Edward J. Shaughnessy | Scholars@Duke

Edward J. Shaughnessy
Professor Emeritus in the Department of Mechanical Engineering and Materials Science

Professor Shaughnessy's research interests include analytical, experimental, and computational studies of flow problems arising in biology, medicine, and biotechnology as well as in more traditional mechanical engineering applications.

Current research efforts include the effect of flow of non-Newtonian fluid properties on the flow separation near a tee junction representing a model of blood flow near a coronary artery graft; heat and momentum transfer near rough surfaces modeled by fractal distributions of surface roughness; the influence of flow on particle trajectories in electrostatic precipitators, inertial separators and aerosol sampling devices; and flow processes within or near deformable boundaries. The above work employs finite element based computational fluid dynamics using steady and transient simulations of 2-D and 3-D flow.

Current Appointments & Affiliations

Professor Emeritus in the Department of Mechanical Engineering and Materials Science, Mechanical Engineering and Materials Science, Pratt School of Engineering 2018

Contact Information

056 Engineering Bldg, Durham, NC 27708
Box 90300, Durham, NC 27708-0300
eshaughn@duke.edu (919) 660-5304

Background
Education, Training, & Certifications
- Ph.D., University of Virginia 1975
- M.S., University of Virginia 1971
- B.S.E., Manhattan College 1969
Duke Appointment History
- Professor of Mechanical Engineering and Materials Science, Mechanical Engineering and Materials Science, Pratt School of Engineering 1985 - 2018
- Associate Professor with Tenure, Mechanical Engineering and Materials Science, Pratt School of Engineering 1980 - 1985
- Associate Professor, Mechanical Engineering and Materials Science, Pratt School of Engineering 1979 - 1980
- Assistant Professor, Mechanical Engineering and Materials Science, Pratt School of Engineering 1975 - 1979
Research
Selected Grants
- Investigations into Micro-Scale Heat Transfer and CAD Tools for Thermal Management in Deep-Submicron Integrated Circuits awarded by National Science Foundation 2000
Publications & Artistic Works
Selected Publications
- Academic Articles
  - Ren, H., R. B. Fair, M. G. Pollack, and E. J. Shaughnessy. “Dynamics of electro-wetting droplet transport.” Sensors and Actuators, B: Chemical 87, no. 1 (November 15, 2002): 201–6. https://doi.org/10.1016/S0925-4005(02)00223-X.
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  - Katz, I. M., E. J. Shaughnessy, and B. B. Cress. “A technical problem in the calculation of laminar flow near irregular surfaces described by sampled geometric data..” Journal of Biomechanics 28, no. 4 (April 1995): 461–64. https://doi.org/10.1016/0021-9290(94)00086-j.
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  - Shaughnessy, E. J., and J. W. Van Gilder. “Low rayleigh number conjugate convection in straight inclined fractures in rock.” Numerical Heat Transfer; Part A: Applications 7, no. 4 (January 1, 1995): 389–408. https://doi.org/10.1080/10407789508913752.
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  - Katz, I. M., E. J. Shaughnessy, and Z. Zhang. “Method for calculating the average cross-section pressure distribution in tube flows within the vorticity-streamfunction formulation.” Numerical Heat Transfer, Part B: Fundamentals 22, no. 3 (January 1, 1992): 349–65. https://doi.org/10.1080/10407799208944988.
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  - Shaughnessy, E. J., and G. S. Solomon. “Electrohydrodynamic pressure of the point-to-plane corona discharge.” Aerosol Science and Technology 14, no. 2 (January 1, 1991): 193–200. https://doi.org/10.1080/02786829108959482.
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  - Ohman, E. M., S. Helmy, E. Shaughnessy, D. B. Adams, and J. Kisslo. “In vitro analysis of jets by Doppler colour flow imaging: the importance of time to maximum jet area..” Eur Heart J 11, no. 4 (April 1990): 361–67. https://doi.org/10.1093/oxfordjournals.eurheartj.a059711.
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  - Katz, I. M., and E. J. Shaughnessy. “Computer aided analysis of 1-D compressible flow problems in a Lagrangian particle description using the α method.” Computers and Fluids 18, no. 1 (January 1, 1990): 75–101. https://doi.org/10.1016/0045-7930(90)90004-H.
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  - Katz, I. M., and E. J. Shaughnessy. “The equations of 1-D compressible flow with area change in a Lagrangian particle description.” Computers and Fluids 18, no. 2 (January 1, 1990): 183–90. https://doi.org/10.1016/0045-7930(90)90018-S.
