Andrew Martin, PhD, PEng

Area of Study / Keywords

Health Technologies Product Development Fluid Mechanics

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About

Education:

• PhD Mechanical Engineering, University of Alberta, 2008

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Research

Research Interest:

Respiratory fluid mechanics and transport processes

Inhalation delivery of medical aerosols and gases

Medical device design

MEC E 230 - Introduction to Thermo-Fluid Sciences

Introduction to modes of heat transfer. One dimensional heat conduction. Heat transfer from surfaces. Introduction to fluid mechanics. Fluid properties. Fluid statics. Use of control volumes. Internal flows. Prerequisites: MATH 101, EN PH 131.

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MEC E 635 - Mechanics of Respiratory Drug Delivery

Introduction to pharmaceutical aerosol delivery to the lung. Particle size distributions. Motion of a single aerosol particle in a fluid. Particle size changes due to evaporation or condensation. Fluid dynamics and particle deposition in the respiratory tract. Jet nebulizers. Dry powder inhalers. Metered dose propellant inhalers. Prerequisite: MEC E 330 or 331 or equivalent or consent of Instructor.

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Browse more courses taught by Andrew Martin

John Chen, Warren H. Finlay, Reinhard Vehring, Andrew R. Martin

Expert Opinion on Drug Delivery. 2024 April; 10.1080/17425247.2024.2336494

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Cole D Christianson, Efrem Violato, Mozhgan Sabz, Hossein Rouhani, Thomas Waring, Andrew R Martin

Respiratory Care. 2024 March; 10.4187/respcare.11658

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Pharmaceutical Research. 2022 January; 10.1007/s11095-022-03388-7

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International Journal of Pharmaceutics. 2022 January; 10.1016/j.ijpharm.2022.122141

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Pharmaceutical Research. 2020 January; 10.1007/s11095-020-02924-7

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