People

Aditya Khair is a professor of Chemical Engineering. He obtained an M.Eng. in chemical engineering from Imperial College London (2001). He received a certificate of advanced study in mathematics from the University of Cambridge (2002). Later that year, he began a Ph.D. in chemical engineering at the California Institute of Technology under the supervision of John Brady. In 2007, he began a postdoc in chemical engineering at UC Santa Barbara working with Todd Squires. In 2010, he joined CMU. His research utilizes applied mathematical techniques to investigate problems in fluid mechanics, rheology, colloid science, electrokinetics, and electrochemistry. His work has been recognized through several awards, including the Metzner Early Career Award from the Society of Rheology, the Camille Dreyfus Teacher-Scholar Award, the NSF CAREER Award, the Charles Kaufmann Foundation New Investigator Research Grant, and the Frenkiel Award of the APS Division of Fluid Dynamics.’

Office
3121 Doherty Hall
Phone
412.268.4393
Email
akhair@andrew.cmu.edu
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Modern Applied Mathematics for Electrochemistry & Fluid Mechanics

Education

2007 Ph.D., Chemical Engineering, California Institute of Technology

2002 Certificate of Advanced Study, Mathematics, University of Cambridge

2001 Master of Engineering, Chemical Engineering, Imperial College of London

Media mentions


Kailasham honored at AIChE poster competition

ChemE postdoctoral fellow R. Kailasham was awarded 2nd place in the fluid mechanics poster session at the 2023 American Institute of Chemical Engineers (AIChE) annual meeting.

CMU Chemical Engineering

Khair elected fellow of the American Physical Society

ChemE’s Aditya Khair has been elected a fellow of the American Physical Society for his exceptional contributions to the physics industry. He is recognized by his peers for his work in mathematical models to predict or explain non-intuitive transport or flow phenomena.

Chemical Engineering

Khair elected to APS Fellows

Peers in the American Physical Society recognize Aditya Khair for exceptional contributions to the physics enterprise.

Chemical Engineering

A new theory for electrophoretic velocity

To better understand how the velocity will scale, researchers used numerical computations to find the nonlinear behavior of the electrophoretic velocity as a function of the electric field.

CMU Engineering

Improving patient care through ingestible sensing capsules

A team of CMU researchers is seeking an alternative to endoscopies for patients with gastrointestinal diseases with fewer risks and more convenience through digestible gelatin-based sensors.

Chemical Engineering

Tuning chaotic movement

Researchers show the potential to make active materials reconfigurable or adaptable in response to external stimuli, which would make industrial processing easier.

Chemical Engineering

Better transport on the way to more sustainable product formulations

Researchers show that polymer/surfactant complexes significantly enhance diffusiophoretic transport of colloids. The findings advance the understanding of how ingredients interact.

AES Electrophoresis Society

Khair earns AES Electrophoresis Society Mid-Career Award

ChemE’s Aditya Khair will be awarded this year’s AES Electrophoresis Society Mid-Career Award at the Federation of Analytical Chemistry and Spectroscopy Societies’ 2022 SciX Conference.

Chemical Engineering

Khair earns AES Electrophoresis Society Mid-Career Award

Carnegie Mellon Chemical Engineering Professor Aditya Khair will be awarded this year’s AES Electrophoresis Society Mid-Career Award at the Federation of Analytical Chemistry and Spectroscopy Societies’ 2022 SciX Conference.

CMU Engineering

One-of-a-kind team breaks new ground

A unique collaboration within the Department of Chemical Engineering is laying the foundation for a whole new discipline of fluids engineering.