My name is Sophie Loire. I am a postdoctoral Researcher in Mechanical Engineering at UCSB. I work in Professor Igor Mezic group. read more

Dynamical systems and control, Uncertainty quantification, Graph methods, Fluid dynamics, Multiphysics coupling, Microfluidic phenomena, Numerical methods, Stochastic methods, Monte-Carlo techniques...  read more

Working on the design of microfluidics devices using electrokinetic force, Developping numerical simulations using stochastic methods... Spread of Deepwater Horizon oil slick predicted using new method Latest news: "In a paper published online today [September 2nd 2010], in the prestigious journal Science, Mezic, together with Sophie Loire, a postdoctoral fellow who works with Mezic and colleagues at the software development company Aimdyn, Inc. in Santa Barbara and at NASA s Stennis Space Center in Mississippi, describe how they predicted the movement of oil spilled into the Gulf of Mexico after an explosion aboard the Deepwater Horizon rig on April 20." UCSB Press Release: