P. Amy Tsai, PhD, PEng

Associate Professor, Faculty of Engineering - Mechanical Engineering Dept

Pronouns: she, her, hers

Personal Website: http://www.ualberta.ca/~peichun

Contact

Associate Professor, Faculty of Engineering - Mechanical Engineering Dept
Email
peichun.amy.tsai@ualberta.ca
Phone
(780) 492-5425
Address
10-235 Donadeo Innovation Centre For Engineering
9211 116 St
Edmonton AB
T6G 2H5

Overview

Area of Study / Keywords

Fluid Mechanics Biomedical Engineering Micro/Nano-Fluidics Complex Fluids Energy & Environment


About

Dr. Tsai is a Canada Research Chair (Tier 2) in Fluids and Interfaces. 

Education:

  • Ph.D., University of Toronto (2007)
  • M.Sc., University of Toronto (2003)

Awards/Honors:

  • Canada Research Chair (Tier 2) in Fluids and Interfaces, (2016 - 2025)
  • Stimulating Research Funds, The Netherlands (2009, 2012)
  • Postdoctoral Research Associate Fellowship to Princeton University (2010)




Research

Applied Fluid Mechanics & Interfacial Phenomena for Energy, Environmental, and Health Applications, using experiments and numerical simulations.

Research Activities: 

  • Nano- and Micro-Fluidics 
  • Complex Fluids 
  • Wetting & Evaporation
  • Drop Impact
  • Convection; 
  • Enhanced Oil Recovery 
  • Porous Media Flow 
  • Carbon Capture and Storage 
  • Machine Learning 

Publications:

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Teaching

Dr. Tsai usually teaches both undergraduate and graduate courses in Fluid Mechanics (MEC E 331 & MEC E 630).

Courses

MEC E 331A - Fluid Mechanics I

External flow, boundary layers, momentum theories, similitude, fluid metering, fluid friction, fluid friction in pipes, pipe networks. Prerequisites: MEC E 230, 250, MATH 209. Corequisite: CH E 243. Credit can only be granted for one of MEC E 330 or MEC E 331.


MEC E 331B - Fluid Mechanics I

External flow, boundary layers, momentum theories, similitude, fluid metering, fluid friction, fluid friction in pipes, pipe networks. Prerequisites: MEC E 230, 250, MATH 209. Corequisite: CH E 243. Credit can only be granted for one of MEC E 330 or MEC E 331.


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Featured Publications

Vivek Saxena, Santosh K. Sahu, Shailesh I. Kundalwal, Peichun Amy Tsai

Energy. 2025 March; 10.1016/j.energy.2025.134759


Ali Ghamartale, Peichun Amy Tsai, Tian Tang

Chemical Engineering Science. 2025 February; 10.1016/j.ces.2024.120822


Zhe (Ashley) Chen, Alexandra Komrakova, Peichun Amy Tsai

Physics of Fluids. 2025 January; 10.1063/5.0247099


Nikoo Moradpour, Reza Azadi, Peichun Amy Tsai

Colloids and Surfaces A: Physicochemical and Engineering Aspects. 2025 January; 10.1016/j.colsurfa.2024.135533


Nikoo Moradpour, Junyi Yang, Peichun Amy Tsai

Current Opinion in Colloid & Interface Science. 2024 December; 10.1016/j.cocis.2024.101845


Junyi Yang, Peichun Amy Tsai

Chemical Engineering Science. 2024 December; 10.1016/j.ces.2024.120543


Santhosh Virappane, Reza Azadi, Neelarun Mukherjee, Peichun Amy Tsai

Physics of Fluids. 2024 October; 10.1063/5.0220101


Junyi Yang, Peichun Amy Tsai

Biomicrofluidics. 2024 September; 10.1063/5.0215567


Xiaotian Ma, Ahmed Aldhaleai, Lihui Liu, Peichun Amy Tsai

Langmuir. 2024 February; 10.1021/acs.langmuir.3c03343


Lap Au-Yeung, Peichun Amy Tsai

Langmuir. 2023 December; 10.1021/acs.langmuir.3c02405


Zhe (Ashley) Chen, Peichun Amy Tsai, Alexandra Komrakova

Physics of Fluids. 2023 December; 10.1063/5.0177407


Lihui Liu, Bijiao He, Weizong Wang, Guobiao Cai, Peichun Amy Tsai

Physical Review Fluids. 2023 July; 10.1103/PhysRevFluids.8.073602


Adrien Bussonnière, Qingxia Chad Liu, Peichun Amy Tsai

Journal of Fluid Mechanics. 2023 February; 10.1017/jfm.2023.61


Ahmed Aldhaleai, Peichun Amy Tsai

Langmuir. 2022 December; 10.1021/acs.langmuir.2c02694


Anna Kalde, Sophia Lippold, Jonas Loelsberg, Ann‐Kathrin Mertens, John Linkhorst, Peichun Amy Tsai, Matthias Wessling

Advanced Materials Interfaces. 2022 March; 10.1002/admi.202101895


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Research Students

Currently accepting undergraduate students for research project supervision.