Poster Session II: Fluids Dynamics (12:00PM-3:00PM MT)

Presentations

• Spider egg sacs reveal how pockets of air can be used to conserve water

  Poster-In-person

  March 18, 2026, 12:00 PM – March 18, 2026, 12:00 PM

  Publication: Spider egg sacs reveal how pockets of air can be used to conserve water DOI: 10.1242/jeb.250298

  Presenters

  • Ravi Schwartz

    • Rutgers University

  Authors

  • Ravi Schwartz

    • Rutgers University

  • Katherine Karkosiak

  • Todd Blackledge

  • Hunter King

    • Rutgers University - Camden

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• Dynamics of Multiple Cantilever Plates Mounted on a Cavity Wall Under Natural Convection

  Poster-In-person · Withdrawn

  March 18, 2026, 12:00 PM – March 18, 2026, 12:00 PM

  Presenters

  • Vivek Kumar

    • UPES, Dehradun, Uttarakhand, India

  Authors

  • Vivek Kumar

    • UPES, Dehradun, Uttarakhand, India

  • Ashwani Assam

    • Assistant Professor in the Department of Mechanical Engineering at the Indian Institute of Technology (IIT), Patna.

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• An Experimental Investigation of Control Reversal in Aerodynamic Divergence

  Poster-In-person · Withdrawn

  March 18, 2026, 12:00 PM – March 18, 2026, 12:00 PM

  Publication: Mathur, H., Huang, E., Dowell, E. H. (2025). An Experimental Study of Aeroelastic Divergence. AIAA Journal, Technical Note (Under Review - Submitted 08 Sep 2025).

  Presenters

  • Harsh Mathur

    • Duke University

  Authors

  • Harsh Mathur

    • Duke University

  • Eric Huang

    • Duke University

  • Earl Dowell

    • Duke University

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• Nonlinear dynamics on the path to clogging in gelling polymer microflows

  Poster-In-person

  March 18, 2026, 12:00 PM – March 18, 2026, 12:00 PM

  Publication: BT Smith, SM Hashmi "In situ polymer gelation in confined flow controls intermittent dynamics" Soft Matter 20 (8), 1858-1868, 2024.
  BT Smith, SM Hashmi "Diffusion-driven deposition model suggests stiffer gels deposit more efficiently in microchannel flows" Physics of Fluids 36 (12), 2024.

  Presenters

  • Sara Hashmi

    • Northeastern University

  Authors

  • Toheeb Obidara

  • Barrett Smith

  • Sara Hashmi

    • Northeastern University

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• Optical Tracking of Distinct Protein Transport at Curved Interfaces Leading to Innovative Diagnostic Approaches

  Poster-In-person

  March 18, 2026, 12:00 PM – March 18, 2026, 12:00 PM

  Presenters

  • Sanket Bhirud

    • Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur

  Authors

  • Sanket Bhirud

    • Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur

  • Amaan Dash

  • Sunando DasGupta

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• Dispersion of Branched Polymers in Expansion–Contraction Microchannels

  Poster-In-person

  March 18, 2026, 12:00 PM – March 18, 2026, 12:00 PM

  Publication: https://arxiv.org/abs/2508.21171v1

  Presenters

  • Tzortzis Koulaxizis

    • University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

  Authors

  • Tzortzis Koulaxizis

    • University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

  • Michael Howard

    • Auburn University

  • Antonia Statt

    • University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

  • Griffin Overton

  • Clara de la Torre Garcia

  • C. Levi Petix

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• Universality Laws in Pure fluids and Critical point Experiments under Density Gradients

  Poster-In-person

  March 18, 2026, 12:00 PM – March 18, 2026, 12:00 PM

  Presenters

  • Griffin Brown

    • College of Charleston

  Authors

  • Griffin Brown

    • College of Charleston

  • Ana Oprisan

  • Sorinel Oprisan

  • Yves Garrabos

  • Carole Lecoutre

  • Daniel Beysens

  • Denis Chatain

  • Gurunath Gandikota

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• Using Image Processing Techniques to Investigate Thermal and Concentration Fluctuations

  Poster-In-person

  March 18, 2026, 12:00 PM – March 18, 2026, 12:00 PM

  Presenters

  • Ella Muschlitz

    • College of Charleston

  Authors

  • Ella Muschlitz

    • College of Charleston

  • Ana Oprisan

  • Sorinel Oprisan

  • Yves Garrabos

  • Carole Lecoutre

  • Daniel Beysens

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• Self-propulsion Suppression and Cyclic Levitation of Vaporizing Glycerol-Water Droplets

  Poster-In-person · Withdrawn

  March 18, 2026, 12:00 PM – March 18, 2026, 12:00 PM

  Presenters

  • Chen Xu

    • The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology

  Authors

  • Chen Xu

    • The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology

  • Wei Ma

  • Xiao Yan

  • Shuhuai Yao

    • The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology (HKUST)

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• Surfactant-free droplet breakup dynamics under confinement

  Poster-In-person

  March 18, 2026, 12:00 PM – March 18, 2026, 12:00 PM

  Presenters

  • Rajneesh Anand

    • Lehigh University

  Authors

  • Rajneesh Anand

    • Lehigh University

  • Mayuresh Kothare

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• Two-Phase Flow Image Analysis Using Pre-trained Segmentation Anything Model

  Poster-In-person

  March 18, 2026, 12:00 PM – March 18, 2026, 12:00 PM

  Presenters

  • Zeyu Zhao

    • Mount Holyoke College

  Authors

  • Zeyu Zhao

    • Mount Holyoke College

  • Andrew Noonan

  • Amrutur Anilkumar

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• Passive Anti-Icing Performance of Superhydrophobic Surfaces under Static Freezing

  Poster-In-person · Withdrawn

  March 18, 2026, 12:00 PM – March 18, 2026, 12:00 PM

  Presenters

  • Estefania Solano-Calderon

    • New Mexico State University

  Authors

  • Estefania Solano-Calderon

    • New Mexico State University

  • Eduardo Avalos Campa

    • New Mexico State University

  • Shabnam Mohammadshahi

    • New Mexico State University

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• Two-dimensional Surface Temperature Field Using Thermographic Phosphor Thermometry

  Poster-In-person · Withdrawn

  March 18, 2026, 12:00 PM – March 18, 2026, 12:00 PM

  Presenters

  • Andrea Gallegos Quintana

    • New Mexico State University

  Authors

  • Andrea Gallegos Quintana

    • New Mexico State University

  • Shabnam Mohammadshahi

    • New Mexico State University

  • Allianna Chavez

    • New Mexico State University

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