P. Amy Tsai, PhD, PEng
Pronouns: she, her, hers
Personal Website: http://www.ualberta.ca/~peichun
Contact
Associate Professor, Faculty of Engineering - Mechanical Engineering Dept
- peichun.amy.tsai@ualberta.ca
- Phone
- (780) 492-5425
- Address
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10-235 Donadeo Innovation Centre For Engineering
9211 116 StEdmonton ABT6G 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:
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.
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.