Wilhelmus Lab, 2024-2025, Brown University
Undergraduate Researcher, UTRA Award Recipient.

Wilhelmus Lab research centers on fluid mechanics, with a particular emphasis on transport processes and mixing phenomena.

As an undergraduate researcher, I designed and prototyped a hydrophobic mesh diaphragm composite replicating krill swarming during diel vertical migration, validated with particle image velocimetry, informing underwater textile design using bio-fluids engineering. The test setup recreated a water column, with the mesh dividing it into two zones. One held the krill swarm in a treading state while the other was the main test section, where copepods were drawn in using phototaxis (light cues).