Tadd Truscott
Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering
Associate Professor
Contact Information
Office Location: ENGR 419JPhone: 435-797-8246
Email: taddtruscott@gmail.com
Website: http://www.splashlab.org/
Curriculum Vitae: Download
Educational Background
Biography
Tadd received his B.S. degree in mechanical engineering in 2003 from the University of Utah his Ph.D. in June 2009 from The Massachusetts Institute of Technology in the field of hydrodynamics. During his graduate studies he studied the effect of wetting angle from surface treatments and dynamic effects on the water entry of spheres. He also studied the stabilization criterion for the water entry of bullets. During his graduate studies he helped pioneer a quantitative 3D imaging technique now known as Synthetic Aperture Particle Image Velocimetry (SAPIV). He continues to develop imaging methods that utilize the basis of this technique. His research interests span the fields of fluid dynamics, bio-medical flow visualization, ocean-wind-wave renewable energy, micro-fluids, bio-engineering, optics, computational cameras, physics, imaging, flow visualization, photographic techniques, and microbiology.
Teaching Interests
Fluid dynamics<br>Laboratory instruction and methods<br>Experimental Fluid Dynamics<br>Art and Science
Research Interests
Experimental fluid flow phenomena Advanced imaging techniques Water entry<br>Collective behavior of animals
Awards
Milton Van Dyke Gallery of Fluid Motion Poster Winner, 2016
69th Annual Meeting of the American Physical Society Division of Fluid Dynamics
Gallery of Fluid Motion Video Winner, 2014
67th Annual Meeting of the American Physical Society Division of Fluid Dynamics
Milton Van Dyke Gallery of Fluid Motion Poster Winner, 2014
67th Annual Meeting of the American Physical Society Division of Fluid Dynamics
Milton Van Dyke Gallery of Fluid Motion Video Winner, 2013
66th Annual Meeting of the American Physical Society Division of Fluid Dynamics
Gallery of Fluid Motion Poster Winner, 2012
65th Annual Meeting of the American Physical Society Division of Fluid Dynamics
Office of Naval Research Summer Faculty Research Fellowship recipient, 2012
Office of Naval Research Summer Faculty Research Fellowship recipient, 2012
Milton Van Dyke Gallery of Fluid Motion Video Winner, 2011
64th Annual Meeting of the American Physical Society Division of Fluid Dynamics
Office of Naval Research Summer Faculty Research Fellowship recipient, 2011
Poster Gallery Winner, 2011
162 Annual Acoustical Society of America Meeting
Gallery of Fluid Motion Poster Winner, 2009
62th Annual Meeting of the American Physical Society Division of Fluid Dynamics
Finalist, 2008
MGH-MIT Career Development Postdoctoral Fellowship in Translational Research
Gallery of Fluid Motion Poster Winner, 2007
60th Annual Meeting of the American Physical Society Division of Fluid Dynamics
Naval Research Enterprise Intern Program (NREIP) recipient, 2007
Naval Underwater Warfare Center (NUWC)
Naval Research Enterprise Intern Program (NREIP) recipient, 2006
Naval Underwater Warfare Center (NUWC)
Gallery of Fluid Motion Poster Winner, 2005
58th Annual Meeting of the American Physical Society Division of Fluid Dynamics
Best Student Chapter, 2004
Marine Technology Society
Publications | Journal Articles
Academic Journal
- Birkin, P.R, Foley, T.M, Truscott, T., Merritt, A., Martini, S., (2017). Cavitation clusters in lipid systems-surface effects, local heating and streamer formation. Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics, 19:9, 6785-6791.
- Truscott, T., Epps, B.P, Munns, R.H, (2016). Water exit dynamics of buoyant spheres. Physical Review Fluids, 1:7, doi: 10.1103/PhysRevFluids.1.074501
- Pan, Z., Whitehead, J., Thomson, S., Truscott, T., (2016). Error propagation dynamics of PIV-based pressure field calculations: How well does the pressure Poisson solver perform inherently?. Measurement Science and Technology, 27:8, doi: 10.1088/0957-0233/27/8/084012
- Pan, Z., Pitt, W.G, Zhang, Y., Wu, N., Tao, Y., Truscott, T., (2016). The upside-down water collection system of Syntrichia caninervis. Nature Plants, 2, doi: 10.1038/nplants.2016.76
- Marston, J.O, Mansoor, M.M, Truscott, T., Thoroddsen, S.T, (2016). Crown sealing and buckling instability during water entry of spheres. Journal of Fluid Mechanics, 27, 506-529. doi: 10.1017/jfm.2016.165
- Marston, J.O, Mansoor, M.M, Thoroddsen, S.T, Truscott, T., (2016). The effect of ambient pressure on ejecta sheets from free-surface ablation. Experiments in Fluids, 57:5, doi: 10.1007/s00348-016-2141-9
- Belden, J., Hurd, R.C, Jandron, M.A, Bower, A.F, Truscott, T., (2016). Elastic spheres walk on water. Nature Communications, 7, doi: 10.1038/ncomms10551
- Leete, K., Gee, K., Neilsen, T., Truscott, T., (2015). Mach Stem formation in outdoor measurements of acoustic shocks. Journal of the Acoustical Society of America-Express Letters, 138, doi: 10.1121/1.4937745
- Marston, J., Truscott, T., Mansoor, M., Thoroddsen, S., (2015). Buckling instability of crown sealing. Physics of Fluids, 27, doi: 10.1063/1.4931097
