Sara M. Hashmi
Assistant Professor,
Chemical Engineering
Research Focus
Complex fluids, biomaterials & soft materials: manipulation of nanoscale and single-particle properties to control macroscale transport & assembly; microfluidics for biomedical, pharmaceutical & energy applications
Education
- PhD, Engineering & Applied Science; Yale University, 2008
- MS, Engineering & Applied Science, Yale University, 2004
Research Overview
Complex fluids, biomaterials & soft materials: manipulation of nanoscale and single-particle properties to control macroscale transport & assembly; microfluidics for biomedical, pharmaceutical & energy applications
Department Research Areas
Selected Publications
- AN Quay, T Tong, SM Hashmi, Y Zhou, S, Zhao, M Elimelech. “Combined Organic Fouling and Inorganic Scaling in Reverse Osmosis: Role of Protein-Silica Interactions,” Environmental Science & Technology 52, 9145 (2018).
- SM Hashmi, S Senthilnathan, A Firoozabadi. “Thermodiffusion of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons in binary mixtures” Journal of Chemical Physics 145, 184503 (2016).
- SM Hashmi, A Firoozabadi. “Efficient removal of asphaltene deposition in pipes.” Journal of the Society of Petroleum Engineering 21, 1747 (2016).
- N Quennouz, SM Hashmi, HS Choi, JW Kim, CO Osuji. “Rheology of cellulose nanofibrils in the presence of surfactants,” Soft Matter 12, 157 (2016).
- SM Hashmi, M Loewenberg, A Firoozabadi. “Colloidal asphaltene deposition in metal pipes: flow rate and parametric effects.” Physics of Fluids 27, 083302 (2015).
- M Xie, E Bar-Zeev, SM Hashmi, LD Nghiem, M Elimelech. “Role of Reverse Divalent Cation Diffusion in Forward Osmosis Biofouling,” Environmental Science & Technology 49, 13222 (2015).
Aug 29, 2019
New Faculty Spotlight: Sara Hashmi
Sara Hashmi joins the Chemical Engineering department in August 2019 as an Assistant Professor.