Publications

Publications

**undergraduate author

1. A.B. Harada**, E. Thackray** K.N. Nordstrom, "Silo flow and clogging in the presence of an obstacle" Physical Review Fluids 7, 054301  (2022) link

2. Beck J., Burton J.C., Kamela M., Kuchera M.P., Lovell A.J., Nordstrom K., Tenzin T., Ziffer J. "Reflections on Physics Education and Communication with Tibetan Monastics" Frontiers in Communication (6), 221 (2021). link

3. Grace Cai**, A.B. Harada**, K.N. Nordstrom, "Mesoscale metrics on approach to the clogging point" Granular Matter 23, 69 (2021)

4. Anna Belle Harada** and K.N. Nordstrom, ”Gravity-Driven Flow and Clogging in the Presence of An Intruder,” Traffic and Granular Flow, Springer (2020). link

5. Tamia Williams**, Simone Hyater-Adams, Kathleen A. Hinko, Claudia Fracchiolla, Kerstin Nordstrom, and Noah D. Finkelstein "The Intersection of Identity and Performing Arts of Black Physicists" PERC Proceedings (2018). link 

6. E. D. Cubuk, R. J. S. Ivancic, S. S. Schoenholz, D. J. Strickland, A. Basu, Z. S. Davidson, J. Fontaine, J. L. Hor, Y.R. Huang, Y. Jiang, N. C. Keim, K. D. Koshigan,  J. A. Lefever, T. Liu, X.G. Ma, D. J. Magagnosc, E. Morrow, C. P. Ortiz, J. M. Rieser, A. Shavit, T. Still, Y. Xu, Y. Zhang, K. N. Nordstrom, P. E. Arratia, R. W. Carpick, D. J. Durian, Z. Fakhraai, D. J. Jerolmack, Daeyeon Lee, Ju Li, R. Riggleman, K. T. Turner, A. G. Yodh, D. S. Gianola, Andrea J. Liu, “Structure-property relationships from universal signatures of plasticity in disordered solids,” Science 358 1033 (2017). link, media coverage

7. Emma Thackray** and K.N. Nordstrom, “Gravity-driven granular flow in a silo: Characterizing local forces and rearrangements” EPJ Web of Conferences 140, 03087 (2017)  link, mhc coverage

8. K. N. Nordstrom, D. S. Dorsch, W. Losert, A. G. Winter, V, “Microstructural view of burrowing with a bioinspired digging robot,” Physical Review E 92 044202 (2015) link, media coverage: LA Times, BBC, BBC radio, PNAS

9. K.N. Nordstrom and W. Losert, “Refractive Index-Matching: Microstructure Evolution During Impact using Refractive Index Matched Granular Matter,” part of Rapid Penetration into Granular Media, Elsevier (2015) link

10. K. N. Nordstrom, E. Lim**, M. Harrington, and W. Losert, “Granular Dynamics During Impact,” Physical Review Letters 112, 228002 (2014) link

11.  A. Basu, Y. Xu, T. Still, P. E. Arratia, Z. Zhang, K. N. Nordstrom, J. P. Gollub, D. J. Durian, and A. G. Yodh, “Rheology of Soft Colloids Near Rigidity Onset: Critical Scaling, Thermal, and Non-thermal Responses," Soft Matter 10, 2017 (2014) link

12. M. Harrington, M. Lin**, K. N. Nordstrom, and W. Losert, “Experimental Measurements of Orientation and Rotation of Dense 3D Packings of Spheres,” Granular Matter 16, 185 (2014) link

13. R.M. Lee, D.H. Kelley, K.N. Nordstrom, N.T. Ouellette, and W. Losert, “Quantifying stretching and rearrangement in epithelial sheet migration,” New Journal of Physics 15 025036 (2013) link

14.  N. Murdoch, B. Rozitis, K. Nordstrom, S.F. Green, P. Michel, T-L. de Lophem, and W. Losert, “Granular Convection in Microgravity,” Physical Review Letters 110, 018307 (2013) link, synopsis, coverage1, coverage2

15. 9. N. Murdoch, P. Michel, D.C. Richardson, K. Nordstrom, C.R. Berardi, S.F. Green, and W. Losert, “Numerical simulations of granular dynamics II. Particle dynamics in a shaken granular material,” Icarus, 219, 321 (2012). link

16. K.N. Nordstrom, J.P. Gollub, and D.J Durian, “Dynamical Heterogeneities in soft-particle suspensions under shear” Physical Review E, 84, 021403 (2011) link

17. K.N. Nordstrom, E. Verneuil, W.G. Ellenbroek, T.C. Lubensky, J.P. Gollub, and D.J. Durian, “Centrifugal compression of soft particle packings: theory and experiment,” Physical Review E, 82, 041403 (2010). link

18.  K.N. Nordstrom, E. Verneuil, P.E. Arratia, A. Basu, Z. Zhang, A.G. Yodh, J.P. Gollub, and D.J. Durian, “Microfluidic Rheology of Soft Colloids Above and Below Jamming,” Physical Review Letters, 105, 175701 (2010) link

19.  F.J. Byfield, Q. Wen, I. Levental, K. Nordstrom, P.E. Arratia, R.T. Miller, and P.A. Jamney, “Absence of Filamin A Prevents Cells from Responding to Stiffness Gradients on Gels Coated with Collagen but not Fibronectin,” Biophysical Journal, 96, 5095 (2009) link

20. P.A. Beckmann, J. Rosenberg**, K. Nordstrom**, C.W. Mallory, and F.B. Mallory, “CF3 rotation in 3-(trifluoromethyl)phenanthrene: Solid state F-19 and H-1 NMR relaxation and Bloch-Wangsness- Redfield theory,” Journal of Physical Chemistry A, 110, 3947 (2006) link

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