Ph.D. in Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering,, Princeton University, (1996)
M.S. in Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, Princeton University, (1994)
M.S. in Mechanical Engineering, Indiana University - Purdue University in Indianapolis, (1991)
B.S. in Mechanical Engineering, Middle East Technical University, (1988)
Contracts, Grants and Sponsored Research
- Pillai, S. and Beskok, A. "A microfluidic device based capture and concentration of microbial contaminants from recycled water" $89,000. -
- "A Nonconforming Spectral Element Method for Electroosmotically Induced Microfluidic Mixing" $21,947. -
- "Concentrating Bacterial Spores from Milk and Juices using Dielectrophoresis based Microfluidic Capture Systems" $55,086. -
- Qian, S., Baumgart, H. and Beskok, A. "Novel nano-porous electroosmotic micropump: Basic technology development and its lab-on-a-chip applications" $70,000. -
- Beskok, A. "Request for Software Support for Microfluidic and MEMS Design" $1,500. -
- Beskok, A., Lagoudas, D., Bevan , M. and Ounaies, Z. "Reversible Control of Anisotropic Electrical Conductivity Using Colloidal Microfluidic Networks" $100,000. -
- Beskok, A. "Reversible Control of Anisotropic Electrical Conductivity Using Colloidal Microfluidic Networks" $28,707. -
- Qian, S., Beskok, A., Gauthier, D. and Hao, J. Z. "A learning community for engineers and biologists at the bio-micro/nano interface" $175,000. Federal. 2010 - 2012
- Qian, S., Beskok, A., Cooper, R. A., Gauthier, D. and Hao, J. Z. "MRI: Acquisition of a four-probe MultiView4000 AFM/NSOM/SPM system" $310,401. Federal. 2009 - 2012
- Luo, L. and Beskok, A. "0807983, A Unified Modeling Approach for Micro- and Nano-Scale Gas Flows" $265,000. July 1, 2008 - June 30, 2011
- Beskok, A., Luo, L., Qian, S., Ferdjallah, M. and Stacey, M. W. "Multi-scale modeling of nano-particle cell dynamics" $999,998. Federal. - 2009
- Beskok, A. "A Microfluidic Approach for Separation and Concentration of Bacterial Spores from Milk and Juices" $73,236. May 2008 - May 2009
- Beskok, A., Kolb, J., Beebe, S. and Joshi, R. . "Disease-Specific Trapping of Human Cancer Cells" $70,700. January 2008 - June 2008
- Luo, L., Abraham, J., Beskok, A., Ladd, A. and Mavriplis, D. "Proposal CBETS-0733134, Collaborative proposal to support US participation in ICMMES" $1,500. Federal. July 1, 2007 - June 30, 2008
- Pillai, S. and Beskok, A. "A Microfluidic Approach for Separation and Concentration of Bacterial Spores from Milk and Juices" $95,558. October 2007 - May 2008
- Pillai , S. and Beskok, A. "Concentrating Bacterial Spores from Milk and Juices using Dielectrophoresis based Microfluidic Capture Systems" $127,021. October 2006 - September 2007
- Lagoudas, D. and Beskok, A. "Institute for Intelligent Bio-Nano Materials and Structures for Aerospace Vehicles" $15,000,000. August 2002 - August 2007
- Beskok, A., Lagoudas, D., Bevan, M. and Ounaies, Z. "Microfluidic Systems for Reconfigurable RF Surfaces and Systems" $300,000. October 2006 - July 2007
- Pillai , S. and Beskok, A. "Microfluidic System for Capture and Concentration of Microbial Contaminants in Drinking Water" $126,550. January 2004 - December 2005
- Beskok, A. "A Nonconforming Spectral Element Method for Electroosmotically Induced Microfluidic Mixing" $157,755. September 2003 - September 2005
- Ficht, A. and Beskok, A. "Modeling of protein composite bio-fluids for encapsulation process design" $250,000. September 2003 - September 2004
- Beskok, A. "Faculty Workstation Program" $1,500. - 2003
- Andrews, M. and Beskok, A. "Demonstration of Nano-Pinning for Terascale Information Storage" $200,000. September 2001 - September 2003
- Kihm, K., Beskok, A. and McIntyre, P. "Development of Microfluidic Nozzle Concepts for Biomedical Applications" $25,000. April 2000 - May 2003
- Cremer, P. and Beskok, A. "Designing New Experimental and Computational Methods in Microfluidics" $35,000. May 2001 - December 2002
- Beskok, A. and Lucht, R. "Development of Forced Convection Micro Heat Spreaders" $127,980. January 2000 - July 2002
- Kihm, K. and Beskok, A. "PUF-01: Purchase of a CLSM system" $110,000. - 2001
- Beskok, A. "Numerical Simulation of Gas Transport in Micron and Sub-Micron Scales" $10,000. - 2000
- Beskok, A. "Faculty Workstation Program" $1,500. - 1999
- Beskok, A. "Scientific Simulations for Micro Electro Mechanical Systems (MEMS) On PC-Based Linux Clusters" $25,000. - 1999
- Beskok, A. "Hardware Support for the New Computational Microfluidics Laboratory" $750. - May 1999
- Beskok, A. "TAMU Faculty Startup Grant" $50,000. August 1998 -
Articles
- Barisik, M. and Beskok, A. (2011). Equilibrium Molecular Dynamics Studies on Nanoscale-Confined Fluids. Microfluidics and Nanofluidics.
