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Jian Sheng

Texas Tech University

Department of Mechanical Engineering

Whitacre College of Engineering
Box 41021
Lubbock, TX  79409  

jian.sheng@tamucc.edu

Project List:

Dispersion Research on Oil: Physics and Plankton Studies II (DROPPS II)

Year 5-7 Consortia Grants (RFP-IV)Role: Project Data Point of Contact, Task Data Contact, Task Data Contact, Task Data Contact, Task Data Contact, Co-Principal Investigator

Dispersion Research on Oil: Physics and Plankton Studies (DROPPS)

Year 2-4 Consortia Grants (RFP-I)Role: Co-Principal Investigator, Project Data Point of Contact, Task Lead, Task Co-Lead, Task Co-Lead, Task Co-Lead, Task Data Contact, Task Data Contact

Publications & Presentations:

Journal Articles - 4

2020

White, A. R., Jalali, M., Boufadel, M. C., & Sheng, J. (2020). Bacteria forming drag-increasing streamers on a drop implicates complementary fates of rising deep-sea oil droplets. Sci Rep, 10(1).

2018

Jalali, M., White, A. R., Marti, J., & Sheng, J. (2018). Fabrication and characterization of a scalable surface textured with pico-liter oil drops for mechanistic studies of bacteria-oil interactions. Sci Rep, 8(1).

2014

Molaei, M., Barry, M., Stocker, R., & Sheng, J. (2014). Failed Escape: Solid Surfaces Prevent Tumbling of Escherichia coli. Phys. Rev. Lett., 113(6), 068103.
Molaei, M., & Sheng, J. (2014). Imaging bacterial 3D motion using digital in-line holographic microscopy and correlation-based de-noising algorithm. Opt. Express, 22(26), 32119–32137.

Conference Presentations - 27

2018

Jalali-Mousavi, M., White, A., & Sheng, J. (2018). Microfluidic studies of morphological changes of crude oil microdroplets exposed to different bacteria species and consortia under different flow velocities. In 71st Annual Meeting of the APS Division of Fluid Dynamics. Atlanta, GA : 11/18/18-11/20/18.
Schawe, H., White, A. R., & Sheng, J. (2018). Characterization of Particulate Formation in and Rheological Properties of Suspensions of Microbial Consortia Exposed to Crude with and without Dispersant. In Gulf of Mexico Oil Spill & Ecosystem Science Conference 2018. New Orleans, LA : 02/05/18-02/08/18: Poster.
Sheng, J., White, A., & Jalali-Mousavi, M. (2018). Path to dirty blizzard from Deepwater Horizon deep-sea plume: Bacteria form streamers on rising oil droplets to increase drag. In 71st Annual Meeting of the APS Division of Fluid Dynamics. Atlanta, GA : 11/18/18-11/20/18.
White, A., Jalali-Mousavi, M., & Sheng, J. (2018). How Does Marine Oil Snow Initiate on a Rising Micro-Scale Crude Oil Droplet? In Gulf of Mexico Oil Spill & Ecosystem Science Conference 2018. New Orleans, LA : 02/05/18-02/08/18.

2016

Jalali-Mousavi, M., Stebe, K., & Sheng, J. (2016). Monitoring Bacterial Attachment to Array of Microscale Oil Droplet. In Gulf of Mexico Oil Spill & Ecosystem Science Conference 2016. Tampa, FL : 02/01/16-02/04/16: poster.
Molaei, M., Jalali-Mousavi, M., & Sheng, J. (2016). Interactions of Passive and Active Marine Particles at the Oil-Water Interfaces. In Gulf of Mexico Oil Spill & Ecosystem Science Conference 2016. Tampa, FL : 02/01/16-02/04/16: poster.

