Jeffrey S. Marshall
Professor, Department of Mechanical Engineering
Associate Dean for Research and Graduate Education
Faculty Fellow, Gund Institute for Environment
231A Votey Hall
33 Colchester Ave
Burlington, VT 05405
United States
- Ph.D., University of California, Berkeley (1987)
- M.S., University of California, Los Angeles (1984)
- B.S., University of California, Los Angeles (1983)
• Department of Mechanical Engineering
• Gund Institute for Environment
Areas of expertise
Fluid Dynamics, Particulate Flows, Renewable Energy Systems, Biofluids
BIO
Dr. Marshall moved to Vermont in 2006 from a faculty position at the University of Iowa, where he served as a professor and chair of the Department of Mechanical and Industrial Engineering. Dr. Marshall performs research in fluid mechanics and particulate flows, with particular focus on vortex flows and adhesive particulate flows. His recent projects have dealt with nanoparticle / hydrogel interaction, biofilm simulation and mitigation, renewable energy systems, turbulent particle agglomeration, snow physics, and particle mitigation from solar panels. Dr. Marshall is a Fellow of the American Society of Mechanical Engineers and a Fellow of the Gund Institute for Environment. He served as the director of the UVM Smart Grid IGERT program from 2012-2019, and as the interim director of Vermont Space Grant in 2019. Dr. Marshall is the author of two books -- Inviscid Incompressible Flow (John Wiley & Sons, 2001) and Adhesive Particle Flow: A Discrete Element Approach (Cambridge University Press, 2014). In addition to his current faculty position, he has served as the Associate Dean for Research and Graduate Education in the College of Engineering and Mathematical Sciences since 2019.
Courses
- ME 1210 Thermodynamics
- ME 2230 Fluid Mechanics
- ME 3230 Incompressible Flow
- ME 3262 Energy Systems Engineering
- ME 5040 Adv Engineering Analysis
- ME 5160 Continuum Mechanics
- ME 5230 Vortex Flows
- ME 6230 Adv Fluid Dynamics
Awards and Achievements
Fellow, American Society of Mechanical Engineers
Fellow, Vermont Academy of Science and Engineering
Bio
Dr. Marshall moved to Vermont in 2006 from a faculty position at the University of Iowa, where he served as a professor and chair of the Department of Mechanical and Industrial Engineering. Dr. Marshall performs research in fluid mechanics and particulate flows, with particular focus on vortex flows and adhesive particulate flows. His recent projects have dealt with nanoparticle / hydrogel interaction, biofilm simulation and mitigation, renewable energy systems, turbulent particle agglomeration, snow physics, and particle mitigation from solar panels. Dr. Marshall is a Fellow of the American Society of Mechanical Engineers and a Fellow of the Gund Institute for Environment. He served as the director of the UVM Smart Grid IGERT program from 2012-2019, and as the interim director of Vermont Space Grant in 2019. Dr. Marshall is the author of two books -- Inviscid Incompressible Flow (John Wiley & Sons, 2001) and Adhesive Particle Flow: A Discrete Element Approach (Cambridge University Press, 2014). In addition to his current faculty position, he has served as the Associate Dean for Research and Graduate Education in the College of Engineering and Mathematical Sciences since 2019.
Courses
- ME 1210 Thermodynamics
- ME 2230 Fluid Mechanics
- ME 3230 Incompressible Flow
- ME 3262 Energy Systems Engineering
- ME 5040 Adv Engineering Analysis
- ME 5160 Continuum Mechanics
- ME 5230 Vortex Flows
- ME 6230 Adv Fluid Dynamics
Awards and Achievements
Fellow, American Society of Mechanical Engineers
Fellow, Vermont Academy of Science and Engineering
Books
- Marshall, J.S., Physics of Vortex Flows, Springer Nature, Switzerland (2025).
- Marshall, J.S., and Li, S., Adhesive Particle Flow – A Discrete-Element Approach, Cambridge University Press, New York (2014).
- Marshall, J.S., Inviscid Incompressible Flow, John Wiley & Sons, New York (2001).
Recent Papers
- Lotfabadi, A.K., and Marshall J.S., “Extension and validation of a simplified building thermal comfort model,” Energy & Buildings, Vol. 352, 116819 (2026).
- Ahmadinejad, M., and Marshall, J.S., “Clustering and diffusion of suspended particles in an oscillatory straining flow,” Physics of Fluids, Vol. 37, 123315 (2025).
- Fitzgerald, N., Hudson, C., Wshah, S., Heymsfield, A., and Marshall, J.S., “Knowledge-guided machine learning for shape parameter and drag coefficient prediction of falling snowflakes,” Artificial Intelligence for the Earth Systems, Vol. 4, No. 4, e240059 (2025).
- Gessman, S. and Marshall, J.S., “Chains and islands - particle agglomeration on a three-phase electric curtain,” Journal of Electrostatics, Vol. 138, 104167 (2025).
- Ahmadinejad, M. and Marshall, J.S., “Capture-release dynamics of nanoparticles in a viscoelastic hydrogel under an oscillating magnetic field,” Physics of Fluids, Vol. 37, 093333 (2025).
- Lotfabadi, A.K., Ghorbansarvi, A., Ossareh, H., and Marshall J.S., “Cost-optimized energy storage operation for a grid-connected solar PV system at community and individual scales,” Journal of Energy Storage, Vol. 132, 117734 (2025).
- DesRoberts, B., and Marshall, J.S., "Particle removal from a flat surface using a translating bounded vortex flow," Powder Technology, Vol. 460, 121034 (2025).
- DesRoberts, B., and Marshall, J.S., "Effect of nozzle translation on a bounded vortex flow," Physics of Fluids, Vol. 37, 023611 (2025).
- Chivers, T. and Marshall, J.S., “Visualizing particle velocity from dual-camera mixed reality video images using 3D particle tracking velocimetry,” Journal of Visualization, Vol. 28, pp. 1-19 (2025).
- Jabarifar, M., and Marshall, J.S., “Capture of blowing particles during transport through a vegetated barrier,” Journal of Aerosol Science, Vol. 184, 106517 (2025).