coach, St. Thomas More High School, Rapid City, SD, 2004– 2005

Special Olympics,

• USA National Special Olympics Games Volunteer, Ames, IA, 2006

Awards South Dakota School of Mines and Technology, • John G. Cover Presidential Scholar, 2003

• Dow Chemical Scholar, 2003

• Frank & Marylin Richardson Scholar, 2004

• Broin Companies Biochemical Engineering Scholar, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007 • Nelson Scholar, 2005, 2006

• Guy March CSC Scholar, 2007

• DeForrest and Ethel McKeel Scholar, 2007 • Chemical Engineering Alumni Scholar, 2008

Independent,

• Frank and Marie Christopherson Memorial Scholar, 2003 • Robert Byrd Memorial Scholar, 2003

• Hatterscheidt Scholar, 2003

• Joe Foss, An American Hero Scholar, 2003 • PIMCO Scholar, 2003

• USA Funds National Scholar, 2003

• Central Chapter of the South Dakota Engineering Society Scholar, 2003 • Harry Jorgenson Scholar, 2003

• Donald F. and Mildred Topp Othmer National AIChE Scholar, 2006 • Tau Beta Pi National Scholar, 2006

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