Anand U. Oza



Associate Professor

New Jersey Institute of Technology (NJIT)
Department of Mathematical Sciences
Center for Applied Mathematics and Statistics

Office: Cullimore Hall, Room 510
Newark, NJ 07102

Email: oza "at" njit.edu
Phone: (973) 596-5418

I am interested in fluid mechanics and nonlinear dynamics, with applications to soft matter physics and biology. My research utilizes a combination of analytical techniques and numerical simulations, and I collaborate with experimentalists whenever possible. I am a part of the Complex Flows and Soft Matter (CFSM) Group.

CV

Publications

  1. Traveling waves in a continuum model for schooling swimmers
    A. U. Oza, E. Kanso & M. J. Shelley
    Submitted, 2025

  2. Exponential mixing in a hydrodynamic pilot-wave theory with singular potentials
    H. D. Nguyen & A. U. Oza
    Submitted, 2024

  3. Phase-field modeling of colloid-polymer mixtures in microgravity
    L. Barnes, B. Khusid, L. Kondic, W. V. Meyer & A. U. Oza
    npj Microgravity, 11: 62, 2025

  4. On the stability of an in-line formation of hydrodynamically interacting flapping plates
    M. Nitsche, A. U. Oza and M. Siegel
    Journal of Fluid Mechanics, 1013: A14, 2025

  5. Single-particle diffraction with a hydrodynamic pilot-wave model
    G. Pucci, A. Bellaigue, A. Cirimele, G. Ali & A. U. Oza
    Physical Review E 111: L033101, 2025

  6. The invariant measure of a walking droplet in hydrodynamic pilot-wave theory
    H. D. Nguyen & A. U. Oza
    Nonlinearity, 37: 095009, 2024

  7. Theoretical modeling of capillary surfer interactions on a vibrating fluid bath
    A. U. Oza, G. Pucci, I. Ho & D. M. Harris
    Physical Review Fluids, 8: 114011, 2023
    Featured in Physics

  8. Capillary surfers: wave-driven particles at a fluid interface
    I. Ho, G. Pucci, A. U. Oza & D. M. Harris
    Physical Review Fluids, 8: L112011, 2023
    Selected as Editors' Suggestion, Featured in Physics, Highlighted in the bulletin of the Italian Physical Society

  9. Generalization of waving-plate theory to multiple interacting swimmers
    P. J. Baddoo, N. J. Moore, A. U. Oza & D. G. Crowdy
    Communications on Pure and Applied Mathematics, 76(12): 3811-3851, 2023

  10. Flow rectification in loopy network models of bird lungs
    Q. M. Nguyen, A. U. Oza, J. Abouezzi, G. Sun, S. Childress, C. Frederick & L. Ristroph
    Physical Review Letters, 126: 114501, 2021
    Movies: 1, 2, 3
    Selected as Editors' Suggestion, and see Focus story
    Press coverage: NYU, NJIT, NSF, SIAM

  11. The dynamics of parallel-plate and cone-plate flows
    A. U. Oza & D. C. Venerus
    Physics of Fluids, 33: 023102, 2021
    Selected as a Featured article

  12. Hydrodynamic quantum analogs
    J. W. M. Bush & A. U. Oza
    Reports on Progress in Physics, 84: 017001, 2020

  13. Resonant interactions in bouncing droplet chains
    L. Barnes, G. Pucci & A. U. Oza
    Comptes Rendus Mécanique, 348(6-7): 573-589, 2020

  14. Lattices of hydrodynamically interacting flapping swimmers
    A. U. Oza, L. Ristroph & M. J. Shelley
    Physical Review X, 9: 041024, 2019
    Movie
    Press coverage: NJIT, Phys.org, ScienceDaily, NYU, Fish Nerds podcast

  15. Equilibrium shapes and their stability for liquid films in fast flows
    L. Ganedi, A. U. Oza, M. Shelley & L. Ristroph
    Physical Review Letters, 121: 094501, 2018
    Movies: 1, 2
    Press coverage: NJIT, Phys.org, Ars Technica, ScienceDaily, DailyMail, New York Times

  16. Hydrodynamic spin states
    A. U. Oza, R. R. Rosales & J. W. M. Bush
    Chaos, 28: 096106, 2018

  17. Promenading pairs of walking droplets: Dynamics and stability
    J. Arbelaiz, A. U. Oza & J. W. M. Bush
    Physical Review Fluids, 3: 013604, 2018
    Movie

  18. Simulations of pilot-wave dynamics in a simple harmonic potential
    K. M. Kurianski, A. U. Oza & J. W. M. Bush
    Physical Review Fluids, 2: 113602, 2017

  19. Orbiting pairs of walking droplets: Dynamics and stability
    A. U. Oza, E. Siéfert, D. M. Harris, J. Moláček & J. W. M. Bush
    Physical Review Fluids, 2: 053601, 2017
    Movie
    Press coverage: APS Physics Central

  20. Flow interactions lead to orderly formations of flapping wings in forward flight
    S. Ramananarivo, F. Fang*, A. U. Oza*, J. Zhang & L. Ristroph
    Physical Review Fluids, 1: 071201(R), 2016
    Movie

  21. Generalized Swift-Hohenberg models for dense active suspensions
    A. U. Oza, S. Heidenreich & J. Dunkel
    European Physical Journal E, 39: 97, 2016
    Topical Collection: Nonequilibrium Collective Dynamics in Condensed and Biological Matter
    Movies: 1, 2

  22. Antipolar ordering of topological defects in active liquid crystals
    A. U. Oza & J. Dunkel
    New Journal of Physics, 18: 093006, 2016
    Movies: 1, 2

  23. The onset of chaos in orbital pilot-wave dynamics
    L. D. Tambasco, D. M. Harris, A. U. Oza, R. R. Rosales & J. W. M. Bush
    Chaos, 26:103107, 2016

  24. Pilot-wave dynamics in a harmonic potential: Quantization and stability of circular orbits
    M. Labousse, A. U. Oza, S. Perrard & J. W. M. Bush
    Physical Review E, 93: 033122, 2016

  25. The wave-induced added mass of walking droplets
    J. W. M. Bush, A. U. Oza & J. Moláček
    Journal of Fluid Mechanics, 755: R7, 2014

  26. Pilot-wave hydrodynamics in a rotating frame: Exotic orbits
    A. U. Oza, Ø. Wind-Willassen, D. M. Harris, R. R. Rosales & J. W. M. Bush
    Physics of Fluids, 26: 082101, 2014

  27. Pilot-wave dynamics in a rotating frame: on the emergence of orbital quantization
    A. U. Oza, D. M. Harris, R. R. Rosales & J. W. M. Bush
    Journal of Fluid Mechanics, 744: 404-429, 2014

  28. A trajectory equation for walking droplets: hydrodynamic pilot-wave theory
    A. U. Oza, R. R. Rosales & J. W. M. Bush
    Journal of Fluid Mechanics, 737: 552-570, 2013
    Cover image

  29. Optimization search effort over the control landscapes for open quantum systems with Kraus-map evolution
    A. U. Oza, A. Pechen, V. Beltrani, K. Moore & H. Rabitz
    Journal of Physics A, 42: 205305, 2009

  30. The coating hypothesis for ammonia ice particles in Jupiter: laboratory experiments and optical modeling
    K. S. Kalogerakis, J. Marschall, A. U. Oza, P. A. Engel, R. T. Meharchand & M. H. Wong
    Icarus, 196(1): 202-215, 2008

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