- Fanning, T., Mabey, C., Bodily, K., Hurd, R., Pan, Z., Boyer, M., Truscott, T., (2015). Matryoshka cavity. Physics of Fluids, 27, doi: 10.1063/1.4930902
- Langley, K., Maynes, D., Truscott, T., (2015). Eggs and Milk: Spinning Spheres Partially Immersed in a Liquid Bath. Physics of Fluids, 27, doi: 10.1063/1.4913574
- Truscott, T., Belden, J., Hurd, R., (2014). Water-skipping stones and spheres. Physics Today, 67, doi: 10.1063/PT.3.2631
- Langley, K.R, Hardester, E., Thomson, S.L, Truscott, T., (2014). Three-dimensional flow measurements on flapping wings using synthetic aperture PIV. Experiments in Fluids, 55:10, 1–16. doi: 10.1007/s00348-014-1831-4
- Daily, J., Pendlebury, J., Langley, K., Hurd, R., Thomson, S., Truscott, T., (2014). Catastrophic cracking courtesy of quiescent cavitation. Physics of Fluids, 26, doi: 10.1063/1.4894073
- Bodily, K.G, Carlson, S.J, Truscott, T., (2014). The water entry of slender axisymmetric bodies. Physics of Fluids (1994-present), 26:7, 072108. doi: 10.1063/1.4890832
- Truscott, T., Epps, B.P, Belden, J., (2014). Water entry of projectiles. Annual Review of Fluid Mechanics, 46, 355–378. doi: 10.1146/annurev-fluid-011212-140753
- Mazzeo, B.A, Patil, A.N, Hurd, R.C, Klis, J.M, Truscott, T., (2013). Air-coupled impact-echo delamination detection in concrete using spheres of ice for excitation. Journal of Nondestructive Evaluation, 33, doi: 10.1007/s10921-013-0215-7
- Bodily, K., Langley, K., Huey, J., Truscott, T., (2013). A new angle on water entry. Physics of Fluids, 25:9, doi: 10.1063/1.4820125
- Wright, M.M, Epps, B.P, Dropkin, A., Truscott, T., (2013). Cavitation of a submerged jet. Experiments in fluids, 54:6, 1–21. doi: 10.1007/s00348-013-1541-3
- Belden, J., Jandron, M.A, Truscott, T., (2013). Physics of elastic spheres skipping on water. Sports Physics
- Truscott, T., Belden, J., Nielson, J.R, Daily, D.J, Thomson, S.L, (2013). Determining 3D flow fields via multi-camera light field imaging. Journal of visualized experiments: JoVE73, doi: 10.3791/4325
- Killian, T.W, Klaus, R.A, Truscott, T., (2012). Rebound and jet formation of a fluid-filled sphere. Physics of Fluids (1994-present), 24:12, 122106. doi: 10.1063/1.4771985
- Truscott, T., Wright, M.M, Langley, K.R, Belden, J., (2012). Holy Balls! Balls that walk on water. Physics of Fluids, 25, 2.031. doi: 10.1063/1.4746071
- Truscott, T., Epps, B.P, Techet, A.H, (2012). Unsteady forces on spheres during free-surface water entry. Journal of Fluid Mechanics, 704, 173–210. doi: 10.1017/jfm.2012.232
- Belden, J., Ravela, S., Truscott, T., Techet, A.H, (2012). Three-dimensional bubble field resolution using synthetic aperture imaging: application to a plunging jet. Experiments in fluids, 53:3, 839–861. doi: 10.1007/s00348-012-1322-4
- Techet, A.H, Truscott, T., (2011). Water entry of spinning hydrophobic and hydrophilic spheres. Journal of Fluids and Structures, 27:5, 716–726. doi: 10.1016/j.jfluidstructs.2011.03.014
- Belden, J., Truscott, T., Axiak, M.C, Techet, A.H, (2010). Three-dimensional synthetic aperture particle image velocimetry. Measurement Science and Technology, 21:12, 125403. doi: 10.1088/0957-0233/21/12/125403/meta
- Epps, B.P, Truscott, T., Techet, A.H, (2010). Evaluating derivatives of experimental data using smoothing splines. Proceedings of Mathematical Methods in Engineering International Symposium. MMEI
- La Foy, R.R, Belden, J., Truscott, T., Shih, A.M, Techet, A.H, (2010). Oil droplet in alcohol. Physics of Fluids, 22, doi: 10.1063/1.3483217
- Aristoff, J.M, Truscott, T., Techet, A.H, Bush, J.W, (2010). The water entry of decelerating spheres. Physics of Fluids (1994-present), 22:3, 032102. doi: 10.1063/1.3309454
- Truscott, T., Techet, A.H, (2009). A spin on cavity formation during water entry of hydrophobic and hydrophilic spheres. Physics of Fluids (1994-present), 21:12, 121703. doi: 10.1063/1.3272264
- Truscott, T., Techet, A.H, (2009). Determining 3D Flow Fields Via Multi-camera Light Field Imaging. Journal of Fluid Mechanics
- Truscott, T., Techet, A.H, Beal, D.N, (2009). Shallow angle water entry of ballistic projectiles. Proceedings of the 7th International Symposium on Cavitation
- Truscott, T., Techet, A.H, (2009). Water entry of spinning spheres. Journal of Fluid Mechanics, 625, 135–165. doi: 10.1017/S0022112008005533
- Aristoff, J.M, Truscott, T., Techet, A.H, Bush, J.W, (2008). The water-entry cavity formed by low bond number impacts. Physics of Fluids, 20, doi: 10.1063/1.2973662
- Techet, A.H, Truscott, T., (2006). Cavity formation in the wake of a spinning sphere impacting the free surface. Physics of Fluids, 18, doi: 10.1063/1.2335903
An asterisk (*) at the end of a publication indicates that it has not been peer-reviewed.
Publications | Other
Other
- Truscott, T., (2009). Cavity dynamics of water entry for spheres and ballistic projectiles. Massachusetts Institute of Technology
An asterisk (*) at the end of a publication indicates that it has not been peer-reviewed.