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Rodward Hewlin

Engineering Tech & Constr Mgmt
animal flight morphology
biological flows
computational fluid dynamics
electromagnetics and medical drug delivery
heat transport
high-g applications
instrumentation science
mass transport
measurement science
medical implant analysis
medical implant design
micro-g applications
particle imaging velocimetry
physio-chemical hydrodynamics
zero-g applications
Related People
Bamdad Lessani
Praveen Ramaprabhu
Engineering Technology & Construction Management
Assistant Professor, Mechanical Engineering Technology
Smith 313
704-687-8284
rhewlin@uncc.edu
 
Lab Website

https://coefs.uncc.edu/rhewlin/

Education
  • North Carolina Agricultural & Technical State University (2015) (Ph.D., Mechanical Engineering)
  • North Carolina Agricultural & Technical State University (2010) (M.S., Mechanical Engineering)
  • North Carolina Agricultural & Technical State University (2008) (B.S., Mechanical Engineering)
 
Research Areas

Animal flight morphology
Biological Flows
Computational Fluid Dynamics
Electromagnetics and Medical Drug Delivery
Heat and Mass Transport
Instrumentation & Measurement Science
Physio-chemical Hydrodynamics
Particle Imaging Velocimetry
Medical Implant design and analysis
High-g, micro-g, and zero-g applications
 
Research Grants
 

PI, “EAGER: A Novel 3-D Printed PVDF-TrFE Copolymer Wall Shear Stress Measuring Device for Measurement of Wall Shear Stress in Unsteady Flow Applications”, National Science Foundation (NSF), CBET Division, Fluid Dynamics Program ($219,313), Award Period & Status: March 31, 2021 to March 31 2024 (Funded). (Co-PI: Dr. Michael Smith)

Co-PI, “Developing a Safe and Cost-effective Physics-based Flight Control Methodology for a UAV-enabled Bridge Inspection”, North Carolina Department of Transportation (NCDOT) ($89,073), Award Period & Status: August 2019 to July 2021 (Funded). (PI: Dr. Ali Karimoddini, North Carolina Agricultural & Technical State University)

PI, “Design and Development of a Novel Parallel-Stream Counter-Rotating Darrieus Turbine System for Offshore Energy Extraction in Coastal North Carolina”, North Carolina Renewable Ocean Energy Program (NCROEP) ($75,561), Award Period & Status: July 1, 2020-July 31, 2021 (Funded)  

PI, “Development of a Travelling Wave Ferro-Microfluidic Device for Particle Manipulation and Sorting in Gravitational and Non-Gravitational Environments”, NC Space Grant Faculty Research Grant ($40,000), Award Period & Status: June 1, 2020-May 31, 2022 (Funded)

PI, “Design and Implementation of a Magnetic Targeting System for Medical Drug Delivery”, UNC-C FRG ($7,000), Award Period & Status: January 15, 2018-May 30, 2019 (Funded)

 
PI, ” Magnetophoretic and Hemodynamic Analysis of SPIONS in Cardiovascular Flow”, Wells Fargo Faculty Grant ($4,000),  Award Period & Status: May 15, 2018-July 30, 2018 (Funded)
 
PI,  “Transient Magnetohydrodynamics of Superparamagnetic Iron Oxide Nanoparticles (SPIONS) in Clear Flexible Arterial Vessels”, National Science Foundation (NSF) CAREER AWARD ( $559,050), Award Period & Status: January 1, 2019-January 1, 2024 (Pending)
 
PI and Graduate Student Proposal, “Design and Development of a Digital Diagnostic System for Unsteady Magnetohydrodynamic Flow Analysis”, NC Space Grant Graduate Fellowship ($7,000), Award Period & Status: May 15, 2018-July 30, 2018 (Funded)   
 
PI , “Development of a Compact Ionic Polymer Transducing Sensor Wall Shear Stress Sensor for High Resolution Measurement in Unsteady Flows”, NC Space Grant New Investigator Award ($20,000), Award Period & Status July 1 2018-March 30, 2019 (Funded)
 
Awards & Recognitions
  • American Society of Mechanical Engineering (ASME) Fluids Engineering Division Best Paper Award (2013)
  • American Society of Mechanical Engineering (ASME) Fluids Engineering Division Board Member Appointment (2013)
  • American Society of Mechanical Engineering (ASME) Fluids Engineering Division Scholarship ($1,500)
  • American Society of Mechanical Engineering (ASME) Early Technical Career Conference Section Chair Appointment (2012)
  • U.S. Department of Education Title III PhD Fellow ($302,000) 2011-2015

 

Selected Publications

Hewlin, Jr., R.L. Smith, E., Cavalline, T., and Karimoddini, A. “Aerodynamic Performance Evaluation of a Skydio Drone via CFD as a Platform for Bridge Inspection: Phase 1 Study”  2021 ASME Fluids Engineering Division Summer Meeting, https://doi.org/10.1115/FEDSM2021-65996

Stanley, N, Ciero, A., Timms, W., and Hewlin, R.L., “Development of 3-D Printed Optically Clear Rigid Anatomical Vessels for Particle Image Velocimetry Analysis in Cardiovascular Flow”, 2019 International Mechanical Engineering Conference & Exposition (IMECE), November 11-14, Salt Lake City, Utah, USA, https://doi.org/10.1115/IMECE2019-11649

Hewlin, R., Ciero, A., and Kizito, J., “Development of a Two-Way Coupled Eulerian–Lagrangian Computational Magnetic Nanoparticle Targeting Model for Pulsatile Flow in a Patient-Specific Diseased Left Carotid Bifurcation Artery”, Journal of Cardiovascular Engineering and Technology, (2019), pp. 1-15,  https://doi.org/10.1007/s13239-019-00411-8
 

Hewlin, R.L, and Kizito, J.P., “Development of an Experimental and Digital Cardiovascular Arterial Model for Transient Hemodynamic and Postural Change Studies: “A Preliminary Framework Analysis”, Journal of Cardiovascular Engineering and Technology vol 8 no 32., pp 1-31 (2017), https://doi.org/10.1007/s13239-017-0332-z

Hewlin, R.L., and Kizito J.P., “Comparison of Carotid Bifurcation Hemodynamics in Patient-Specific Geometries at Rest and During Exercise”, ASME 2013 Fluids Engineering Division Summer Meeting, Incline Village, Nevada, July 7-11, 2013

Hewlin, R. L., and Kizito, J.P., “Development of a Capacitance Void Fraction Sensor for a Spray Cooling Loop”, ASME 2013 Fluids Engineering Division Summer Meeting, Incline Village, Nevada, July 7- 11, 2013  (Best Paper Award)

Hewlin, R. L., and Kizito, J.P., “Evaluation of the Effect of Simplified and Patient-Specific Arterial Geometry on Hemodynamic Flow in Stenosed Carotid Bifurcation Arteries”, ASME Early Technical Career Conference, Atlanta, Georgia, November 4-5, 2011

Yellen, BB; Erb, RM; Son, HS; Jr, R. Hewlin; Shang, H; Lee, GU, “Traveling Wave Magnetophoresis for high resolution chip based separations”, Lab On a Chip: microfluidic and nanotechnologies for chemistry, biology, and bioengineering, vol 7 no. 12 (2007), pp. 1681-1688[10.1039/b713547e] [abs]

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