65th New England Workshop on Complex Fluids
Friday, December 4, 2015
Materials Research Science and Engineering Center
Harvard University
8:00 a.m. – 5:00 p.m.

Invited Speakers:

• Zvonimir Dogic, Brandeis University
• Alex Dunn, Stanford University
• Vernita Gordon, University of Texas at Austin
• Jessica Houston, New Mexico State University
• Scott Milner, Pennsylvania State University

Schedule:

8:00 – 9:00 a.m.	Breakfast and Registration, Maxwell-Dworkin, Ground Floor Lobby
	Morning Presentations, Maxwell-Dworkin, Room G115
9:00 a.m.–9:30 p.m.	Sound Bites Session I (*early bird) Adrian Pegoraro, Harvard University "Cancer cell mechanics" *Peter Foster, Harvard University "Active contraction of microtubule networks" *Felix Wong, Harvard University "Residual stresses regulate rod-like cell shape in bacteria" *Tzer Han Tan, Massachusetts Institute of Technology "Non-equilibrium state transitions of actomyosin cortices in vitro and in vivo" *Jesse Collins, Northwestern University "Mutant polymerase selection using microfluidic droplets" *Beatriz Miranda, Harvard University "Polymersome-based platform for mucosal drug delivery" *Arthur Michaut, Harvard Medical School "Biomechanics of the anterioposterior axis elongation in the chick embryo" Gilad Kaufman, Yale University "Generation of cellulose nanofiber microcapsules with tunable mechanical properties" Ehsan Ban, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute "Fibers with non-identical stiffness make random fiber networks softer" Kathryn Rosowski, Yale University "Fibroplasts display adaptive viscoelastic behavior upon stretch"
9:30–10:00 a.m.	Jessica Houston, New Mexico State University "Probing fluorescence excited states: How the decay kinetics of biomolecules enhances flow cytometric assays and applications"
10:00–10:30 a.m.	Alex Dunn, Stanford University "Cell motility and traction force generation in three-dimensional fibrin hydrogels"
10:30–11:00 p.m.	Coffee I, Maxwell-Dworkin, Ground Floor Lobby
11:00 a.m.–12:00 p.m.	Sound Bites Session II *Liheng Cai, Harvard University "Functional soft materials from molecular design" *Anna Wang, Harvard University "Hidden patterns in particle-interface systems" *Stacy Copp, University of California at Santa Barbara "Data-driven design for self-assembly of DNA nanomaterials" *Yeng-Long Chen, Institute of Physics, Sinica "Crowding-enhanced DNA transport in nanoslit micropost arrays" *Sorell Massenburg, Harvard University "Flipping the switch on clogging" Christopher Burke, Tufts University "Jamming and unjamming on ellipsoids" Behrouz Tavakol, Virginia Tech University "Improved flow description in channels with large constructions" Kristof Toth, Yale University "Continuous and sequential deposition of block copolymer thin films by electrospray" *Subhasish Chatterjee, City University of New York City "Deconstructing a plant macromolecular assembly" *Siddarth Srinivasan, Harvard University "Quasi-chemostat behavior in the leading edge of B. Subtilis biofilms" Lisa Lee, Harvard University "Direct visualization of the developmental process of B. Subtilis biofilms" Qin Xu, Yale University "Wetting of droplets on soft gels" *Dong Chen, Harvard University "Collective generation of milli-emulsions by step-emulsification" Saraf Nawar, Harvard University "Single and double emulsions of millimeter-sized drops" Emmanuel Virot, EPFL, Switzerland "Instant freezing of drops" Kyoo-Chul Park, Harvard University "Condensation on slippery asymmetric bumps" Kirk Mutafopulos, Harvard University "Trapping and dIspensing microdroplets" *Laura Adams, Harvard University "Stripes or checkerboards: Distinguishing patterns in the dynamics of droplet cluster formation" Andrew DeBenedictis, Tufts University "Relaxation behavior of a flexible capacitor" *Qihan Liu, Harvard University "Osmocapillary phase separation"
12:00–1:30 p.m.	Lunch, Maxwell-Dworkin, Room 119
Afternoon Presentations, Maxwell-Dworkin, Room G115
1:30–2:00 p.m.	Vernita Gordon, University of Texas at Austin "The soft-matter mechanics of biofilm initiation and robustness"
2:00–2:30 p.m.	Scott Milner, Pennsylvania State University "Mobility, correlation lengths, and structural entropy in glass-forming hard-sphere liquids: New simulation results for an old system"
2:30–3:30 p.m.	Sound Bites Session III (*early bird) David R. Nelson, Harvard University "Topology matters: Statistical mechanics of sheets and shells" Pierre Ronceray, University of Paris "Suppression of crystalline order by competing liquid structures" Katharine Jensen, Yale University "Unsticking sticky stuff" *Roger Ruo-Qian Wang, Massachusetts Institute of Technology "Controlling flow limitations of a starling resistor" *Damir Juric,, CNRS-LIMSI, Orsay, France "Computing complex multiphase flows on massively parallel computers" Nivi Samudrala, Harvard University "Buckling droplets: Interfacial granular rafts or continuum elastic sheets?" *Will Steinhardt, Harvard University "Hydraulic fracture at high spatiotemporal resolution" *Elias Putzig, Brandeis University "Dynamics of an overdamped, active nematic liquid crystal" Andrew Bergman, Harvard University "Tunable time-dependent colloidal interactions" *Manis Chaudhuri, Harvard University "Direct visualization of the solid-solid phase transformation in colloidal crystal" *Zsolt Terdik, Harvard University "Traction force rheology of colloidal glass" Yaniv Edery, Harvard University "Surfactant effect on two-phase flow in porous media" Baudouin Saintyves, Harvard University "Self-sustained lift and low friction via soft lubrication" Yoav Lahini, Harvard University "Aging and memory effects in amorphous mechanical systems" Georgios Tsekenis, Harvard University "Tabletop earthquakes" Varga Zsigmond, Massachusetts Institute of Technology "Hydrodynamics of colloidal gelation" Thomas Litschel, Brandeis University "Networks of coupled chemical micro-oscillators in PDMS" Sam Dillavou, Harvard University "Visualizing growth of a multicontact interface" Omer Gottesman, Harvard University "Furrows in the wake of propagating d-cones" Ryan McKeown, Harvard University "Visualizing the head-on collision of vortex rings in three dimensions" *Kimberly Farah, Lasell College "Cheerleading and dance jumps" *Dipti Sharma, University of Massachusetts at Lowell "Dielectric relaxation in a-Se90In8Ag2 glassy alloy"
3:30–4:00 p.m.	Coffee and Cookies, Maxwell-Dworkin, Ground Floor Lobby
4:00 p.m.	Condensed Matter Seminar, Pierce, Room 209 Zvonimir Dogic, Brandeis University "Spontaneous flow in active fluids"