Drops, Bubbles and Interfacial Fluid Mechanics

Presentations

• Dynamics of an elastic, nearly inextensible membrane driven by active inclusions

  Oral-In-person

  March 16, 2026, 8:00 AM – March 16, 2026, 8:12 AM

  Presenters

  • Sho Kawakami

    • New Jersey Institute of Technology

  Authors

  • Sho Kawakami

    • New Jersey Institute of Technology

  • Han Zhou

  • Yoichiro Mori

    • Department of Mathematics, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, USA

  • Yuan-Nan Young

    • New Jersey Institute of Technology

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• Contour Dynamics of Dense Emulsion Droplets in Extensional Flows

  Oral-In-person

  March 16, 2026, 8:12 AM – March 16, 2026, 8:24 AM

  Presenters

  • Charles Drucker

    • University of California Los Angeles

  Authors

  • Charles Drucker

    • University of California Los Angeles

  • Samanvaya Srivastava

    • University of California, Los Angeles

  • Joseph Peterson

    • University of California, Los Angeles

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• Slide Electrification: Charging Surfaces with Sliding Water Droplets

  Oral-In-person

  March 16, 2026, 8:24 AM – March 16, 2026, 8:36 AM

  Presenters

  • Dinuka Herath

    • University of Massachusetts - Amherst

  Authors

  • Dinuka Herath

    • University of Massachusetts - Amherst

  • Anthony Dinsmore

    • University of Massachusetts Amherst

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• A comprehensive description of capillary flow: Implications of surface curvature

  Oral-In-person

  March 16, 2026, 8:36 AM – March 16, 2026, 8:48 AM

  Presenters

  • Matias Lerdon Neira

    • Federico Santa Maria Technical University

  Authors

  • Matias Lerdon Neira

    • Federico Santa Maria Technical University

  • Elton Oyarzua

    • University of Concepcion

  • Jens Walther

    • DTU

  • Harvey Zambrano

    • Federico Santa Maria Technical University

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• Splashing of tandem drops

  Oral-In-person · Withdrawn

  March 16, 2026, 8:48 AM – March 16, 2026, 9:00 AM

  Presenters

  • RAGHAVENDRA S

    • Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur (IIT)

  Authors

  • RAGHAVENDRA S

    • Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur (IIT)

  • Kamal Poddar

    • Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur

  • Sanjay Kumar

    • Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur

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• Investigation of Conditions for Droplet Capture in a Cavity with Stokes Flow

  Oral-In-person

  March 16, 2026, 9:00 AM – March 16, 2026, 9:12 AM

  Presenters

  • Henry Lutz

    • University of Colorado, Boulder

  Authors

  • Henry Lutz

    • University of Colorado, Boulder

  • SOURADEEP ROYCHOWDHURY

    • University of Colorado, Boulder

  • Robert Davis

    • University of Colorado, Boulder

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• Flashy and Functional: Interplay of Iridescence and Hydrophobicity in Hummingbird Feathers

  Oral-In-person

  March 16, 2026, 9:12 AM – March 16, 2026, 9:24 AM

  Presenters

  • Delace Jia

    • Massachusetts Institute of Technology

  Authors

  • Delace Jia

    • Massachusetts Institute of Technology

  • Irmgard Bischofberger

    • Massachusetts Institute of Technology

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• Chaotic bubblewheel

  Oral-In-person

  March 16, 2026, 9:24 AM – March 16, 2026, 9:36 AM

  Presenters

  • Michael Zhao

    • University of Wisconsin, Madison

  Authors

  • Saverio Spagnolie

    • University of Wisconsin - Madison

  • Michael Zhao

    • University of Wisconsin, Madison

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• Statistical Design of Experiments for Screening Influential Factors in Cold Atmospheric Plasma Processing of Chemical and Biological Functional Liquids Mixed via Single Bubble Rise: Terephthalic Acid as a Case Study

  Oral-In-person

  March 16, 2026, 9:36 AM – March 16, 2026, 9:48 AM

  Publication: 1. Ha M. Nguyen et al., Detection and optimization of 2-hydroxyterephthalic acid formed through the reaction of terephthalic acid with hydroxyl radical in liquid exposed to helium cold atmospheric plasma jet, Plasma Science and Technology (2025): DOI 10.1088/2058-6272/ae0c78; Online link: https://iopscience.iop.org/article/10.1088/2058-6272/ae0c78/meta
  
  2. Ha M. Nguyen, Enhanced Treatment Uniformity of Chemical and Biological Liquids in Cold Atmospheric Plasma System Using Gas Bubble Mixing, to be published in Materials Advances (2025)

  Presenters

  • MANH-HA NGUYEN

    • University of Missouri

  Authors

  • MANH-HA NGUYEN

    • University of Missouri

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• The bubble formation process upon an underwater collision of an object with a flat surface

  Oral-In-person

  March 16, 2026, 9:48 AM – March 16, 2026, 10:00 AM

  Presenters

  • Akihito Kiyama

    • Saitama University

  Authors

  • Akihito Kiyama

    • Saitama University

  • Shota Imai

    • Saitama University

  • Taichi Sakuma

  • Donghyuk Kang

    • Graduate School of Science and Engineering, Saitama University

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• Fractured Flows: Bursting Bubbles in Dense Suspensions

  Oral-In-person

  March 16, 2026, 10:00 AM – March 16, 2026, 10:12 AM

  Presenters

  • Xu Zhang

    • MIT

  Authors

  • Xu Zhang

    • MIT

  • Jean Elkhoury

    • Schlumberger-Doll Research, Cambridge, MA

  • Ivo Peters

    • University of Southampton

  • Irmgard Bischofberger

    • Massachusetts Institute of Technology

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• Invincibubbles: Encapsulated Air in Colloidal Shells Remain Stable for Over 10 Years

  Oral-In-person

  March 16, 2026, 10:12 AM – March 16, 2026, 10:24 AM

  Presenters

  • Laura Adams

    • University of Minnesota Duluth

  Authors

  • Laura Adams

    • University of Minnesota Duluth

  • Tristin Nelsen

    • University of Minnesota Duluth

  • Sam Remus

    • University of Minnesota Duluth

  • Max Halpern

    • University of Minnesota Duluth

  • Gilvania L. S. Vilela

  • Earl Muecke

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