67th New England Workshop on Complex Fluids
Thursday, June 9, 2016
MIT
8:00 a.m. – 5:00 p.m.

Objectives:
The workshop brings together researchers with an interest in soft condensed matter and biophysics to discuss their work and explore collaborations. The day will include breaks for lunch and coffee. Attendees are encouraged to present short talks (~3 minutes) and/or posters that highlight current research. Poster spaces are first-come first-served. The event is free.

Invited Speakers:

Schedule:

8:00 – 9:00 a.m. Breakfast and Registration
9:00 a.m.–9:35 p.m. John Crocker, University of Pennsylvania
DNA Colloids: Crystals, Transformations, Building Blocks, and Beyond
9:35 a.m.–10:15 p.m. Sound Bites Session I

10:15–10:45 p.m. Coffee Break
10:45–11:20 a.m. Nikta Fakhri, MIT
Active matters: non-equilibrium state transitions in actomyosin cortices
11:20 a.m.–12:15 p.m. Sound Bites Session II
12:15–1:30 p.m. Lunch, Luce Hall Common Room
1:30–2:25 p.m. Felice Frankel, MIT, and Nicole Sharp, FYFD
Re-Telling Science
2:25–3:00 p.m. Xiang Cheng, University of Minnesota
Impact response of granular materials: From the origin of the universe to catastrophic asteroid strikes
3:00–3:30 p.m. Coffee Break
3:30–4:25 p.m. Sound Bites Session III
4:25–5:00 p.m. Joseph Paulsen, Syracuse University
Making do with less: Optimal wrapping of liquid droplets with ultrathin sheets