Academic rank: Assistant Professor, full-time

Education:

1999 Ph.D., Environmental Engineering Science, Caltech
1994 M.S., Environmental Engineering Science, Caltech
1992 B.S., Physics, Villanova University

USC Academic Positions:

2005- : Assistant Professor, Department of Aerospace Engineering

Other Professional Positions:

2003-2004: Senior R&D Engineer, Glaukos Corporation, Laguna Hills, CA
2001-2004: Assistant Professor, Department of Mechanical Engineering, Texas A&M University, College Station, TX
1999-2000: Postdoctoral Fellow, Department of Mechanical Engineering, University of Delaware, Newark, Delaware

Research Interests:

Aerosol Mechanics, Aerosol Mass Spectrometry, Atmospheric Aerosols, Microscale Fluid Flow

Selected Publications:

S. Seshadri, D.J. Phares, T.K. Kihm, K.D. Kihm, D.D. Smith, and P.M. McIntyre, "Performance of a Slit Virtual Imactor Operated at High Particle Mass Loading," Journal of Aerosol Science, in press, 2005.

S. Glagolenko and D.J. Phares, "Single-particle Analysis of Ultrafine Aerosol in College Station, TX," Journal of Geophysical Research 109, No. D18205, 2004.

R. Das and D.J. Phares, "Expansion of an Ultrafine Aerosol through a Thin-Plate Orifice," Journal of Aerosol Science 35, p. 1091, 2004.

D.J. Phares and A.R. Srinivasa, "Molecular Dynamics with Molecular Temperature," Journal of Physical Chemistry A 108, p. 6100, 2004.

D.J. Phares and G.T. Smedley, "A Study of Laminar Flow of Polar Liquids through Circular Microtubes," Physics of Fluids 16, p. 1267, 2004.

D.J. Phares, K.P. Rhoads, M.V. Johnston and A.S. Wexler, "Size-resolved Ultrafine Particle Composition Analysis Part 2: Houston." Journal of Geophysical Research 108, No. 8420, 2003.

D.J. Phares, K.P. Rhoads and A.S. Wexler, "Performance of a Single-Ultrafine-Particle Mass Spectrometer," Aerosol Science and Technology 36, pp. 583-592, 2002.

D.J. Phares, K.P. Rhoads, A.S. Wexler, D.B. Kane and M.V. Johnston, "Application of ART-2A Algorithm To Laser Ablation Aerosol Mass Spectrometry of Particle Standards," Analytical Chemistry 73, pp. 2338-2344, 2001.

D.J. Phares, G.T. Smedley, and R.C. Flagan, "The Inviscid Impingement of a Jet with Arbitrary Velocity Profile," Physics of Fluids 12, pp. 2046-2055, 2000.

D.J. Phares, G.T. Smedley, and R.C. Flagan, "The Wall Shear Stress Produced by the Normal Impingement of a Jet on a Flat Surface" Journal of Fluid Mechanics 418, pp. 351-375, 2000.

Professional Societies:

American Association for Aerosol Research
Association for Research in Vision and Ophthalmology
American Geophysical Union

Courses Taught:

AME 309, Fluid Dynamics
MEEN 344, Fluid Dynamics (Texas A&M)
MEEN 461, Heat Transfer (Texas A&M)
MEEN 678, Aerosol Mechanics (Texas A&M)
MEEN 689, Air Pollution Sources and Control (Texas A&M)

Recent Professional Development Activities:

Instrumentation Working Group Chair, American Association for Aerosol Research, 2002

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