Wicking of Liquids in Porous Media

Krishna M. Pillai, PhD

Professor, University of Wisconsin–Milwaukee Director, Laboratory for Flow and Transport Studies in Porous Media, USA

Dr. Pillai’s primary research interests include wicking and evaporation. He is a co-editor of Wicking in Porous Materials: Traditional and Modern Modeling Approaches (CRC Press, 2013). He has published extensively in reputed technical journals and presented his work at numerous international conferences. Dr. Pillai has collaborated with several companies, including SC Johnson, Procter & Gamble, and Kimberly-Clark, improving product design through funded research, training, and consultancies. He was awarded the National Science Foundation CAREER grant in 2004. Dr. Pillai earned his doctorate at the University of Delaware and completed postdoctoral research at the University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign. He earned BTech and MTech degrees in mechanical engineering at IIT Kanpur, India.

Ryan (Reza) Masoodi, PhD

Professor of Mechanical Engineering, College of Architecture, Design, and Engineering Thomas Jefferson University, USA

Dr. Masoodi’s research focuses on transport phenomena in porous materials, with particular emphasis on capillarity-driven wicking and flow in swelling porous media, integrating theoretical modeling, laboratory experimentation, and high-fidelity computational fluid dynamics. He has published extensively on wicking, permeability evolution, and mold filling in natural fiber composites, authoring more than 60 peer-reviewed journal articles, book chapters, and conference papers. Dr. Masoodi is a co-editor of Wicking in Porous Materials: Traditional and Modern Modeling Approaches (CRC Press, 2013). His research has been supported by multiple federal and state grants as well as industry-sponsored projects. He earned a PhD in mechanical engineering at the University of Wisconsin–Milwaukee and completed a postdoctoral fellowship in the Laboratory for Flow and Transport Studies in Porous Media.

Abul Borkot Md Rafiqul Hasan, PhD

Mechanical Engineer specializing in Thermal-Fluid Sciences and Transport Phenomena

Dr. Hasan’s research focuses on fluid and thermal transport in porous media, including capillary-driven wicking, evaporation, non-isothermal transport, and contaminant migration in unsaturated soils. His work integrates experimental investigation with analytical, numerical, and data-driven modeling approaches. Dr. Hasan has authored and co-authored multiple peer-reviewed journal articles and book chapters in heat and mass transfer, porous media, and thermal-fluid sciences. His broader research interests include advanced thermal management systems, energy systems, and complex transport phenomena. He earned a PhD in mechanical engineering from the University of Wisconsin–Milwaukee, USA, where he conducted research in the Laboratory for Flow and Transport Studies in Porous Media.

This item is eligible for free returns within 30 days of delivery. See our returns policy for further details.