Sara M. Hashmi
Assistant Professor, Chemical Engineering
Affiliated Faculty, Mechanical and Industrial Engineering
Affiliated Faculty, Chemistry and Chemical Biology
Contact
- s.hashmi@northeastern.edu
- 360 Huntington Avenue
Boston, MA 02115
Office
- 220 Cullinane
- 617.373.6985
Lab
- 226 MU
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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
Honors & Awards
- 2023 NSF CAREER Award
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
Selected Research Projects
- In Situ Polymer Gelation in Confined Flows
- – PI, National Science Foundation
Selected Publications
- S Alborzi, D Abrahamyan, SM Hashmi*. “Mixing particle softness in a two-dimensional hopper: Particle rigidity and friction enable variable arch geometry to cause clogging.” Physical Review E 107, 024901 (2023). DOI:10.1103/PhysRevE.107.024901
- OT Majekodunmi, SM Hashmi*. “Flow dynamics through discontinuous clogs of rigid particles in tapered microchannels.” Scientific Reports 12.1 (2022): 1-13. DOI: 10.1038/s41598-022-25831-w
- S Marnoto, SM Hashmi*. “Application of Droplet Migration Scaling Behavior to Microchannel Flow Measurements.” Soft Matter 19, 565-573 (2023). DOI: 10.1039/D2SM00980C
- S Alborzi, BG Clark, SM Hashmi*. “Soft particles facilitate flow of rigid particles in a 2D hopper,” Soft Matter 18, 4127-4135 (2022). DOI: 10.1039/D2SM00318J
- AE Siemenn, E Shaulsky, M Beveridge, T Buonassisi, SM Hashmi*, I Drori*. “A Machine Learning and Computer Vision Approach to Rapidly Optimize Multiscale Droplet Generation,” ACS Applied Materials and Interfaces 14, 3, 4668–4679 (2022). DOI: 10.1021/acsami.1c19276
Apr 27, 2023
Announcing Summer 2023 PEAK Experiences Awardees
Several engineering students and science students mentored by COE faculty are recipients of Northeastern’s Summer 2023 PEAK Experiences Awards. They will be pursuing a diverse set of projects, including a study of a pathogen that haunts hospitals, an examination of segregationist rhetoric in Boston newspapers, and an analysis of creativity in music. Base Camp Awardees […]

Apr 06, 2023
NSF CAREER Award for Examining Flow of Polymer Gels in Confined Spaces
ChE Assistant Professor Sara Hashmi was awarded a $550K NSF CAREER award for “in situ Polymer Gelation in Confined Flows” to examine how polymer gels flow through tight spaces to better predict clogging behavior such as blood flow through a vessel.
Dec 22, 2022
Inaugural AJC Merit Research Scholars
Several engineering students and science students mentored by COE faculty are recipients of the inaugural AJC Merit Research Scholars.

Nov 22, 2022
Using Spark Fund Award for High-Throughput Surface Tension Measurements
ChE Assistant Professor Sara Hashmi is using the Spark Funds she received earlier this year to develop a method to enable high-throughput measurements of surface tension or elasticity without requiring the particles or droplets to be transferred from the device. Improving high-throughput surface tension measurements — with Spark Fund Awardee Assistant Professor Sara M. Hashmi […]

Sep 20, 2022
Fall 2022 Spark Fund Awardees
Bouve/ChE University Distinguished Professor Mansoor Amiji, ChE Assistant Professor Sara Hashmi, ECE Professor Purnima Ratilal-Makris, and MIE Assistant Professor Mohsen Moghaddam are recipients of the Fall 2022 Spark Fund Awards. The goal of the award is to advance a technology or suite of technologies from academia towards commercialization.
Apr 11, 2020
FY21 TIER 1 Award Recipients
Congratulations to the 19 COE faculty and affiliates who were recipients of FY21 TIER 1 Interdisciplinary Research Seed Grants for 13 different projects.

Aug 29, 2019
New Faculty Spotlight: Sara Hashmi
Sara Hashmi joins the Chemical Engineering department in August 2019 as an Assistant Professor.