Ph.D., Chemical Engineering, University of Florida-Gainesville, FL, 2001.

B.S., Chemical Engineering, Stanford University, Stanford, CA, 1996.

• August 2001 - present -- Assistant Professor, Department of Chemical Engineering, University of Idaho

Research Interests

Microfluidics

• Study of the effects of pulsed electro-osmostic flow in microchannels.
• Biological separation on the microscale using pulsed electro-osmotic flow.

• Study of the effects of pulsed flows on the transport across membranes in gas separation processes.

• Using pulsed flows to separate airborne contaminants and trace particles from the air.  A mechanical separation process important to the space program.
• Analytical studies of the effect of periodic recesses on the mass transfer and separation of species.

Thomas, A.M. and R. Narayanan, Periodic flow and its effects on the mass transfer of a system and separation of species, Physics of Fluids, 13, p 859, 2001.

Aaron M. Thomas, Unusual effects of oscillating flows in an annulus on mass transfer and separation, Adv. Space Res., 2/32, p. 279, 2003

Thomas, A.M. and R. Narayanan,  A comparison between the enhanced mass transfer in boundary and pressure driven pulsatile flow. Intl J of Heat and Mass Transfer, 45/19, p 4057, 2002.  

Thomas, A.M. and R. Narayanan, Effect of eccentricity on the mass transfer and separation of species in periodic annular flow. N.Y. Acad. Sciences, 974, p 42, 2002. 

A. Thomas, G. Thich, R. Narayanan, Low Reynolds number flow in a channel with oscillating wavy-walls: An analytical study.  Chem. Eng. Sci., 61, p. 6047, 2006.

• CHE 341 - Transport and Rate Processes II
• CHE 541 - Chemical Engineering Analysis I
• CHE 491 - Senior Seminar
• CHE 110 - Introduction to Chemical Engineering
• BUS 397/297  - The Business of Pow Wow
• INTR 101 - Freshman Transition Seminar

• American Indian Science and Engineering Society Professional Award - 2004
• Invited Commencement Speech at Northwest Indian College, Bellingham WA - 2005
• National Science Foundation Fellowship for Minorities, 1998-2001.
• NASA Graduate Student Research Program Fellowship, 1997.

• Admission Committee, 2002-2004, 2006

• American Institute of Chemical Engineers (AIChE)
• American Indian Science and Engineering Society (AISES)
• University of Idaho Native American Student Association (UI - NASA)