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Classroom lecturing, interactions with industry, invited talks, and public outreach.
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University of Illinois at Urbana-ChampaignTAM 251 Introductory Solid Mechanics (2014-Fall) University of Minnesota – Twin CitiesChEn 8102: Principles and Applications of Rheology (guest instructor) (2010-Spring, 2011-Spring) BeyondIndustry consulting for rheology, complex fluids, fluid mechanics Short Courses (Rheology, Design)
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Invited Presentations30. DuPont, Wilmington, DE, “Design with rheologically-complex soft materials,” August 1, 2013 29. The 50th Annual Technical Meeting of the Society of Engineering Science (SES), “Intrinsic Viscosity of Actively Swimming Microalgae Suspensions,” Providence, RI, July 30, 2013 28. Brazilian Society of Rheology (Plenary Lecture), “Low-dimensional amplitude-intrinsic material functions for nonlinear viscoelasticity,” July 10, 2013 27. University of Nevada-Reno, Department of Mechanical Engineering, “Soft bio-rheology of predatory defense gels and micro-swimmer suspensions,” November 16, 2012 26. PepsiCo, Plano, TX, “Rheology, fluid mechanics, and design with complex fluids and soft materials,” September 28, 2012 25. 44th International Symposium on Macromolecules – IUPAC World Polymer Congress, Blacksburg, VA, “Oscillatory shear rheology reveals concurrent softening and stiffening of a polymeric physical gel,” June 26, 2012 24. 3M, Saint Paul, MN, “From wall-climbing robots to new rheological measures: using and describing complex fluids,” June 15, 2012 23. The University of Chicago, The James Franck Institute, Computations in Science Seminar, “Hagfish self-defense: Non-linear rheology of a biopolymer physical gel,” May 30, 2012 22. ExxonMobil, Baytown, TX, “Applications of Large Amplitude Oscillatory Shear (LAOS)”, May 25, 2012 21. ExxonMobil, Clinton, NJ, “Fundamentals of Large Amplitude Oscillatory Shear (LAOS)”, May 24, 2012 20. TA Instruments Users Meeting, New Orleans, LA, “Soft and active biomaterial rheology: microalgae suspensions and self-defense slime gels,” May 1, 2012 19. Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Hatsopoulos Microfluids Laboratory, Department of Mechanical Engineering, “Rheology, design, and micro-structured fluids,” April 4, 2012 18. University of Minnesota, Special Seminar in Department of Chemical Engineering and Materials Science, “Bingham and beyond – the pursuit of thixotropic yield stress fluid models,” March 1, 2012 17. University of Wisconsin-Madison, Materials Science Seminar Series, “Soft bio-rheology of predatory defense gels and micro-swimmer suspensions,” February 2, 2012 16. University of Delaware, Dept. of Chemical Engineering & Dept. of Mathematical Science (jointly hosting), “Soft bio-rheology with predatory defense gels and micro-swimmer suspensions,” January 12, 2012 15. University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Soft Materials Seminar. “Biorheology with applications: adhesive wall-climbing, bacterial motility, and predatory defense,” September 13, 2011 14. Harvard University, School of Engineering and Applied Sciences, “From wall-climbing robots to new rheological measures: using and describing complex fluids,” March 11, 2011 13. University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Department of Mechanical Science and Engineering, “From wall-climbing robots to new rheological measures: using and describing complex fluids,” March 9, 2011 12. Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, Department of Engineering Science and Mechanics, “From wall-climbing robots to new rheological measures: using and describing complex fluids,” February 23, 2011 11. University of Minnesota, Department of Mechanical Engineering, “From wall-climbing robots to new rheological measures: using and describing complex fluids,” January 21, 2011 10. University of Wisconsin-Madison, Rheology Research Center, “New measures for characterizing viscoelastic materials using large amplitude oscillatory shear (LAOS) deformation,” October 2, 2010 9. University of Minnesota, Solid Mechanics Seminar, “New measures for characterizing viscoelastic materials using large amplitude oscillatory shear (LAOS) deformation,” March 30, 2010 8. Procter & Gamble, Cincinnati, OH, “New measures for characterizing viscoelastic materials using large amplitude oscillatory shear (LAOS) deformation,” March 16, 2010 7. Nestlé Nutrition R&D Center, Minneapolis, MN, “Rheology Research: Understanding and utilizing complex fluids,” March 8, 2010 6. University of Minnesota, Aerospace Engineering and Mechanics Departmental 5. Iowa State University, Mechanical Engineering Departmental Seminar, “Snail robots and complex fluid adhesion with nonlinear viscoelastic materials,” January 12, 2010 4. Harvard University, Squishy Physics Seminar, “Snail robots, reversible adhesion, and nonlinear viscoelastic materials,” May 6, 2009 3. Cornell University, Machines and Organisms Seminar, “Nonlinear viscoelastic soft materials: bioinspired applications and new characterization measures,” April 23, 2009 2. Biomaterials Symposia at The Society for Integrative and Comparative Biology Annual Meeting, Boston, MA, “Nonlinear viscoelastic biomaterials: meaningful characterization and engineering inspiration,” January 5, 2009 1. Boston University, Biological Physics Group Seminar, “Imitating the rheology of gastropod pedal mucus or Taking cues from nature’s ooze,” February 10, 2006 |
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MOVIE: cornstarch_water_demo.mov (1.9 MB)
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 elastic liquid example: high molecular weight polymer solution (Polyethylene oxide in water) |
