Swimming, Motility, and Locomotion

Presentations

• Surfing on metachronal waves: ciliary transport by inertial coasting

  ORAL

  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

    • University of Warwick, Mathematics Institute

  • Talia Becker Calazans

    • University of Pennsylvania

  • Yoichiro Mori

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

  • Maciej Lisicki

    • University of Warsaw

  • Arnold JTM Mathijssen

    • University of Pennsylvania

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

  ORAL

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

  Presenters

  • Nikta Jabbarzadeh

    • Biodesign Center for Mechanisms of Evolution, Center for Biological Physics and Department of Physics, Arizona State University

  Authors

  • Nikta Jabbarzadeh

    • Biodesign Center for Mechanisms of Evolution, Center for Biological Physics and Department of Physics, Arizona State University

  • Stanimir Tashev

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

  • Samuel Miller

    • Biodesign Center for Mechanisms of Evolution, Arizona State University

  • Domenico Galati

    • Department of Biology, Western Washington University

  • Michael Lynch

    • Biodesign Center for Mechanisms of Evolution and School of Life Sciences, Arizona State University

  • Douglas Shepherd

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

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

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• Emergent Geometry Governs Optimal Control in Driven Stokes Flows

  ORAL

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

  Presenters

  • Kyle Ian McKee

    • Massachusetts Institute of Technology

  Authors

  • Kyle Ian McKee

    • Massachusetts Institute of Technology

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

  ORAL

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

  Presenters

  • Jiaen Wu

    • Princeton University

  Authors

  • Jiaen Wu

    • Princeton University

  • Alice Sarah Fergerson

    • Princeton University

  • Emily Catherine Davidson

    • Princeton University

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

  ORAL

  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

    • University of Colorado, Boulder

  • Ritu R 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

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

  Presenters

  • Victor Manuel Ortega-Jimenez

    • University of California, Berkeley

  Authors

  • Victor Manuel Ortega-Jimenez

    • University of California, Berkeley

  • Zhengxian Jin

    • University of California, Berkeley

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• Stress-Free Trapping in a 3D Microfluidic Treadmill

  ORAL

  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

    • University of California, Merced

  • Brooke Olsson

    • University of California, Merced

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

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

  ORAL

  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

    • University of California, Berkeley

  • Aathavan Senthilkumar

    • University of California, Berkeley

  • Lining Yao

    • University of California, Berkeley

  • Victor M Ortega-Jimenez

    • University of California, Berkeley

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• Pursuit and evasion at low Reynolds number

  ORAL

  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 Eric Spagnolie

    • University of Wisconsin - Madison

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• Swimming dynamics and surface behavior of a uniflagellate puller swimmer

  ORAL

  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

    • University of Massachusetts Amherst

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

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

  ORAL

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

  Presenters

  • Wenting Cheng

    • Emory University

  Authors

  • Wenting Cheng

    • Emory University

  • Tiago Pernambuco

    • Emory University

  • Haim Diamant

    • Tel Aviv University

  • Thomas A Witten

    • University of Chicago

  • Justin C Burton

    • Emory University

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