2015

Bocanegra, H., Gorumlu, S., Akask, B., Castillo, L., & Sheng, J. (2015). Holographic measurement of wall stress distribution and 3D flow over a surface textured by microfibers. In 68th Annual Meeting of the APS Divison of Fluid Dynamics. Boston, MA : 11/22/15-11/24/15.
Jalali-Mousavi, M., & Sheng, J. (2015). Biofilm formation over surface patterned with pico-liter oil micro-droplet array. In 68th Annual Meeting of the APS Divison of Fluid Dynamics. Boston, MA : 11/22/15-11/24/15.
Jalali-Mousavi, M., Stebe, K., & Sheng, J. (2015). Bacterial adhesion and biofilm formation over surface with printed oil micro-droplet array. In Gulf of Mexico Oil Spill & Ecosystem Science Conference 2015. Houston, TX : 02/16/15-02/19/15: Poster.
Jalali-Mousavi, M., Stebe, K., & Sheng, J. (2015). Biofilm formation over surfaces with oil micro-droplet arrays. In 89th ACS Colloid & Surface Science Symposium. Pittsburgh, PA : 06/15/15-06/17/15.
Kim, S., & Sheng, J. (2015). Dynamics of Crude Oil Droplet impinging on air-water and oil-water interfaces. In Gulf of Mexico Oil Spill & Ecosystem Science Conference 2015. Houston, TX : 02/16/15-02/19/15: Poster.
Molaei, M., Jalali-Mousavi, M., & Sheng, J. (2015). Effect of motility on bacterial encounter rate with oil droplet. In Gulf of Mexico Oil Spill & Ecosystem Science Conference 2015. Houston, TX : 02/16/15-02/19/15.
Molaei, M., & Sheng, J. (2015). Tumbling and quasi-tumbling motions of E. coli over a solid surface under shear flow. In 68th Annual Meeting of the APS Divison of Fluid Dynamics. Boston, MA : 11/22/15-11/24/15.
Sheng, J., Jalali-Mousavi, M., & Molaei, M. (2015). Microfluidic experiments to quantify microbe encountering oil water interface. In 68th Annual Meeting of the APS Divison of Fluid Dynamics. Boston, MA : 11/22/15-11/24/15.
Vaccari, L., Tran, L., Niepa, T. H. R., Sheng, J., Erdner, D., Goulian, D., et al. (2015). Effect of Bacteria and Diatom Interactions on Mechanical Properties of Oil-Water Interfaces. In Gulf of Mexico Oil Spill & Ecosystem Science Conference 2015. Houston, TX : 02/16/15-02/19/15: Poster.

2014

Allan, D., Vaccari, L., Firester, D., Singh, A., Sheng, J., Reich, D., et al. (2014). Microrheology studies of the mechanical evolution of interfacial protein layers and biofilms. In The Society of Rheology 86th Annual Meeting. Philadelphia, PA : 10/05/2014-10/09/2014.
Castillo-Aponte, K., Mehdi, F., & Sheng, J. (2014). Dynamics of rising dispersant laden oil drops in a quiescent environment. In 67th Annual Meeting of the APS Division of Fluid Dynamics. San Francisco, CA : 11/23/2014-11/25/2014.
Jalali, M., & Sheng, J. (2014). Bacterial adhesion and biofilm formation over a substrate with microprinted oily patches. In 67th Annual Meeting of the APS Division of Fluid Dynamics. San Francisco, CA : 11/23/2014-11/25/2014.
Jalali-Mousavi, M., Molaei, M., Stebe, K., & Sheng, J. (2014). Bacterial adhesion and biofilm formation over substrates with micro-scale oily textures. In 88th ACS 2014 Colloid & Surface Science Symposium. Philadelphia, PA : 6/22/2014-06/25/2014.
Molaei, M., Jalali-Mousavi, M., Vaccari, L., Stebe, K., & Sheng, J. (2014). Bacterial locomotion near oil-water interface. In 88th ACS 2014 Colloid & Surface Science Symposium. Philadelphia, PA : 6/22/2014-06/25/2014.
Molaei, M., & Sheng, J. (2014). Motion of motile bacteria near a solid surface under shear flows. In 67th Annual Meeting of the APS Division of Fluid Dynamics. San Francisco, CA : 11/23/2014-11/25/2014.
Sheng, J., & Molaei, M. (2014). Bacterial encountering with oil droplet. In 67th Annual Meeting of the APS Division of Fluid Dynamics. San Francisco, CA : 11/23/2014-11/25/2014.
Vaccari, L., Allan, D., Sharifi-Mood, N., Sheng, J., Goulian, M., Leheny, R., et al. (2014). Mechanics of biofilms at oil-water interfaces, Platform Presentation. In 88th ACS 2014 Colloid & Surface Science Symposium. Philadelphia, PA : 6/22/2014-06/25/2014.
Vaccari, L., Allan, D., Sharifi-Mood, N., Sheng, J., Goulian, M., Leheny, R., et al. (2014). Measuring moduli of elastic biolfilms at oil-water interfaces by pendant drop method. In The Society of Rheology 86th Annual Meeting. Philadelphia, PA : 10/05/2014-10/09/2014.

2013

Sheng, J., Jalali-Mousavi, M., Molaei, M., Vaccari, L., & Stebe, K. (2013). Bacterial motility near the sheared complex boundaries using DHM + microfluidics platform. In Gulf of Mexico Oil Spill & Ecosystem Science Conference 2013. New Orleans, LA: 01/21/2013-01/23/2013.
Sheng, J., Molaei, M., & Jalali-Mousavi, M. (2013). Bacteria near a surface patterned with hydrophilic and hydrophobic regions. In Gulf of Mexico Oil Spill & Ecosystem Science Conference 2013. New Orleans, LA: 01/21/2013-01/23/2013.
Vaccari, L., Shieh, W., Sheng, J., Wattenbarger, M., & Stebe, K. (2013). Biofilms at oil-water interfaces and their mechanical consequenses. In Gulf of Mexico Oil Spill & Ecosystem Science Conference 2013. New Orleans, LA: 01/21/2013-01/23/2013.