Winners of Best Student Poster Award

Qingsong Liu
1st Place, 95th Annual Meeting, Oct 2024, Austin
Critical roles of rheology in the manufacturing of lithium-ion batteries

Qingsong Liu and Jeffrey J. Richards

Chemical and Biological Engineering, Northwestern University, Evanston, IL

Jarno L. Waeterloos
2nd Place, 95th Annual Meeting, Oct 2024, Austin
A novel calibration procedure for orthogonal superposition measurements

Jarno L. Waeterloos and Christian Clasen

Chemical Engineering Department, KU Leuven, Leuven, Belgium

Mehrnoosh Afshang
3rd Place, 95th Annual Meeting, Oct 2024, Austin
Characterizing dynamic gelation of thermoresponsive microfibrillated cellulose using Multiple Particle Tracking microrheology (MPT) and bulk rheology

Mehrnoosh Afshang1, Kelly M. Schultz1, Seth Lindberg2 and Marco Caggioni2

1Davidson School of Chemical Engineering, Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN; 2Procter & Gamble Co., West Chester, OH

Krutarth M. Kamani
1st Place, 93rd Annual Meeting, Oct 2022, Chicago
Understanding the transient large amplitude oscillatory shear (LAOS) behavior of yield stress fluids (YSFs)

Krutarth M. Kamani1, Gavin J. Donley2, Rekha Rao3, Anne M. Grillet3, Christine Roberts3, Abhishek Shetty4 and Simon A. Rogers1

1Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, IL; 2Department of Physics, Georgetown University, Washington, DC; 3Sandia National Laboratories, Albuquerque, NM; 4Rheology Department, Advanced Technical Center, Anton Paar USA Inc., Ashland, VA

Ted M. Egnaczyk
2nd Place, 93rd Annual Meeting, Oct 2022, Chicago
Early-age rheological properties of sustainable geopolymer binders: Applications in additive manufacturing

Ted M. Egnaczyk and Norman J. Wagner

Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, University of Delaware, Newark, DE

Anupama Gannavarapu
3rd Place, 93rd Annual Meeting, Oct 2022, Chicago
Rheology of composite biopolymer networks under shear

Anupama Gannavarapu1, Sadjad Arzash2 and Fred C. MacKintosh1

1Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, Rice University, Houston, TX; 2Department of Physics, Syracuse University, Syracuse, NY

Manish Kumar
1st Place, 92nd Annual Meeting, Oct 2021, Bangor
Elastic instabilities in confined geometries

Manish Kumar and Arezoo M. Ardekani

Mechanical Engineering, Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN

Carina Martinez Narvaez
2nd Place, 92nd Annual Meeting, Oct 2021, Bangor
Extensional rheology, pinching dynamics, and processability of polymer solutions

Carina Martinez Narvaez and Vivek Sharma

Chemical Engineering, University of Illinois at Chicago, Chicago, IL

John A. McGlynn
3rd Place, 92nd Annual Meeting, Oct 2021, Bangor
Using bi-disperse microrheology to measure human mesenchymal stem cell remodeling of hydrogels on multiple length scales

John A. McGlynn and Kelly M. Schultz

Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, Lehigh University, Bethlehem, PA

Mona Kanso
1st Place, 91st Annual Meeting, Oct 2019, Raleigh
Macromolecular architecture and complex viscosity

Mona Kanso, Alan J. Giacomin, Chaimongkol Saengow, and Jourdain H. Piette

Chemical Engineering, Queen's University, Kingston, Ontario, Canada

Dinesh Kumar
2nd Place, 91st Annual Meeting, Oct 2019, Raleigh
Dynamics of anisotropic Brownian particles by simultaneous control of position and orientation

Dinesh Kumar1, Anish Shenoy2, Channing Richter1, and Charles M Schroeder2

1Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering; 2Mechanical Science and Engineering, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, IL

Jennifer N. Mills
3rd Place, 91st Annual Meeting, Oct 2019, Raleigh
Structure formation in alkali-activated binders for development of sustainable construction materials

Jennifer N. Mills1, Norman J. Wagner1, and Paramita Mondal2

1Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering; 2Mechanical Science and Engineering, University of Delaware, Newark, DE

Ali Slim
1st Place, 90th Annual Meeting, Oct 2018, Houston
Dynamics of polymer-grafted nanoparticles controlled by soft confinement

Ali Slim, Ryan Poling-Skutvik, Jacinta C. Conrad, and Ramanan Krishnamoorti

Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, University of Houston, Houston, TX

Valerian Hirschberg
2nd Place, 90th Annual Meeting, Oct 2018, Houston
Fatigue analysis via Fourier transform of the stress

Valerian Hirschberg1, Manfred Wilhelm2, and Denis Rodrigue1

1Chemical Engineering and CERMA, Université Laval, Quebec City, Quebec, Canada; 2Institute for Chemical Technology and Polymer Chemistry, Karlsruhe Institute of Technology, Karlsruhe, Germany

Jiho Choi
3rd Place, 90th Annual Meeting, Oct 2018, Houston
Elastic stress during stepwise reduction in shear rate for thixotropic suspension

Jiho Choi and Simon A. Rogers

Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, IL

Rajarshi Sengupta
1st Place, 89th Annual Meeting, Oct 2017, Denver
Linear viscoelasticity of a dilute emulsion of drops containing soluble surfactant

Rajarshi Sengupta, Lynn M. Walker, and Aditya S. Khair

Chemical Engineering, Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, PA

Michelle S. Mazzeo
2nd Place, 89th Annual Meeting, Oct 2017, Denver
Determination of macroscopic rheological properties of human mesenchymal stem cell laden poly(ethylene glycol) hydrogels

Michelle S. Mazzeo1 and Kelly M. Schultz2

1Bioengineering, Lehigh University, Bethlehem, PA; 2Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, Lehigh University, Bethlehem, PA

Ria D. Corder
3rd Place, 89th Annual Meeting, Oct 2017, Denver
Quantifying enzymatic degradation of uterine fibroid tissue using rheology

Ria D. Corder1, Robert B. Vachieri2, Darlene K. Taylor2, Sashi R. Gadi3, John M. Cullen3, Friederike L. Jayes4, and Saad A. Khan1

1Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, NC; 2Chemistry and Biochemistry, North Carolina Central University, Durham, NC; 3Population Health and Pathobiology, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, NC; 4Obstetrics and Gynecology, Duke University, Durham, NC