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

Sara L. Wingstrand
1st Place, 88th Annual Meeting, Feb 2017, Tampa
Extensional rheology and final morphology of LDPE fibers

Sara L. Wingstrand1, Martin van Drongelen1, Kell Mortensen2, Richard S. Graham3, Qian Huang1, and Ole Hassager1

1Department of Chemical and Biochemical Engineering, Technical University of Denmark, Kgs. Lyngby, Denmark; 2University of Copenhagen, København Ø, Denmark; 3University of Nottingham, Nottingham, United Kingdom

Ryan Poling-Skutvik
2nd Place, 88th Annual Meeting, Feb 2017, Tampa
Structure and dynamics of nanoparticles and polymer in model polymer solutions with particle-particle interactions

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

University of Houston, Houston, TX

Fawzi G. Hamad
1st Place, 87th Annual Meeting, Oct 2015, Baltimore
Flow induced crystallization of isotactic polypropylene

Fawzi G. Hamad1, Ralph H. Colby2, and Scott T. Milner1

1Chemical Engineering, Penn State University, University Park, PA 16802; 2Chemical Engineering and Materials Science and Engineering, Penn State University, University Park, PA 16802

Bruna C. Leopercio
2nd Place, 87th Annual Meeting, Oct 2015, Baltimore
Kinetics of cyclopentane hydrate formation analysis through interfacial rheology

Bruna C. Leopercio1, Paulo R. de Souza Mendes1, and Gerald G. Fuller2

1Mechanical Engineering, Pontifícia Universidade Católica-RJ, Rio de Janeiro, RJ 22453-900, Brazil; 2Department of Chemical Engineering, Stanford University, Stanford, CA

Tamás A. Prileszky
3rd Place, 87th Annual Meeting, Oct 2015, Baltimore
Particle-modified structured emulsion droplets

Tamás A. Prileszky1 and Eric M. Furst

Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, University of Delaware, Newark, DE 19716

Giovanniantonio Natale
1st Place, 86th Annual Meeting, Oct 2014, Philadelphia
Modeling interactions in carbon nanotube suspensions: Transient flows

Giovanniantonio Natale1, Julien Ferec2, Gilles Ausias2, Marie-Claude Heuzey1, and Pierre J. Carreau1

1Chemical Engineering, École Polytechnique de Montréal, Montréal, Québec, Canada; 2Mechanical Engineering, Université de Bretagne du Sud, Lorient, France

Jingsi Gao
2nd Place, 86th Annual Meeting, Oct 2014, Philadelphia
Rheology of dispersions in the ionic liquid [Bmim][BF4]

Jingsi Gao1, Mark B. Shiflett2, and Norman J. Wagner1

1Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, University of Delaware, Newark, DE; 2Central Research and Development, DuPont, Newark, DE

Nichoals A. Rorrer
3rd Place, 86th Annual Meeting, Oct 2014, Philadelphia
Molecular scale simulation of shear, parabolic, and extensional flow: Implementation and findings

Nichoals A. Rorrer and John R. Dorgan

1Colorado School of Mines, Golden, CO 80401

A. Kate Gurnon
1st Place, 85th Annual Meeting, Oct 2013, Montréal
Spatiotemporal structure evolution and metastable states in shear banding wormlike micelles probed using LAOS and small angle neutron scattering

A. Kate Gurnon1, Carlos R. Lopez-Barron2, Lionel Porcar3, and Norman J. Wagner1

1Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, University of Delaware, Newark, DE 19716; 2ExxonMobil Chemical Company, Baytown, TX; 3ILL, Grenoble, France

Brendan C. Blackwell
2nd Place, 85th Annual Meeting, Oct 2013, Montréal
Thixotropic-viscoelastic rheological fingerprints in strain-control and stress-control LAOS

Brendan C. Blackwell and Randy H. Ewoldt

Mechanical Science & Engineering, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, IL

Folarin Latinwo
3rd Place, 85th Annual Meeting, Oct 2013, Montréal
Nonequilibrium work relations for dilute polymer solutions

