Swimming, Motility, and Locomotion

Presentations

• Surfing on metachronal waves: ciliary transport by inertial coasting

  Oral-In-person

  March 17, 2026, 12:00 PM – March 17, 2026, 12:12 PM

  Presenters

  • Margot Young

    • University of Pennsylvania

  Authors

  • Margot Young

    • University of Pennsylvania

  • Rafał Błaszkiewicz

    • University of Warsaw, Faculty of Physics

  • Albane Théry

  • Talia Becker Calazans

    • University of Pennsylvania

  • Yoichiro Mori

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

  • Maciej Lisicki

    • University of Warsaw

  • Arnold Mathijssen

    • University of Pennsylvania

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• Three-dimensional flow field quantification of free-swimming ciliated microorganisms

  Oral-In-person

  March 17, 2026, 12:12 PM – March 17, 2026, 12:24 PM

  Presenters

  • Nikta Jabbarzadeh

    • Arizona State University

  Authors

  • Nikta Jabbarzadeh

    • Arizona State University

  • Stanimir Tashev

  • Samuel Miller

  • Domenico Galati

  • Michael Lynch

  • Douglas Shepherd

    • Center for Biological Physics and Department of Physics, Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ

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• Investigation on the Formation Mechanism of Stall Cells on the NACA 0012 Tubercle Wing at Low Reynolds Number

  Oral-In-person · Withdrawn

  March 17, 2026, 12:24 PM – March 17, 2026, 12:36 PM

  Presenters

  • Gangadhar Pinapatruni

    • Indian Institute of Technology - Kharagpur

  Authors

  • Gangadhar Pinapatruni

    • Indian Institute of Technology - Kharagpur

  • Sunil Manohar Dash

    • Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur

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• Emergent Geometry Governs Optimal Control in Driven Stokes Flows

  Oral-In-person

  March 17, 2026, 12:36 PM – March 17, 2026, 12:48 PM

  Presenters

  • Kyle McKee

    • Massachusetts Institute of Technology

  Authors

  • Kyle McKee

    • Massachusetts Institute of Technology

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• Flow-accessible gyroid phases in block copolymer melts through 3D printing

  Oral-In-person

  March 17, 2026, 12:48 PM – March 17, 2026, 1:00 PM

  Presenters

  • Jiaen Wu

    • Princeton University

  Authors

  • Jiaen Wu

    • Princeton University

  • Alice Fergerson

    • Princeton University

  • Emily Davidson

    • Princeton University

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• Programmable rotation of levitating patchy microtiles via electric and acoustic fields

  Oral-In-person

  March 17, 2026, 1:00 PM – March 17, 2026, 1:12 PM

  Presenters

  • Yu Hsuan Yang

    • University of Colorado, Boulder

  Authors

  • Yu Hsuan Yang

    • University of Colorado, Boulder

  • Xingrui Zhu

  • Ritu Raj

    • University of Colorado, Boulder

  • C. Wyatt Shields IV

    • University of Colorado, Boulder

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• Explosive Marangoni Propulsion Allows Water Skaters and Robots to Traverse Fast Flows

  Oral-In-person

  March 17, 2026, 1:12 PM – March 17, 2026, 1:24 PM

  Presenters

  • Victor Ortega-Jimenez

    • University of California, Berkeley

  Authors

  • Victor Ortega-Jimenez

    • University of California, Berkeley

  • Zhengxian Jin

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• Stress-Free Trapping in a 3D Microfluidic Treadmill

  Oral-In-person

  March 17, 2026, 1:24 PM – March 17, 2026, 1:36 PM

  Presenters

  • Bin Liu

    • University of California, Merced

  Authors

  • Bin Liu

    • University of California, Merced

  • Ajay Gopinathan

    • University of California, Merced

  • Julian Davis

  • Brooke Olsson

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• Tumbling and Geometric Effects in Bacterial Transport through Micropillar Arrays 

  Oral-In-person · Withdrawn

  March 17, 2026, 1:36 PM – March 17, 2026, 1:48 PM

  Presenters

  • Pooja Chopra

    • University of California, Merced

  Authors

  • Pooja Chopra

    • University of California, Merced

  • Mariam Dalqamouni

  • Emily Arroyo

  • Andrew Nelson

  • Hari Gopireddy

  • Parveen Kumar

  • Ajay Gopinathan

    • University of California, Merced

  • Bin Liu

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• No wings required: Leg-assisted flight control in Phantom Crane flies and robots

  Oral-In-person

  March 17, 2026, 1:48 PM – March 17, 2026, 2:00 PM

  Presenters

  • Sarahi Arriaga Ramirez

    • University of California, Berkeley

  Authors

  • Sarahi Arriaga Ramirez

    • University of California, Berkeley

  • Semina Yi

  • Aathavan Senthilkumar

  • Lining Yao

  • Victor Ortega-Jimenez

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• Pursuit and evasion at low Reynolds number

  Oral-In-person

  March 17, 2026, 2:00 PM – March 17, 2026, 2:12 PM

  Presenters

  • Hanzhang Mao

    • University of Wisconsin - Madison

  Authors

  • Hanzhang Mao

    • University of Wisconsin - Madison

  • Saverio Spagnolie

    • University of Wisconsin - Madison

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• Swimming dynamics and surface behavior of a uniflagellate puller swimmer

  Oral-In-person

  March 17, 2026, 2:12 PM – March 17, 2026, 2:24 PM

  Presenters

  • Daniel Twohig-Mann

    • University of Massachusetts Amherst

  Authors

  • Daniel Twohig-Mann

    • University of Massachusetts Amherst

  • Brian Trailer

  • Sizhe Cheng

    • University of Massachusetts Amherst

  • Michele Klingbeil

    • University of Massachusetts Amherst

  • Becca Thomases

    • Smith College

  • Shuang Zhou

    • University of Massachusetts Amherst

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• Run-and-Turn Dynamics in Tiny Water Striders

  Oral-In-person · Withdrawn

  March 17, 2026, 2:24 PM – March 17, 2026, 2:36 PM

  Presenters

  • Pankaj Rohilla

    • Georgia Institute of Technology

  Authors

  • Pankaj Rohilla

    • Georgia Institute of Technology

  • Jace Holmes

  • Sarah Bender

  • Saad Bhamla

    • Georgia Institute of Technology

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• Twists, tumbles, and orbits during the sedimentation of shaped particles

  Oral-In-person

  March 17, 2026, 2:36 PM – March 17, 2026, 2:48 PM

  Presenters

  • Wenting Cheng

    • Emory University

  Authors

  • Wenting Cheng

    • Emory University

  • Tiago Pernambuco

  • Haim Diamant

    • Tel Aviv University

  • Thomas Witten

    • University of Chicago

  • Justin Burton

    • Emory University

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