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  - Nelson, D. A., and E. J. Shaughnessy. “Exact solution for electrically-driven convection between vertical electrodes.” Conference Record Ias Annual Meeting (Ieee Industry Applications Society), no. pt 2 (December 1, 1989): 2084–89.
  - Ramus, J., B. E. Kenney, and E. J. Shaughnessy. “Drag reducing properties of microalgal exopolymers..” Biotechnology and Bioengineering 33, no. 5 (January 1989): 550–57. https://doi.org/10.1002/bit.260330506.
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  - Katz, I. M., and E. J. Shaughnessy. “An electronically switched flowmeter and temperature sensor employing a single thermistor probe.” Journal of Physics E: Scientific Instruments 21, no. 1 (December 1, 1988): 108–12. https://doi.org/10.1088/0022-3735/21/1/020.
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  - Katz, I. M., and E. J. Shaughnessy. “Digital temperature compensation of a thermistor flowmeter.” Journal of Physics E: Scientific Instruments 20, no. 5 (December 1, 1987): 561–64. https://doi.org/10.1088/0022-3735/20/5/021.
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  - Weaver, M. K., and E. J. Shaughnessy. “IMPELLER-FREE AGITATOR FOR SUSPENSION CULTURE OF MAMMALIAN CELLS.,” December 1, 1987, 3–6.
  - Davidson, J. H., and E. J. Shaughnessy. “Turbulence generation by electric body forces.” Experiments in Fluids 4, no. 1 (January 1, 1986): 17–26. https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00316781.
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  - Nelson, D. A., and E. J. Shaughnessy. “Electric field effects on natural convection in enclosures.” Journal of Heat Transfer 108, no. 4 (January 1, 1986): 749–54. https://doi.org/10.1115/1.3247008.
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  - Weaver, M. K., and E. J. Shaughnessy. “A Technique for Pressure Measurement in the Active Electrical Zone of a Wire-Cylinder Electrostatic Precipitator.” Ieee Transactions on Industry Applications IA-22, no. 2 (January 1, 1986): 235–39. https://doi.org/10.1109/TIA.1986.4504709.
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  - Shaughnessy, E. J., J. H. Davidson, and J. C. Hay. “The fluid mechanics of electrostatic precipitators.” Aerosol Science and Technology 4, no. 4 (January 1, 1985): 471–76. https://doi.org/10.1080/02786828508959072.
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  - Davidson, J. H., and E. J. Shaughnessy. “MEAN VELOCITY AND TURBULENT INTENSITY PROFILES IN A LARGE SCALE LABORATORY PRECIPITATOR..” American Society of Mechanical Engineers (Paper), December 1, 1984.
  - Davidson, J. H., and E. J. Shaughnessy. “TURBULENCE GENERATION BY ELECTRIC BODY FORCES.,” December 1, 1984.
  - Nelson, D. A., and E. J. Shaughnessy. “ELECTRIC FIELD EFFECTS ON NATURAL CONVECTION IN ENCLOSURES..” American Society of Mechanical Engineers, Heat Transfer Division, (Publication) Htd 39 (December 1, 1984): 13–20.
  - Shaughnessy, E. J., and T. G. Bifano. “MEASUREMENTS OF THE ENERGY SPECTRUM IN A TIDAL CHANNEL USING A SECOND GENERATION SUBMERSIBLE LASER-DOPPLER ANEMOMETER.,” December 1, 1984, 282–92.
  - Schaffer James, P., J. Shaughnessy Edward, and L. Jones Phillip. “DECONVOLUTION OF DOPPLER-BROADENED POSITRON ANNIHILATION MEASUREMENTS USING FAST FOURIER TRANSFORMS AND POWER SPECTRAL ANALYSIS..” Nuclear Instruments & Methods in Physics Research, Section B: Beam Interactions With Materials And 233, no. 1 (1984): 75–79.
  - Schaffer, J. P., E. J. Shaughnessy, and P. L. Jones. “The deconvolution of Doppler-broadened positron annihilation measurements using fast Fourier transforms and power spectral analysis.” Nuclear Inst. and Methods in Physics Research, B 5, no. 1 (January 1, 1984): 75–79. https://doi.org/10.1016/0168-583X(84)90572-X.
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  - Sigmon, J. T., K. R. Knoerr, and E. J. Shaughnessy. “Leaf emergence and flow-through effects on mean windspeed profiles and microscale pressure fluctuations in a deciduous forest.” Agricultural and Forest Meteorology 31, no. 3–4 (January 1, 1984): 329–37. https://doi.org/10.1016/0168-1923(84)90045-5.
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  - Sigmon, J. T., K. R. Knoerr, and E. J. Shaughnessy. “Microscale pressure fluctuations in a mature deciduous forest.” Boundary Layer Meteorology 27, no. 4 (December 1, 1983): 345–58. https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02033744.
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  - McMurray, J. T., and E. J. Shaughnessy. “Measurement of turbulence in a tidal channel using a laser Doppler velocimeter.,” January 1, 1982.
  - McMurray, J. T., and E. J. Shaughnessy. “Measurement of turbulence in a tidal channel using a laser Doppler velocimeter.,” January 1, 1982.