Folarin Latinwo and Charles M. Schroeder

Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, IL 61801

Gregory Newbloom
1st Place, 84th Annual Meeting, Feb 2013, Pasadena
Enhanced charge transport through engineering the network structure of conjugated polymers for photovoltaic applications

Gregory Newbloom1, Katie Weigandt2, Jeff Richards1, Pablo de La Iglesia1, and Danilo Pozzo1

1Chemical Engineering, University of Washington; 2Center for Neutron Research, National Institute of Standards and Technology

Mu Wang
2nd Place, 84th Annual Meeting, Feb 2013, Pasadena
Boundary driven compression of hard sphere suspensions at constant velocity and normal stress

Mu Wang and John F. Brady

Div. of Chem. and Chem. Eng., California Institute of Technology

Rangarajan Radhakrishnan
3rd Place, 84th Annual Meeting, Feb 2013, Pasadena
Importance of solvent quality on the hysteresis in the coil-stretch transition of flexible polymers

Rangarajan Radhakrishnan and Patrick T. Underhill

Chemical and Biological Engineering, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute

Deepak E. Solomon
4th Place, 84th Annual Meeting, Feb 2013, Pasadena
Measurement of hydrodynamic resistance due to purely elastic instabilities in curvilinear microchannels

Deepak E. Solomon and Siva A. Vanapalli

Chemical Engineering, Texas Tech University

Joseph R. Samaniuk
1st Place, 83rd Annual Meeting, Oct 2011, Cleveland
A rapid, inexpensive technique for measuring the rheological properties of yield stress fluids

Joseph R. Samaniuk1, C. T. Scott2, Thatcher W. Root1, and Daniel J. Klingenberg1

1Chemical and Biological Engineering, University of Wisconsin-Madison; 2Forest Product Laboratory, USDA Forest Service

Simon Rogers
2nd Place, 83rd Annual Meeting, Oct 2011, Cleveland
Linear algebra yielding in LAOS

Simon Rogers and Pavlik Lettinga

ICS-3, Institute of Complex Systems, Forschungszentrum Juelich

Tom Verwijlen
3rd Place, 83rd Annual Meeting, Oct 2011, Cleveland
Novel approaches to interfacial dilatational rheology

Tom Verwijlen, Anja Vananroye, and Jan Vermant

Department of Chemical Engineering, Katholieke Unversiteit Leuven

Tao Cong
4th Place, 83rd Annual Meeting, Oct 2011, Cleveland
Self-assembled multicomponent plasmonic nanogels: Structure, rheology and optical properties

Tom Verwijlen, Anja Vananroye, and Jan Vermant

Department of Chemical Engineering, Katholieke Unversiteit Leuven

Darlene I. Santiago-Quinonez
1st Place, 82nd Annual Meeting, Oct 2010, Santa Fe
Rheological characterization of a ferrofluid consisting of permanently magnetized nanoparticles

Darlene I. Santiago-Quinonez and Carlos Rinaldi

Department of Chemical Engineering, University of Puerto Rico

Eric B. Webb
2nd Place, 82nd Annual Meeting, Oct 2010, Santa Fe
High pressure rheology of methane hydrates: Effects of temperature, salt content, and hydrate structure

Eric B. Webb and Norman J. Wagner

Chemical Engineering, University of Delaware

A. Kate Gurnon
3rd Place, 82nd Annual Meeting, Oct 2010, Santa Fe
Large amplitude oscillatory shear (LAOS) of shear thickening fluids

A. Kate Gurnon, Matthew W. Liberatore, E. D. Sloan, Amadeu K. Sum, and Carolyn Koh

Chemical Engineering, Colorado School of Mines

Kendra A. Erk
1st Place, 81st Annual Meeting, Oct 2009, Madison
Stiffening, fracture, and friction of physically associating networks by shear rheometry

Kendra A. Erk and Kenneth R. Shull

Department of Materials Science and Engineering, Northwestern University

Patrick J. Rensing
2nd Place, 81st Annual Meeting, Oct 2009, Madison
Yield stress and viscosity of ice suspensions formed from water-in-oil emulsions

