UCLA Thermoscience Research

Took over as the undergraduate lead researcher experimental research on how string tension and morphology influence the fluid behavior of liquid desiccants.

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Highlights

• Experimental Design & Execution
  • Designed and built custom setups to control and measure tension in cotton strings, including 3D printed and laser cut parts through the UCLA maker space.
  • Ran stress tests to analyze how tension affects bead formation, motion, spacing, and velocity
  • Highlighted a previously overlooked variable (string tension) that did have an impact on fluid flow.
• Automation & Analysis
  • Developed MATLAB image processing algorithms to capture string curvature and automate droplet tracking
  • Enabled faster, more consistent quantification of fluid behavior across multiple trials
  • Helped create lab tutorial videos for future researchers to use for reference.