MEAM Events

Viscoelastic flows are common in many natural and industrial applications, such as biofilm transport, drug delivery, and enhanced oil recovery. The stretching of polymeric chains in viscoelastic flows induces elastic […]

In this talk, I will cover two problems, both about the structure a small obstacle leaves in its wake. In the first problem, hydrogel posts photopatterned in a microchannel release […]

We explore the nucleation and propagation of cracks within a transparent polydimenthylsiloxane elastomer using the “poker-chip” specimen. This is accomplished not just through the usual macroscopic load and displacement data, […]

Particle suspensions can fracture into intricate patterns as they are pushed out of equilibrium. We probe the fracture and relaxation characteristics of dense aqueous cornstarch suspensions that exhibit discontinuous shear-thickening […]