Patrick J. Rensing, Matthew Liberatore, Amadeu K. Sum, Carolyn A. Koh, and E. Dendy Sloan

Department of Chemical Engineering, Colorado School of Mines

Saswati Pujari
3rd Place, 81st Annual Meeting, Oct 2009, Madison
X-ray scattering studies of flow-induced alignment in model polymer-clay nanocomposites

Saswati Pujari1, Wesley R. Burghardt1, Marie-Claude Heuzey2, Christophe Mobuchon2, and Pierre J. Carreau2

1Department of Chemical & Biological Engineering, Northwestern University; 2CREPEC - Chemical Eng., École Polytechnique

Swapnil Kohale
XVth International Congress on Rheology / 80th Annual Meeting, Aug 2008, Monterey
Shear induced chain migration in flowing polymeric solutions: A molecular dynamics study

Swapnil Kohale and Rajesh Khare

Department of Chemical Engineering, Texas Tech University

Jen Shueng Tiang
XVth International Congress on Rheology / 80th Annual Meeting, Aug 2008, Monterey
Kinetics of shear-induced crystallization: Effects of shear rate and strain

Jen Shueng Tiang, Hee Eon Park, and John M. Dealy

Department of Chemical Engineering, McGill University

Roseanna N. Zia
XVth International Congress on Rheology / 80th Annual Meeting, Aug 2008, Monterey
Force induced microdiffusivity of colloidal particles

Roseanna N. Zia1 and John F. Brady2

1Mechanical Engineering, California Institute of Technology; 2Chemical Engineering, California Institute of Technology

Mukund Vasudevan
79th Annual Meeting, Oct 2007, Salt Lake City
Self-similar shear thickening behavior in CTAB/NaSal surfactant solutions

Mukund Vasudevan1, Amy Shen2, Bamin Khomami3, and Radhakrishna Sureshkumar1

1Department of Energy, Environmental and Chemical Engineering, Washington University in St. Louis; 2Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, Washington University in St Louis; 3Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, University of Tennessee

Jin Li
78th Annual Meeting, Oct 2006, Portland, ME
Rheology and microstructure of organoclay dispersions

Jin Li and James P. Oberhauser

Department of Chemical Engineering, University of Virginia

Randy H. Ewoldt
77th Annual Meeting, Oct 2005, Vancouver
Exploring the rheological properties required for adhesive locomotion in natural and robotic snails

Randy H. Ewoldt and Gareth H. McKinley

Department of Mechanical Engineering, Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Rodney D. Priestley
76th Annual Meeting, Feb 2005, Lubbock
The impact of nanoconfinement, surfaces and interfaces on the structural relaxation of polymeric glasses monitored on the molecular-scale by fluorescence

Rodney D. Priestley, Linda J. Broadbelt, and John M. Torkelson

Department of Chemical & Biological Engineering, Northwestern University

Anny Flory
75th Annual Meeting, Oct 2003, Pittsburgh
Torque and normal force measurements in polymer glasses

Anny Flory and Gregory B. McKenna

Department of Chemical Engineering, Texas Tech University

Jeffrey C. Haley
74th Annual Meeting, Oct 2002, Minneapolis
Temperature and composition dependence of monomeric friction factors in a miscible polymer blend obtained by rheology and diffusion

Jeffrey C. Haley and Timothy P. Lodge

Department of Chemical Engineering and Materials Science, University of Minnesota

My Hang T. Truong
73rd Annual Meeting, Oct 2001, Bethesda
Model rheological behavior of mixed systems of nonionic polymer and living polyelectrolyte

My Hang T. Truong and Lynn M. Walker

Department of Chemical Engineering, Carnegie Mellon University

Kevin D. Dorfman
72nd Annual Meeting, Feb 2001, Hilton Head Island
Vector chromatography: Modeling micropatterned separation devices

Kevin D. Dorfman and Howard Brenner

Department of Chemical Engineering, Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Allen E. Kaiser
72nd Annual Meeting, Feb 2001, Hilton Head Island
Rheological and transport properties of suspensions

Allen E. Kaiser and Alan L. Graham

Department of Chemical Engineering, Texas Tech University