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Best Student Poster Award Recipients


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Rajarshi Sengupta (1st Place, 89th Annual Meeting, October 2017, Denver, Colorado)
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, October 2017, Denver, Colorado)
Determination of macroscopic rheological properties of human mesenchymal stem cell laden poly(ethylene glycol) hydrogels
Michelle S. Mazzeo1 and Kelly M. Schultz2
1Bioengineering; 2Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, Lehigh University, Bethlehem, PA
Ria D. Corder (3rd Place, 89th Annual Meeting, October 2017, Denver, Colorado)
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; 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, February 2017, Tampa, Florida)
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, February 2017, Tampa, Florida)
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, October 2015, Baltimore, Maryland)
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, October 2015, Baltimore, Maryland)
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, October 2015, Baltimore, Maryland)
Particle-modified structured emulsion droplets
Tamás A. Prileszky and Eric M. Furst
Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, University of Delaware, Newark, DE 19716
Giovanniantonio Natale (1st Place, 86th Annual Meeting, October 2014, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania)
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, October 2014, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania)
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, October 2014, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania)
Molecular scale simulation of shear, parabolic, and extensional flow: Implementation and findings
Nichoals A. Rorrer and John R. Dorgan
Colorado School of Mines, Golden, CO 80401
A. Kate Gurnon (1st Place, 85th Annual Meeting, October 2013, Montréal, Québec, Canada)
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, October 2013, Montréal, Québec, Canada)
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, October 2013, Montréal, Québec, Canada)
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, February 2013, Pasadena, California)
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, February 2013, Pasadena, California)
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, February 2013, Pasadena, California)
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, February 2013, Pasadena, California)
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, October 2011, Cleveland, Ohio)
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, October 2011, Cleveland, Ohio)
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, October 2011, Cleveland, Ohio)
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, October 2011, Cleveland, Ohio)
Self-assembled multicomponent plasmonic nanogels: Structure, rheology and optical properties
Tao Cong, Satvik Wani, Georo Zhou, Elia Baszczuk, and Radhakrishna Sureshkumar
Syracuse University
Darlene I. Santiago-Quinonez (1st Place, 82nd Annual Meeting, October 2010, Santa Fe, New Mexico)
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, October 2010, Santa Fe, New Mexico)
High pressure rheology of methane hydrates: Effects of temperature, salt content, and hydrate structure
Eric B. Webb, Matthew W. Liberatore, E. D. Sloan, Amadeu K. Sum, and Carolyn Koh
Chemical Engineering, Colorado School of Mines
A. Kate Gurnon (3rd Place, 82nd Annual Meeting, October 2010, Santa Fe, New Mexico)
Large amplitude oscillatory shear (LAOS) of shear thickening fluids
A. Kate Gurnon and Norman J. Wagner
Chemical Engineering, University of Delaware
Kendra A. Erk (1st Place, 81st Annual Meeting, October 2009, Madison, Wisconsin)
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, October 2009, Madison, Wisconsin)
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, October 2009, Madison, Wisconsin)
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, August 2008, Monterey, California)
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, August 2008, Monterey, California)
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, August 2008, Monterey, California)
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, October 2007, Salt Lake City, Utah)
Self-similar shear thickening behavior in CTAB/NaSal surfactant solutions
Mukund Vasudevan1, Amy Shen2, Bamin Khomami3, and Radhakrishna Sureshkumar1
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Department 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, October 2006, Portland, Maine)
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, October 2005, Vancouver, B.C., Canada)
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, February 2005, Lubbock, Texas)
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, October 2003, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania)
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, October 2002, Minneapolis, Minnesota)
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, October 2001, Bethesda, Maryland)
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, February 2001, Hilton Head Island, South Carolina)
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, February 2001, Hilton Head Island, South Carolina)
Rheological and transport properties of suspensions
Allen E. Kaiser and Alan L. Graham
Department of Chemical Engineering, Texas Tech University

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