Dan Cavanagh

Educational Background

• B.S., Northwestern University
• M.S., Northwestern University
• Ph.D., Northwestern University

Teaching Specialties

• Biofluid mechanics
• Medical device design
• Heat and mass transport

Research Interests

• Biomedical fluid mechanics
• Medical device design
• Multiphase flows

Honors and Appointments

• The Christian R. and Mary F. Lindback Award for Distinguished Teaching, Bucknell University (2006)
• Bucknell University Nominee, CASE U.S. Professors of the Year Program (2005, 2006)
• Executive Board, Biomedical Engineering National Council of Chairs (2004-2014)
• Chair, Alumni Advisory Board, Biomedical Engineering, Northwestern University (2016-2017)
• William C. and Gertrude B. Emmitt Memorial Chair in Biomedical Engineering, Biomedical Engineering Program, Bucknell University (2002, 2007, 2012)
• Division Chair, Biomedical Engineering Division, American Society of Engineering Education (2008-2009)

Selected Publications

"Medical Device Design and Assessment: Unearthing Business Decisions", Proceedings of the NCIIA OPEN Conference, 2014.

"Preparing Students for Senior Design with a Rapid Design Challenge", American Society of Engineering Education Annual Meeting, June, 2009.

"Integrating External Mentors into BME Senior Design", American Society of Engineering Education Annual Meeting, June, 2008.

"A Two Project Sequence for Learning FEM, CAD and Manufacturing Skills", American Society of Engineering Education Annual Meeting, June, 2008.

"A Four Year Progression of Open-Ended Projects in an Undergraduate Biomedical Engineering Curriculum", American Society of Engineering Education Annual Meeting, June, 2007.

"Bubble Detachment by Diffusion-Controlled Surfactant Adsorption", Colloids and Surfaces A, 2003.

"The Effects of a Soluble Surfactant on the Interfacial Dynamics of Stationary Bubbles in Inclined Tubes", Journal of Fluid Mechanics, 2002.

"Interfacial Dynamics of Stationary Gas Bubbles in flows in Inclined Tubes", Journal of Fluid Mechanics, 1999.