P. Amy Tsai, PhD, PEng

Associate Professor, Faculty of Engineering - Mechanical Engineering Dept

Pronouns: she, her, hers

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

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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 Drop Impact Complex Fluids Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD) Machine Learning Applications in Fluid Mechanics Energy & Environment Canada Research Chair

About

Dr. Amy Tsai holds the Canada Research Chair (Tier 2) in Fluids and Interfaces and is the founder and principal investigator of the Fluids & Interfaces Group. Her research centres on fluid dynamics and interfacial science across micro- to macro-scales, combining hands-on experiments, advanced computational simulations, and machine learning techniques. With a strong focus on meaningful impact, her team addresses challenges in the energy, health, and environmental sectors, with applications including carbon capture, utilization, and storage (CCUS), enhanced oil recovery (EOR), lab-on-a-chip devices, and biomedical applications.

She mentors and guides students in interdisciplinary research that bridges core fluid mechanics with real-world applications. Her group collaborates with academic and industry partners and welcomes inquiries from prospective students and organizations.

Education:

Ph.D., University of Toronto, Canada
M.Sc., University of Toronto, Canada

Postdoctoral Research Associate:

Physics of Fluids Group (working with Prof. Detlef Lohse), University of Twente, The Netherlands
Complex Fluids Group (working with Prof. Howard A. Stone), Princeton University, USA

Research

Advancing energy, environmental, and health solutions through applied fluid mechanics and interfacial science, using experiments, simulations, and 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.

Spring Term 2025

MEC E 331B - Fluid Mechanics I

Summer Term 2025

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Featured Publications

Enhanced thermal management system for Li-ion batteries using phase change material and liquid cooling under realistic driving cycles

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

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

Molecular simulation of gas entrapment near a nanoscale cavity: The interplay of surface wettability, cavity shape, and gas type

Ali Ghamartale, Peichun Amy Tsai, Tian Tang

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

Research Students

Currently accepting undergraduate students for research project supervision.

P. Amy Tsai, PhD, PEng

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Associate Professor, Faculty of Engineering - Mechanical Engineering Dept

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Area of Study / Keywords

About

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Teaching

Courses

MEC E 331A - Fluid Mechanics I

MEC E 331B - Fluid Mechanics I

Featured Publications

Enhanced thermal management system for Li-ion batteries using phase change material and liquid cooling under realistic driving cycles

Molecular simulation of gas entrapment near a nanoscale cavity: The interplay of surface wettability, cavity shape, and gas type

Surfactant-laden drop behavior in pore space

CO2 foam structure and displacement dynamics in a Hele–Shaw cell

Liquid foam: Fundamentals, rheology, and applications of foam displacement in porous structures

Microfluidic mass transfer of supercritical CO2 in brine

Three-dimensional simulations of two-phase plug flow in a microfluidic channel

Microfluidic supercritical CO2 applications: Solvent extraction, nanoparticle synthesis, and chemical reaction

Nanofluid Drop Impact on Heated Surfaces

Predicting Impact Outcomes and Maximum Spreading of Drop Impact on Heated Nanostructures Using Machine Learning

Dynamics of surfactant-laden drops in shear flow by lattice Boltzmann method

Ionic liquid drop impact onto heated surfaces

Acoustic responses of underwater superhydrophobic surfaces subjected to an intense pulse

Dynamic Wetting of Ionic Liquid Drops on Hydrophobic Microstructures

Surface Charge Affecting Fluid–Fluid Displacement at Pore Scale

Cavitation Nuclei Regeneration in a Water-Particle Suspension

The Graetz-Nusselt problem extended to continuum flows with finite slip

Control of slippage with tunable bubble mattresses

Control of interfacial instabilities using flow geometry

Evaporation-Triggered Wetting Transition for Water Droplets upon Hydrophobic Microstructures

Drop Impact upon Micro- and Nanostructured Superhydrophobic Surfaces

Quantifying effective slip length over micropatterned hydrophobic surfaces

Aspect-ratio dependence of charge transport in turbulent electroconvection

Research Students