All NCS19 workshop activities will take place inside the Campus Center (CTR). To access both stairs and elevators to the second floor, please enter using the Summit Street entrance and turn left. Turning left upon reaching the second floor will lead you to the ballrooms. Below is the workshop's program schedule, which is subject to change.
Program Last Updated - 01/23/25
8:15 – 8:55 AM
Breakfast and Registration
Breakfast in Ballroom B (light refreshments)
Registration and Poster Setup in Ballroom A
8:55 – 9:00 AM
Welcome Remarks by Kevin Belfield, Dean of JHCSLA
9:00 – 9:30 AM
Invited Talk
Samantha McBride, University of Pennsylvania
“Droplet evaporation on advanced interfaces for environmental engineering applications”
9:30 – 10:00 AM
Invited Talk
Farid Alisafaei, New Jersey Institute of Technology
“Tension Anisotropy and the Induction of Mechanical Memory in Cellular Activation”
10:00 – 10:25 AM
Coffee Break
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10:25 – 11:45 AM
Short Talks
(4 min talk + 1 min Q&A + 1 min transfer)
Jonghyun Hwang, Princeton University. “Free surface furrowing in flowing soft solids”
Arnold Mathijssen, University of Pennsylvania. "Bacterial upstream swimming in complex fluids"
Amir Pahlavan, Yale University. "Chemical cues shape the dispersion of colloids and bacteria in complex environments"
Gennady Gor, New Jersey Institute of Technology. "Mechanism of Vapor Sorption in Bacterial Spores"
Ali Kazempour, New Jersey Institute of Technology. “Margination Behavior of a Circulating Cell in a Tortuous Microvessel”
Albane Thery, University of Pennsylvania. "Helical propulsion in suspensions"
Nicholas Paolini, Stony Brook University. "Electrokinetic Energy Conversion at Low Ionic Strength: Nanoscale Topography and Surface Conduction”
Isha Shah, Rutgers University. "Combining Non-Self-Limiting Materials to Achieve Self-Limiting Electrospray Deposition"
Rubayet Hassan, New Jersey Institute of Technology. "Entropic Force on Spherical Vesicles"
Qiwei Yu, Princeton University. " Nucleation pathways in multicomponent biomolecular condensates"
Sebastian Gonzalez La Corte, Princeton University. "Collective morphology of bacteria growing in complex fluids"
Mengze Wang, Massachusetts Institute of Technology. "The origin of skin-friction increase in laminar-to-turbulence transition: a stochastic Lagrangian analysis"
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11:45 – 12:15 PM
Invited Talk
Jerry Shan, Rutgers University
“Anomalous Transport of Various Ions Through Boron-Nitride-Nanotube Membranes”
12:15 – 1:45 PM
Lunch and Poster Presentations*
1:45 – 2:15 PM
Invited Talk
Aditya Khair, Carnegie Mellon University
“Nonlinear electrophoresis of colloidal particles”
2:15 – 2:45 PM
Invited Talk
Hernan Makse, The City College of New York
“K-Core Analysis of Jamming and Shear Thickening Transitions”
2:45 – 3:15
Coffee Break
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3:15 – 4:30 PM
Short Talks
(4 min talk + 1 min Q&A + 1 min transfer)
Shravan Pradeep, University of Pennsylvania. "Soft Matter Mechanics of Baseball's 'Magic Mud'"
Thai Dinh, Stony Brook University. "Interfacial flow phenomena with ternary mixtures and complex fluids in coaxial microfluidic devices"
Mona Kanso, Massachusetts Institute of Technology. "Rheology of mRNA-Loaded Lipid Nanodumbbells"
Liam White, Rutgers University. "The influence of trap impactor geometry on particle capture efficiency"
Pouria Mahdaviani, Stevens Institute of Technology. "Validation Studies on Rupture and Forces in Liquid Bridges Undergoing Extension Between Spherical Particles Using the Lattice Boltzmann Method"
Jerome Fung, Ithaca College. "Manipulating Colloidal Particles with Light: Simulations and Experiments"
Lauren Dreier, Princeton University. "Beaded Metamaterials"
José L. Pabón, NJIT. "Reduced order models of hydrodynamically interacting flapping wings"
Nandish Vora, University of Pennsylvania. "Stretching field statistics in time-periodic flows with dilute bacterial suspensions"
Tom Marzin, Princeton University. "Instabilities in 3D printing: from droplets to twisted shells"
Maniya Maleki, University of Pennsylvania. "Dynamics of the surface growth resulted from falling spherical particles in a Hele–Shaw cell"
David Rutkowski, Lehigh University. "Computational model of myosin-I interactions with branched actin networks"
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4:30 – 5:00 PM
Invited Talk
Sangwoo Shin, University at Buffalo
“Biocolloidal Diffusiophoresis Driven by Salt Gradients: From Biomolecular Phase Separation to Bacterial Chemotaxis"
5:00 PM
Closing Remarks
Christopher Mbonu, Stevens Institute of Technology. "Dynamic Differences in Loop-Grafted and Linear Polymer-Grafted Nanoparticles and their Interphases"
Rahul Pandare, The City University of New York. "Contact networks in dense mono- & bi-disperse suspensions"
Ebru Dagdelen, New Jersey Institute of Technology. "Understanding Fluid Flux: Topological Data Analysis of Porous Media"
Shuhan Geng, Lehigh University. "Model of Membrane Delivery and Flow During Cytokinesis"
David Rutkowski, Lehigh University. "Computational model of myosin-I interactions with branched actin networks"
Gunel Nabiyeva, New Jersey Institute of Technology. "Humidity Effects on Mycelium-Based Leather Using Sorption Ultrasonic Experiments"
Hannah Mow, Rutgers University. "Exploring a “Universal Dip” for Electrospray Applications"