Andrey Kuznetsov

Professor

  • Phone: (919) 515-5292
  • Office: Engineering Building III (EB3) 3258

Dr. Kuznetsov is interested in developing models of electrically charged monolith filters capable of capturing viruses.

At the graduate level, Dr. Kuznetsov teaches Heat Transfer Theory and Applications (MAE 505) and Advanced Convective heat Transfer (MAE 708). In both of these courses, he presents real-life problems that have unexpected solutions. For example, he once told his students the true story of a problem that several Cosmonauts faced when first arriving at an uninhabited space station. The station was without power and its interior was very cold. They needed to know precisely the temperature in the station but did not have any devices to measure temperature. So, one of the Cosmonaut’s spit on a wall and measured with a watch the time it took for it to freeze. Stories like this demonstrate how physical principles solve problems in unexpected ways and bring the material to life.

At the undergraduate level, Dr. Kuznetsov teaches Fluid Mechanics I (MAE 308) and Heat Transfer (MAE 310). He complements the fundamental treatment with videos showing different effects and a lot of modern topics, like a discussion on why biological cells dehydrate when they freeze and the wonderful properties of superfluid liquid helium.

Dr. Kuznetsov’s students, like himself, are more than anything else obsessed with modeling fluid-thermal systems, which fosters a stimulating research environment. In fact, Dr. Kuznetsov’s graduate students, after first working with him, are often surprised and pleased to discover that he treats them as colleagues. They enjoy an atmosphere of stimulating discussions on competing ideas. The biotechnology focus of the research also makes the subject particularly interesting.

Outside of work, Dr. Kuznetsov spends time with his family.

Publications

Lewy body radius growth: The hypothesis of the cube root of time dependency
Kuznetsov, A. V. (2024), JOURNAL OF THEORETICAL BIOLOGY, 581. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jtbi.2024.111734
Numerical and Analytical Simulation of the Growth of Amyloid-β Plaques
Kuznetsov, A. V. (2024), JOURNAL OF BIOMECHANICAL ENGINEERING-TRANSACTIONS OF THE ASME, 146(6). https://doi.org/10.1115/1.4064969
Numerical modeling of senile plaque development under conditions of limited diffusivity of amyloid-β monomers
Kuznetsov, A. V. (2024), JOURNAL OF THEORETICAL BIOLOGY, 587. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jtbi.2024.111823
The growth rate of senile plaques is determined by the competition between the rate of deposition of free Aβ aggregates into plaques and the autocatalytic production of free Aβ aggregates
V. Kuznetsov, A. (2024), JOURNAL OF THEORETICAL BIOLOGY, 593. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jtbi.2024.111900
ATP diffusional gradients are sufficient to maintain bioenergetic homeostasis in synaptic boutons lacking mitochondria
Kuznetsov, I. A., & Kuznetsov, A. V. (2023, March 5), INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL FOR NUMERICAL METHODS IN BIOMEDICAL ENGINEERING. https://doi.org/10.1002/cnm.3696
Absorption rate governs cell transduction in dry macroporous scaffolds
VanBlunk, M., Srikanth, V., Pandit, S. S., Kuznetsov, A. V., & Brudno, Y. (2023, January 26), BIOMATERIALS SCIENCE, Vol. 1. https://doi.org/10.1039/d2bm01753a
Dynein Dysfunction Prevents Maintenance of High Concentrations of Slow Axonal Transport Cargos at the Axon Terminal: A Computational Study
Kuznetsov, I. A., & Kuznetsov, A. V. (2023), JOURNAL OF BIOMECHANICAL ENGINEERING-TRANSACTIONS OF THE ASME, 145(7). https://doi.org/10.1115/1.4056915
Effect of mitochondrial circulation on mitochondrial age density distribution
Kuznetsov, I. A., & Kuznetsov, A. V. (2023, September 9), INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL FOR NUMERICAL METHODS IN BIOMEDICAL ENGINEERING. https://doi.org/10.1002/cnm.3770
Flow Regimes and Types of Solid Obstacle Surface Roughness in Turbulent Heat Transfer Inside Periodic Porous Media
Srikanth, V., Peverall, D., & Kuznetsov, A. V. (2023, July 1), TRANSPORT IN POROUS MEDIA. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11242-023-01978-6
Mitochondrial transport in symmetric and asymmetric axons with multiple branching junctions: a computational study
Kuznetsov, I. A., & Kuznetsov, A. V. (2023, June 22), COMPUTER METHODS IN BIOMECHANICS AND BIOMEDICAL ENGINEERING. https://doi.org/10.1080/10255842.2023.2226787

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Grants

  • A Microscale Study of Turbulent Flow in the Porous Medium and at the Porous/Fluid Interface: Combining LES, DNS, and Neural Network Approaches
  • Porous Materials to Transform Cellular Genetic Reprogramming
  • EAGER: Exploratory Research on DNS Modeling of Turbulent Heat Transfer in Porous Media
  • Computational Investigation And Optimization Of Monolith Filters For Air Filtration And Purification To Counteract A Potential Bacteriological Terrorist Attack
  • Modeling of Flow Containing Nanoparticles Through Electrostatically Charged Monolith Filters
  • Simulation of Unsteady Reacting Flows in Pulsejets with Ejectors
  • Enhancing Mixing in Micro Volumes of Fluid by Utilizing Bioconvection
Andrey Kuznetsov