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.
Capillary surfers: wave-driven particles at a fluid interface
I. Ho, G. Pucci, A. U. Oza & D. M. Harris
Submitted, 2021
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 (in press), 2021
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
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The dynamics of parallel-plate and cone-plate flows
A. U. Oza & D. C. Venerus
Physics of Fluids, 33: 023102, 2021
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Hydrodynamic quantum analogs
J. W. M. Bush & A. U. Oza
Reports on Progress in Physics, 84: 017001, 2020
Resonant interactions in bouncing droplet chains
L. Barnes, G. Pucci & A. U. Oza
Comptes Rendus Mécanique, 348(6-7): 573-589, 2020
Lattices of hydrodynamically interacting flapping swimmers
A. U. Oza, L. Ristroph & M. J. Shelley
Physical Review X, 9: 041024, 2019
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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
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Hydrodynamic spin states
A. U. Oza, R. R. Rosales & J. W. M. Bush
Chaos, 28: 096106, 2018
Promenading pairs of walking droplets: Dynamics and stability
J. Arbelaiz, A. U. Oza & J. W. M. Bush
Physical Review Fluids, 3: 013604, 2018
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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
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
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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 (Rapid Communications), 1: 071201(R), 2016
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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
Antipolar ordering of topological defects in active liquid crystals
A. U. Oza & J. Dunkel
New Journal of Physics, 18: 093006, 2016
Movies: 1, 2
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
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
The wave-induced added mass of walking droplets
J. W. M. Bush, A. U. Oza & J. Moláček
Journal of Fluid Mechanics (Rapids), 755: R7, 2014
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
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
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
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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
Lauren Barnes, PhD candidate, NJIT (Summer 2018 - present)
Connor Robertson, PhD candidate, NJIT (co-advised with Prof. Travis Askham, Fall 2019 - present)
José Pabón, PhD candidate, NJIT (co-advised with Prof. Michael Siegel, Fall 2020 - present)
Manav Guzraty, undergraduate, NJIT (formerly through NSF GS-LSAMP program, Summer 2019 - present)
Manal Desai, undergraduate, Albert Dorman Honors College, NJIT (Fall 2021 - present)
Antoine Bellaigue, Masters, Université de Rennes 1 (co-advised with Dr. Giuseppe Pucci, Summer 2020)
Sarah Jensen, undergraduate, Mathematical Biosciences Institute/NJIT REU (Summer 2019)
Spring 2022: Introduction to Partial Differential Equations (MATH 331, undergraduate)
Fall 2021: Advanced Applied Math III: Partial Differential Equations (MATH 690, graduate)
Fall 2021: Linear Algebra (MATH 337, undergraduate)
Spring 2021: Advanced Applied Math II: Ordinary Differential Equations (MATH 689, graduate)
Spring 2021: Calculus IIIA (MATH 211, undergraduate)
Fall 2020: Advanced Applied Math III: Partial Differential Equations (MATH 690, graduate)
Fall 2019: Advanced Applied Math III: Partial Differential Equations (MATH 690, graduate)
Fall 2019: Linear Algebra (MATH 337, undergraduate)
Spring 2019: Advanced Applied Math II: Ordinary Differential Equations (MATH 689, graduate)
Fall 2018: Advanced Applied Math III: Partial Differential Equations (MATH 690, graduate)
Spring 2018: Advanced Applied Math II: Ordinary Differential Equations (MATH 689, graduate)
Fall 2017: Calculus I (MATH 111, undergraduate)
Spring 2017: Math for Economics II (MAT 212, undergraduate)
Fall 2016: Calculus II (MAT 122, undergraduate)
Spring 2016: Calculus II (MAT 122, undergraduate)
Fall 2015: Calculus II (MAT 122, undergraduate)