Professor D.F. James
BSc (Qu), MS (Caltech), PhD
(Caltech), MA (Cantab), PEng
E-mail: james@mie.utoronto.ca
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Area of Research
Fluid mechanics; flow of non-Newtonian
fluids; experimental and theoretical rheology; measurement of fluid
elasticity; structure of complex fluids, from molecular to microscopic
to macroscopic; friction reduction; flow through fibrous porous media;
biomechanics; physiological lubrication; microfluidics.
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Career Highlights
- 2005 - Mason Award, Canadian Society of
Rheology
- 2005 - Appointed Teaching Mentor,
Mechanical & Industrial Engineering, U of T
- 2004 - US Patent, with Yogachandran;
Method of Measuring Liquid Elasticity
- 1988-2004 - Secretary, International
Committee on Rheology
- 1996 - Visiting Fellow, Trinity Fellow,
Cambridge
- 1993 - University Visiting Professor,
Monash University, Australia
- 1991-1995 - Chair, Engineering Science, U
of T
- 1987-1988 - Chevron Visiting Professor,
Caltech
- 1984 - Faculty Teaching Award (inaugural
award)
- 1974-1975 - Commonwealth Fellow, St.
John’s College, Cambridge
Some Recent Papers
- James, DF. 2009. Boger Fluids. Annual Review of Fluid Mechanics
- Fick GM, James DF, Baines WD. 2007. A new
mechanism to explain physiological lubrication
- James DF, Yogachandran N. 2006.
Filament-breaking length - a measure of elasticity in extension. Rheol Acta 46: 171-170
- Tachie, MF, James DF, Currie IG. 2003.
Velocity measurements of a shear flow penetrating a porous medium. J Fluid Mech 493: 319-343
- James DF, Davis AMJ. 2001. Flow at the
interface of a model porous medium. J
Fluid Mech 426: 47-62
- Anna SL, McKinley GH, Nguyen, DA, Sridhar
T, Muller SJ, Huang J, James DF. 2001. An interlaboratory comparison of
measurements from filament-stretching rheometers using common test
fluids. J Rheol 45: 83-114
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Watch Professor
James demonstrate "The Liquid that can
flow UPHILL" on this 1967 TV show called "I've got a Secret" when he was a
graduate student at Caltech:
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