  - McMurray, J. T., and E. J. Shaughnessy. “Measurement of turbulence in a tidal channel using a laser Doppler velocimeter.,” January 1, 1982.
  - McMurray, J. T., and E. J. Shaughnessy. “Measurement of turbulence in a tidal channel using a laser Doppler velocimeter.,” January 1, 1982.
  - Lawless, P. A., and E. J. Shaughnessy. “LASER DOPPLER ANEMOMETER MEASUREMENTS OF PARTICLE VELOCITY IN A LABORATORY PRECIPITATOR..” Conference Record Ias Annual Meeting (Ieee Industry Applications Society), December 1, 1981, 1124–27.
  - Douglass, R. W., E. J. Shaughnessy, and B. R. Munson. “Small reynolds number convection in rotating spherical annuli.” Journal of Heat Transfer 101, no. 3 (January 1, 1979): 427–33. https://doi.org/10.1115/1.3450996.
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  - McMurray, J. T., and E. J. Shaughnessy. “SPECTRAL METHODS FOR TRANSIENT HEAT CONDUCTION PROBLEMS IN SIMPLE GEOMETRIES..” Asme Pap, no. 79-HT-62 (January 1, 1979).
  - Shaughnessy, E. J., and J. T. McMurray. “CHEBYSHEV MATRIX METHODS FOR THE HEAT EQUATION: CONVERGENCE AND ACCURACY..” Asme Pap, no. 79-HT-62 (January 1, 1979).
  - Shaughnessy, E. J., and F. H. Zu’Bi. “GaAlAs diode sources for laser-Doppler anemometry.” Applied Physics Letters 33, no. 9 (December 1, 1978): 835–36. https://doi.org/10.1063/1.90547.
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  - Douglass, R. W., B. R. Munson, and E. J. Shaughnessy. “Thermal convection in rotating spherical annuli-2. Stratified flows.” International Journal of Heat and Mass Transfer 21, no. 12 (January 1, 1978): 1555–64. https://doi.org/10.1016/0017-9310(78)90011-X.
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  - Douglass, R. W., B. R. Munson, and E. J. Shaughnessy. “Thermal convection in rotating spherical annuli-1. Forced convection.” International Journal of Heat and Mass Transfer 21, no. 12 (January 1, 1978): 1543–53. https://doi.org/10.1016/0017-9310(78)90010-8.
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  - Shaughnessy, E. J., J. Custer, and R. W. Douglass. “Partial spectral expansions for problems in thermal convection.” Journal of Heat Transfer 100, no. 3 (January 1, 1978): 435–41. https://doi.org/10.1115/1.3450827.
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  - Shaughnessy, E. J., and R. W. Douglass. “The effect of stable stratification on the motion in a rotating spherical annulus.” International Journal of Heat and Mass Transfer 21, no. 9 (January 1, 1978): 1251–59. https://doi.org/10.1016/0017-9310(78)90144-8.
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  - Shaughnessy, E. J., and J. B. Morton. “Laser light-scattering technique for measurements of turbulent mixing.” Applied Physics Letters 30, no. 1 (December 1, 1977): 10–11. https://doi.org/10.1063/1.89210.
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  - Custer, J. R., and E. J. Shaughnessy. “Thermoconvective motion of low prandtl number fluids within a horizontal cylindrical annulus.” Journal of Heat Transfer 99, no. 4 (January 1, 1977): 596–602. https://doi.org/10.1115/1.3450748.
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  - Custer, J. R., and J. Shaughnessy. “Natural convection in liquid metals in an enclosure.” Journal of Heat Transfer 99, no. 4 (January 1, 1977): 675–76. https://doi.org/10.1115/1.3450763.
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  - Shaughnessy, E. J., and J. B. Morton. “LASER LIGHT-SCATTERING MEASUREMENTS OF PARTICLE CONCENTRATION IN A TURBULENT JET..” Journal of Fluid Mechanics 80, no. pt 1 (1977): 129–48.
  - Shaughnessy, E. J., and J. B. Morton. “Laser light-scattering measurements of particle concentration in a turbulent jet.” Journal of Fluid Mechanics 80, no. 1 (January 1, 1977): 129–48. https://doi.org/10.1017/S0022112077001566.
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  - Morton, J. B., and E. J. Shaughnessy. “Waves in a gas in solid-body rotation.” Journal of Fluid Mechanics 56, no. 2 (November 28, 1972): 277–86. https://doi.org/10.1017/S0022112072002861.
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  - Morton, J. B., and E. J. Shaughnessy. “WAVES IN A GAS IN SOLID-BODY ROTATION..” Journal of Fluid Mechanics 56, no. Part 2 (1972): 277–86.
- Conference Papers
  - McMurray, J. T., and E. J. Shaughnessy. “SPECTRAL METHODS FOR TRANSIENT HEAT CONDUCTION PROBLEMS IN SIMPLE GEOMETRIES..” In Asme Pap, 1979.
  - Shaughnessy, E. J., and J. T. McMurray. “CHEBYSHEV MATRIX METHODS FOR THE HEAT EQUATION: CONVERGENCE AND ACCURACY..” In Asme Pap, 1979.
Teaching & Mentoring
Recent Courses
- ME 336L: Fluid Mechanics 2017
- ME 536: Compressible Fluid Flow 2017

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