Rheology, Tribology, and Experimental Techniques

Presentations

• Structure and Dynamics of Hydrogel Interfaces

  Invited-In-person · Invited

  March 20, 2026, 8:00 AM – March 20, 2026, 8:36 AM

  Publication: Shaffer et al., Compression and Collapse of Graded Hydrogel Surfaces (manuscript in preparation)

  Presenters

  • Angela Pitenis

    • University of California, Santa Barbara

  Authors

  • Angela Pitenis

    • University of California, Santa Barbara

  • Kathryn Shaffer

  • Alex Zhang

  • Ahmed Al Kindi

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• A Rhodamine-B–Based Non-Contact Method for Spatial-Temporal Temperature Mapping Under Electromagnetic Exposure  

  Oral-In-person

  March 20, 2026, 8:36 AM – March 20, 2026, 8:48 AM

  Presenters

  • TANZIM RAHMAN NEYAM

    • University of Missouri-Columbia

  Authors

  • TANZIM RAHMAN NEYAM

    • University of Missouri-Columbia

  • Christopher O'Bryan

    • University of Missouri

  • Mujtaba Rafique Ghoto

    • University of Missouri

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• Multitask Prediction of Rheological Properties in Suspensions Using Graph Neural Network

  Oral-In-person

  March 20, 2026, 8:48 AM – March 20, 2026, 9:00 AM

  Presenters

  • Armin Aminimajd

    • Case Western Reserve University

  Authors

  • Armin Aminimajd

    • Case Western Reserve University

  • Abhinendra Singh

    • Case Western Reserve University

  • Joao Maia

    • Case Western Reserve University

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• Computational Structure and Force Determination for Mixed Lipid Nanoconstructs

  Oral-In-person

  March 20, 2026, 9:00 AM – March 20, 2026, 9:12 AM

  Presenters

  • Roland Faller

    • Texas Tech University

  Authors

  • Roland Faller

    • Texas Tech University

  • Saswati Panda

  • Gang-Yu Liu

    • University of California, Davis

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• Revealing 3D granular glassy dynamics with Magnetic Resonance Particle Tracking

  Oral-In-person

  March 20, 2026, 9:12 AM – March 20, 2026, 9:24 AM

  Publication: M. Suter, J. P. Metzger, A. Port, C. R. Müller, and K. P. Pruessmann, Magnetic Resonance Particle Tracking (2025), p. arXiv:2503.22425.

  Presenters

  • Mathieu Suter

    • ETH Zürich and University of Zürich

  Authors

  • Mathieu Suter

    • ETH Zürich and University of Zürich

  • Jens Patrick Metzger

    • ETH Zurich and University of Zurich

  • Christoph Müller

  • Klaas Pruessmann

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• Rheology and Dispensing of Real and Vegan Mayo: The Chickpea or Egg Problem

  Oral-In-person

  March 20, 2026, 9:24 AM – March 20, 2026, 9:36 AM

  Publication: Nikolova, N. N., Narváez, C. D. M., Hassan, L., Nicholson, R. A., Boehm, M. W., Baier, S. K., & Sharma, V. (2023). Rheology and dispensing of real and vegan mayo: the chickpea or egg problem. Soft Matter, 19(48), 9413-9427.
  Reboucas, R. B., Nikolova, N. N., & Sharma, V. (2025). Modeling drop deformations and rheology of dilute to dense emulsions. Current Opinion in Colloid & Interface Science, 101904.
  Nikolova, N. N., Baier, S. K., & Sharma, V. (submitted revisions). Rheological Matchup of Real and Plant-based Mayo: Gel Strength, Strain Overshoot, and Yielding, plus the Extended Cox-Merz Rule. Soft Matter.

  Presenters

  • Nadia Nikolova

    • University of Illinois Chicago

  Authors

  • Nadia Nikolova

    • University of Illinois Chicago

  • Stefan Baier

  • Vivek Sharma

    • University of Illinois at Chicago

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• Interfacial Rheology and Foam Stability in Poloxamer-Sodium Dodecyl Sulfate Mixtures

  Oral-In-person

  March 20, 2026, 9:36 AM – March 20, 2026, 9:48 AM

  Publication: Sarah Onyembe, Reza Foudazi. Foam-Templated Porous Hydrogels: Tuning Structure and Water Uptake Kinetics. Polymer 2025, 39 , 129002. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.polymer.2025.129002

  Presenters

  • Sarah Onyembe

    • University of Oklahoma

  Authors

  • Sarah Onyembe

    • University of Oklahoma

  • Reza Foudazi

    • University of Oklahoma

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• Indentation mechanics of soft bilayers across multiple length scales

  Oral-In-person

  March 20, 2026, 9:48 AM – March 20, 2026, 10:00 AM

  Presenters

  • Juyeong Hong

    • Seoul National University

  Authors

  • Juyeong Hong

    • Seoul National University

  • Sungyoon Cho

  • Dominic Vella

    • University of Oxford

  • Ho-Young Kim

    • Seoul Natl Univ

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