- Barisik, M. and Beskok, A. (2011). Molecular Dynamics Simulations of Shear Driven Gas Flows in Nano-Channels. Microfluidics and Nanofluidics.
- Ai, Y., Beskok, A., Gauthier, D., Joo, S. W. and Qian, S. (2009). DC electrokinetic transport of cylindrical cells in straight microchannels. Biomicrofluidics 3 , pp. 44110-11016.
- Hu, Q., Joshi, R. and Beskok, A. (2009). Model Study of Electroporation Effects on the Dielectrophoretic Response of Spheroidal Cells. Journal of Applied Physics 106 (024701) , pp. 1-8.
- Kim, H. and Beskok, A. (2009). Numerical Modeling of Chaotic Mixing in Electroosmotically Stirred Continuous Flow Mixers. ASME Journal of Heat Transfer.
- Park , S., Koklu, M. and Beskok, A. (2009). Particle trapping in high conductivity media with electrothermally enhanced negative dielectrophoresis. Analytical Chemistry.
- Park, S. and Beskok, A. (2008). Alternating current electrokinetic motion of colloidal particles on interdigitated microelectrodes. Analytical Chemistry 80 (8) , pp. 2832-2841.
- Celik, B., Akdag, U., Gunes, S. and Beskok, A. (2008). Flow Past an Oscillating Circular Cylinder in a Channel with an Upstream Splitter Plate. Physics of Fluids 20 (10) , pp. 103603.
- Kim, B., Beskok, A. and Cagin , T. (2008). Molecular Dynamics Simulations of Thermal Resistance at the Liquid-Solid Interface. Journal of Chemical Physics 129 , pp. 174701.
- Bahukudumbi, P. and Beskok, A. (2008). Quantification of Energy Dissipation for Laterally Oscillating Microstructures. Physics of Fluids 20 (3) , pp. 033603.
- Kim, B., Beskok, A. and Cagin, T. (2008). Thermal Interactions in Nanoscale Fluid Flow—Molecular Dynamics Simulations with Solid-Liquid Interfaces. Microfluidics and Nanofluidics 5 (4) , pp. 551-559.
- Soni, K., Balasubramanian, A., Pillai, S. and Beskok, A. (2008). Zeta Potential of Selected Bacteria in Drinking Water When Dead, Starved, or Exposed to Minimal and Rich Culture Media. Current Microbiology 56 (1) , pp. 93-97 .
- Balasubramanian, A., Soni , K., Pillai, S. and Beskok, A. (2007). A Microfluidic Device for Continuous Capture of Pathogens from Water. Lab on a Chip 7 , pp. 1315-1321.
- Bahukudumbi, P., Everett, W., Beskok, A., Huff, G., Lagoudas, D., Ounaies, Z. and Bevan, M. (2007). Colloidal Microstructures, transport, and Impedance Properties within Interfacial Microelectrodes. Applied Physics Letters 90 (224102).
- Hahm, J., Balasubramanian, A. and Beskok, A. (2007). Flow and Species Transport Control in Grooved Micro-Channels Using Local Electrokinetic Forces. Physics of Fluids 19 (013601).
