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Anne Staples

Associate Professor
  • Focus Area: Bioinspired Engineering
Anne Staples
232 Norris Hall
495 Old Turner St.
Blacksburg, VA 24061

Research Interests

  • Fluid flows in nature
  • Computational fluid dynamics
  • Medical fluid dynamics
  • Bioinspired engineering
  • Experimental microfluidics
  • Machine learning

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  • 2024-present: Associate Professor,
    Department of Mechanical Engineering, Virginia Tech
  • 2014-2024: Associate Professor,
    Department of Biomedical Engineering and Mechanics, Virginia Tech
  • 2008-2014: Assistant Professor,
    Department of Biomedical Engineering and Mechanics, Virginia Tech
  • Virginia Tech College of Engineering Dean's Fellow, 2023 - Present
  • Chair, Southeastern Section of the American Physical Society, 2023
  • Editorial Board Member, PLOS ONE and Scientific Reports, 2021 - Present
  • Virginia Tech Dean's Award for Excellence in Teaching, College of Engineering, 2021
  • Core Fulbright U.S. Scholar in Haifa, Israel, 2016 
  • Virginia Tech Scholar of the Week, Office of Vice President for Research, 2015  
  • Naval Research Laboratory: National Research Council Postdoctoral Research Associate, Computational Physics and Fluid Dynamics, Washington, D.C., 2006-2008
  • Princeton University: Ph.D., Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, 2006
  • Princeton University: M.Eng., Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, 2001
  • Cornell University: B.S., Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, 2000