Faculty

Research Center Affiliation:

• Scientific Computation Research Center»

General Areas of Research:

· Tribology
· Fluids

Research Activities:

Tichy's research interests are tribology (friction, lubrication and wear), and rheology (the science of deformation and flow). Current sponsored research projects are concerned with life prediction of gears in Doppler radar antennae (FAA), energy harvesting using magnetic fluids (NSF) with Prof. Diana Borca-Tasciuc, and modifications to lubrication theory for microsystems (NSF) also with Borca-Tasciuc.  Tichy is also studying non-Newtonian blood flow effects on an NSF project with Prof. Kenneth Jansen.  An additional current research study is to develop continuum rheological models for lubricant and granular flows from molecular simulations and apply them to realistic engineering surface configurations, in conjunction with several labs in France and sponsored by the CNRS (French equivalent to the NSF).