- Balasubramanian, A., Pillai, S. and Beskok, A. (2007). In-situ analysis of bacterial capture in a microfluidic channel. Journal of Micromechanics and Microengineering 17 , pp. 1467-1478.
- Kumar, S., Kim, H. and Beskok, A. (2007). Numerical Simulations of Peristaltic Mixing. Journal of Fluids Engineering 129 , pp. 1361-1371.
- Kim, H. and Beskok, A. (2007). Quantification of Chaotic Strength and Mixing in a Microfluidic System. Journal of Micromechanics and Microengineering 17 , pp. 2197-2210.
- Pillai, S., Beskok, A., Balasubrahmanian , A. and Soni, K. (2006). A Microfluidic Device for Capture and Concentration of Microorganisms in Recycled Water. Habitation 10 (3/4) , pp. 224.
- Sert, C. and Beskok, A. (2006). Spectral Element Formulations on Nonconforming Grids: A Comparative Study of Pointwise Matching and Integral Projection Methods. Journal of Computational Physics 211 (1) , pp. 300-325 .
- Hahm, J. and Beskok, A. (2005). On-Chip Multi-Species Detection Using Hydrodynamic/ Electrokinetic Focusing. Bulletin of the Polish Academy of Sciences: Technical Sciences 53 (4) , pp. 325-334.
Books
- Karniadakis, G., Beskok, A. and Aluru, N. (2005). Microflows and Nanoflows: Fundamentals and Simulation. Springer.
Book Chapters
- Qian, S., Celik, B. and Beskok, A. (2011). Characterization of Chaotic Stirring and Mixing Using Numerical Tools Microfluidics and Nanofluidics Handbook CRC Press/Taylor & Francis Group.
- Pillai, S. and Beskok, A. (2009). A Microfluidic Device for Continuous Capture of Pathogens from Water Horizon Scientific Press.
- Beskok, A., Hahm, J. and Dutta , P. (2004). Electrokinetic Transport Phenomena in Micro-Fluidics Kluwer Academic Publishers.
- Beskok, A. (2001). Molecular-Based Microfluidic Simulation Models Boca Raton, FL: CRC Press.
Conference Proceeding
- Barisik, S. and Beskok, A. (2011). Interface Thermal Resistance in Liquid Argon Filled Silver and Graphite Nanochannels Denver, CO: ASME IMECE Meeting, IMECE 2011-66283.
- Barisik, M. and Beskok, A. (2011). MD Simulations of Nano Scale Gas Flows Denver, CO: ASME IMECE Meeting, IMECE 2011-66282.
- Sabuncu, A. C. and Beskok, A. (2011). Probing Gold Nanoparticle and Cell Interactions in Cell Culture Medium Istanbul, Turkey: 7th Nanoscience and Nanotechnology Conference of Turkey.
- Zhuang, J., Sabuncu, A. C., Beskok, A., Schoenback, K. H. and Kolb, J. F. (2011). Time domain dielectric spectroscopy of biological cells after pulsed electric field exposure Atlanta, GA: Workshop on Novel Sampling and Sensing for Improving Food Safety.
- Gu, D., Yalcin, S., Baumgart, H., Zian, S., Baysal, O. and Beskok, A. (2010). Electrophoretic Light Scattering for Surface Zeta Potential Measurement of ALD Metal Oxide Films (pp. 37) ECS Transactions.
- Kim, B., Beskok, A. and Cagin, T. (2008). Molecular Dynamics Simulations of Thermal Interactions in Nanoscale Liquid Channels Boston, MA: ASME IMECE 2008.
- Beskok, A. and Çelik, B. (2008). Mikro Akışlı Sistemlerde Elektrokinetik Taşıma İTU, İstanbul: Ulusal Havacılık ve Uzay Konferansi.
- Beskok, A. (2008). An Electrokinetically Stirred Continuous Flow Micromixer Darmstadt: 6th International Conference on Nanochannels, Microchannels and Minichannels (ASME).
- Kim, H. and Beskok, A. (2007). Numerical Studies of Mixing in an Electroosmotically Stirred Continuous Micro Mixer Seattle, WA: ASME IMECE 2007.
- Akdag, U., Gunes, S. and Beskok, A. (2007). The Vorticity Dynamics of Flow Past an Oscillating Cylinder in Microscale Ankara: 4th Ankara International Aerospace Conference.
