Ian Fischer

Professor, Mechanical & Industrial Engineering
Education
Eng.Sci.D.; Columbia University in the City of New York; Mechanical Engineering; 1985
MSE; Princeton University; Aerospace And Mechanical Sciences; 1973
B.S.; Columbia University in the City of New York; Mechanical Engineering; 1970
2026 Fall Courses
ME 490 - MECH ENGR PROJECT A
ME 725 - INDEPENDENT STUDY I
ME 491 - MECH ENGR PROJECT B
ME 792B - PRE-DOCTORAL RESEARCH
ME 701B - MASTER'S THESIS
ME 790A - DOC DISSERTATION & RES
ME 700B - MASTER'S PROJECT
ME 701C - MASTER'S THESIS
ME 231 - KINEMATICS OF MACHINERY
ME 305 - INTRO TO SYSTEM DYNAMICS
ME 726 - INDEPENDENT STUDY II
Past Courses
ME 231: KINEMATICS OF MACHINERY
ME 305: INTRO TO SYSTEM DYNAMICS
ME 305: INTRODUCTION TO SYSTEM DYNAMICS
ME 636: MECHANISM DESIGN
ME 637: KINEMATICS SPATIAL MECH
ME 794: MECHANICAL COLLOQUIUM
Journal Article
S Verma, I Benouaguef , Pushpendra Singh, N Musunuri, Ian S. Fischer. 2023. "Marangoni flow induced in a waterbody by the impact of a raindrop." Mechanics Research Communications, vol. 133, no. 104187, pp. 104187 .
Islam Benouaguef, N Musunuri, E Amah, Denis L. Blackmore, Ian S. Fischer, Pushpendra Singh. 2021. "Solutocapillary Marangoni flow induced in a waterbody by a solute source." Journal of Fluid Mechanics, vol. Volume 922.
Ian S Fischer. 2019. "Inertia Dynamics of the Myard RCRCR Constant-Velocity Coupling." Mechanics Based Design of Structures and Machines, vol. 47, no. 5.
Pushpendra Singh, I. Benouaguef, N. Musunuri, E. Amah, Denis L. Blackmore, Ian S. Fischer. 2017. "Flow induced on a salt waterbody due to the impingement of a freshwater drop or a water source." Mechanics Research Communications, vol. 85, pp. 89–95.
N. Musunuri, Daniel E. Bunker, S. Pell, Ian S. Fischer, Pushpendra Singh. 2017. "Fluid Dynamics of Two-Dimensional Pollination in Ruppia ." Procedia IUTAM, vol. 20, pp. 152-158 .
E. Amah, K. Shah, Ian S. Fischer, Pushpendra Singh. 2016. "Electrohydrodynamic manipulation of particles adsorbed on the surface of a drop." Soft Matter, vol. 12, pp. 1663-1673.
Conference Abstract
"Transient velocity and temperature distributions in a water drop evaporating on a non-isothermal substrate"
American Physical Society, November, 2021.
"Directed self-assembly of dielectrically polydisperse nanoparticle suspensions into cohesive hierarchical patterns"
American Physical Society, November, 2020.
"Direct Numerical Simulations of Electrorheological Fluids"
ASME Paper Number AJKFLUIDS2019-5452, July (3rd Quarter/Summer), 2019.
"Solutocapillary Flow Induced by a Freshwater Source"
ASME Paper Number AJKFLUIDS2019-5576, July (3rd Quarter/Summer), 2019.
Conference Proceeding
"Studies of flow induced on a water surface due to the impingement of a drop or a water source"
American Society of Mechanical Engineers, Fluids Engineering Division (Publication) FEDSM, October (4th Quarter/Autumn), 2017.
"Electric Field Driven Hierarchical Self-assembly of Monolayers of Mixtures of Particles"
24th International Congress of Theoretical and Applied Mechanics (ICTAM 2016), August, 2016.
"Fluid Dynamics of Hydrophilous Pollination in Ruppia (widgeon grass)"
24th International Congress of Theoretical and Applied Mechanics (ICTAM 2016), August, 2016.
"Fluid Dynamics of Two-Dimensional Pollination in Ruppia (widgeon grass)"
ASME Paper Number FEDSM2016-7891, July (3rd Quarter/Summer), 2016.
"PIV Measurements of the Transient Fluid Flow due to the Adsorption of Particles"
American Society of Mechanical Engineers, August, 2014.
"Self-Assembly and Manipulation of Particles on Drop Surfaces"
American Society of Mechanical Engineers, August, 2014.