Howard Stone

Donald R. Dixon '69 and Elizabeth W. Dixon Professor of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering

Website: http://mae.princeton.edu/people/faculty/stone

Office: E-Quad, D326 D-Wing

Phone: 609-258-9493

Research interests: Fundamental problems in fluid motions dominated by viscosity, low Reynolds number flows. Applying a combination of theory, computer simulation and modeling, and experiments, with applications to problems involving effects of surface tension, buoyancy, fluid rotation, and surfactants, and the flow of lipids and motions of suspended particles.

News

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    Channeling the cell’s cytoskeleton into a nimble nanomachine

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    Cellular scaffolding rewired to make microscopic railways

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    Better lithium production on a string

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    Harvesting water from fog, drop by drop

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Research

  • Applied Physics

  • Bioengineering and Health

  • Materials Science and Engineering

Affiliations

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    Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering

  • Thomas Lab

    Molecular Biology

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    Princeton Materials Institute

  • Professor and student work together in lab setting.

    Chemical and Biological Engineering