Carlos Colosqui, PhD

Bio:

Carlos Colosqui joined the Department of Mechanical Engineering faculty in the fall of 2013. Before joining Stony Brook University, he was a research associate at the Levich Institute for Physicochemical Hydrodynamics at CCNY and the Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering at Princeton University. He holds a Ph.D. in Mechanical Engineering from Boston University. Professor Colosqui is also an affiliated faculty member in the Department of Applied Mathematics & Statistics and is directly involved in workforce development initiatives for advanced nanofabrication.

Education:

• Boston University, Boston, Ph.D. 2009

 

Professional Experience:

• Department of Mechanical Engineering, Stony Brook University, 2013- present
• Benjamin Levich Institute for Physicochemical Hydrodynamics, CUNY, 2012-2013
• Department of Chemical & Biological Engineering, Princeton University, 2009-2011

 

Awards & Publications:

• CEAS Teachers Rated Excellent Educators by their Students (TREES) Award 2025
• Emerging Leaders Program, SBU Provost Office 2022
• Mid-Career Faculty Diversity Award, SBU Provost Office 2020
• Dick A, Tong X, Kisslinger K, Colosqui CE, Doerk G. Polymer-Iron Oxide Hybrid Films for Controlling Electrokinetic Properties. Applied Surface Science Advances 2026
• Dick, A., Iyyapareddy, K., Al Hossain, A., Colosqui, C E. Topographic control of electrical conductivity for enhanced electrokinetic energy conversion. Journal of Power Sources 2025 
• Arnot DJ, Yan S, Pace A, Ma L, Ehrlich SN, Takeuchi ES, Marschilok AC, Colosqui CE, Takeuchi KJ. Electrochemistry Beyond Solutions: Modeling Particle Self-Crowding of Nanoparticle Suspensions. Journal of the American Chemical Society 2024
• T Singletary, G Drazer, AC Marschilok, ES Takeuchi, KJ Takeuchi, C.E. Colosqui*. Kinetic trapping of nanoparticles by solvent-induced interactions. Nanoscale 2024

 

Professional Memberships & Service:

• MEC Undergraduate Program Director, 2024-present
• SBU Turner Fellowship Selection Committee (member), 2024-present
• SBU University Vision Committee (REACH), 2020-2022

Overview:

Professor Colosqui's research involves theoretical, computational, and experimental studies of transport processes in micro- and nanoscale thermofluid systems with nanostructured interfaces. A primary interest centers on mesoscale interfacial processes and the associated novel effects that classical, continuum-based descriptions fail to capture. His group integrates computational modeling, including molecular dynamics, mesoscale simulation, and computational fluid dynamics, with micro/nanofabrication and experimental analysis. Current applications of his work include microfluidic devices for energy conversion and storage, separation processes, functional nanostructured surfaces, and nanoparticle transport and deposition at fluid-solid interfaces.

 

Highlights & Accomplishments:

• Demonstrated Nanofabrication of Large-Area Ordered Nanostructured Surfaces 
• Developed Microfluidic Systems for Electrokinetic Energy Conversion & Nanoparticle Separation
• Applied Molecular Dynamics & Machine Learning for Thermo-Fluid System Design and Analysis

 

Research Interests:

• Nanomaterials for Energy Conversion, Separation, Sensors, and Actuation
• Integration of Physics-Based and Data-Driven Models for Thermo-Fluid System Optimization
• Workforce Development in Advanced Manufacturing

• Expanding Pathways to Careers in Semiconductors and Nanomanufacturing 
• Stony Brook Program Trains Students to Fill  Seminconductor Workforce Gap