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Dr Jeremy Ahern

Job Title: Research Fellow MEMS & NEMS (P/T) 

Email: Jeremy.Ahern@brunel.ac.uk

Brief Bio Data:

• PhD. Brunel University, 2004. Research Topic, The Influence of Electric Charge and Electric Fields on the Formation and Duration of Water Boules.
• Cert.Ed, with Merit. University of Sussex, 1968
• Senior Examiner, Engineering, University of Oxford (DLE) 1975-1984.
• Visiting Research Fellow, Brunel University, 2004-2011.
• Chair, Electrostatics Group, Institute of Physics, 2003-2005
• Teacher of the Year’ Award, Electrostatics Society of America, 1998
• Established ChargeLabs – an independent Consultancy in Electrostatics and Microfluidics, 2004.

Research Interests:

• Development of ‘low-technology’ microfluidic methods.
• Production and characterisation of electro-nanosprays.
• Novel materials applications.
• Development of appropriate technologies for research apparatus.
• Aspects of electrical field influence in coalescence.

Publications:

• Ahern, J.C  &  Balachandran, W. Some basic Phenomena of Water Boules. Proc. ESA Annual Meeting, Brock University, Ontario. 2000.
• Ahern, J.C & Balachandran, W. Some Electrical Phenomena accompanying Drop Coalescence. DRC2000 Doctoral Research Conference, Brunel University, 2000.
• Ahern, J.C & Balachandran, W. An Electrical Event accompanying Drop Coalescence. Proc. ESA Annual Meeting, Michigan State University, Lansing Michigan, 2001
• Balachandran, W,  Ahern, J.C. & Kulon, J. Electrohydrodynamic Micro and Nano Spray. 7th ILASS-Asia Conference, Tainan, Taiwan, 2002.
• Ahern, J.C & Balachandran, W. Electrohydrodynamic Nanospray production using Drawn Glass Capillaries. Proc. ESA-IEEE Joint Meeting, University of Arkansas at Little Rock, 2003.
• Ahern, J.C & Balachandran, W. Influence of Relative Humidity of the Electric Field Strength to promote Coalescence between two Water Drops. J.Electrostatics, 60(1), 2004, pp 25-36.
• Ahern, J.C & Balachandran, W. Experimental Electrohydrodynamic Nanospray Production using Drawn Glass Capillaries. Particulate Science and Technology, 24(3), 2006. pp. 281-286.
• Azimi, S.M, Balachandran, W, Ahern, J.C, Slijepcevic, P & Newton,C. DNA Extraction Chip using Key-type Planar Electrodes. Proc. NSTI Nanotech 2008, v3 pp. 249-252.
• Azimi, S.M; Nixon, G; Ahern, J C; Balachandran, W. A magnetic bead-based   DNA extraction and purification microfluidic device. Microfluidics and Nanofluidics 2011 v11(2) pp. 157-165.