- Huff, G., Bahukudumbi , P., Everett, W., Beskok, A., Bevan, M., Lagoudas, D. and Ounaieas, Z. (2007). Electromagnetically Functional Hybrid Composites for Structurally Embedded Load Breaing Aerosurface Antennas Ottawa, ON: CNC/USNC North American Radio Science Meeting.
- Huff, G., Bahukudumbi, P., Everett, W., Beskok, A., Bevan, M., Lagoudas, D. and Ounaieas, Z. (2007). Electromagnetically Tunable Fluids for Microfluidic Reconfiguration of Antennas Ottawa, ON: CNC/USNC North American Radio Science Meeting.
- Akdag, U. and Beskok, A. (2007). A Review of Electrokinetic Transport in Microfluidics Kayseri: 16th Ulusal Isı Bilimi ve Tekniği Kongresi.
- Beskok, A., Bevan, M., Ounaieas, Z. and Lagoudas, D. (2007). Reversible control on anisotropic electrical conductivity San Diego, CA.: SPIE Smart Structures and materials & Nondestructive Evaluation and Health Monitoring, 14th International Symposium.
- Bahukudumbi, P., Everett, W., Bevan, M. and Beskok, A. (2006). Engineering Colloidal Microfluidic Networks with Directed Assembly University Park, PA: The 43rd Annual Technical Meeting of the Society of Engineering Science.
- Kim, K., Kerr, M., Beskok, A. and Jayasuriya, S. (2006). Frequency-domain based Feedback Control of Flow Separation using Synthetic Jets Minneapolis, Minnesota: Proceedings of American Control Conference (ACC 2006).
- Hahm, J. and Beskok, A. (2005). Flow and Species Transport Control in Grooved Micro-Channels Proceedings of ASME IMECE Meeting.
- Bahukudumbi, P., Bevan, M. and Beskok, A. (2005). Self and Directed Colloidal Assembly On Patterned Electrodes Proceedings of ASME IMECE Meeting.
- Ford, D., Bevan, M., Beskok, A. and Schielack, J. (2005). High School Science Teachers Use Scientific Inquiry in Nanotechnology to Build Instructional Frameworks Cincinnati, OH: AIChe Annual Meeting.
- Kim, K., Beskok, A. and Jayasuriya, S. (2005). Nonlinear System Identification for the Interaction of Synthetic Jets with a Boundary Layer Portland, Oregon: Proceedings of American Control Conference (ACC 2005).
Presentations
- Beskok, A. (June , 2008). An Electrokinetically Stirred Continuous Flow Micromixer 6th International Conference on Nanochannels, Microchannels and Minichannels (ASME) Darmstadt, Germany.
- Beskok, A. (October 1, 2007). Shear Driven Oscillatory Gas Flows in the Entire Knudsen Regime DSMC07, Direct Simulation Monte Carlo, Theory, Methods and Applications Santa Fe, NM.
- Beskok, A. (July 25, 2006). An Electroosmotically Stirred Continuous Micro-Mixer International Conference on Mesoscopic Methods in Engineering and Science (ICMMES) Old Dominion University, Hampton VA.
- Beskok, A. (November 5, 2005). Microfluidic Capture and Concentration of Bacteria from Drinking Water In Enterprise Forum of Micro-technologies with Applications in Food Industry Mexico City.
- Beskok, A. (July 26, 2005). Chaotically Stirred Electrokinetic Micro Mixers International Conference on Mesoscopic Methods in Engineering and Science (ICMMES) Hong Kong.
- Beskok, A. (January 28, 2005). Microfluidic Capture and Concentration of Bacteria from Drinking Water First National Conference on Environmental Sampling for Bio Threat Agents Baltimore, MA.
- 2010: ODU Shining Star Award,
- 2005: Advisor of the Year Award, •Texas A&M University Recognized Student Organization
- 2004: BP Faculty Award for Teaching Excellence,
- 2004: Honorary Faculty Member, Sigma Delta Chapter of Pi Tau Sigma
- 2003: Outstanding Undergraduate Teaching Award,
- 2002: Nat'l Research Council, Faculty Summer Research Fellowship,
- 2000: Ralph E. Powe Junior Faculty Enhancement Award,
- 1999: David and Lucile Packard Fellowship in Engineering and Science, Texas A&M University