Time |
Speaker |
Title |
2/07, 10:30 a.m. |
Dr. Tony Maggs
Paris |
Twist and Writhe of Single Filaments |
2/12, 10:30 a.m. |
Dr. Jens-Christian Meiners
KITP & University of Michigan |
Dynamics of Single DNA Molecules[Slides][Aud][Cam] |
2/13, 10:30 a.m. |
Dr. Chris Wiggins
KITP & Columbia University |
Semiflexible Polymer Dynamics: elasticity, geometry, constraint[Slides] |
2/14, 10:30 a.m. |
Dr. Tom McLeish
KITP & University of Leeds |
An Informal Review of How a Stringy Ensemble Gives Viscoelasticity[Aud][Cam] |
2/15, 10:30 a.m. |
Dr. Christina Marchetti
KITP & Syracuse Univ |
Introduction to Flux Lines in Superconductors[Aud][Cam] |
2/19, 10:30 a.m. |
Dr. Jay Tang
KITP & Indiana University |
Physical Properties of F-Actin and Filamentous Phages: Phase Transitions, Bundles and Networks of Microscopic Scales[Slides][Aud][Cam] |
2/20, 10:30 a.m. |
Dr. Greg Huber
KITP & U. Massachusetts, Boston |
Flip-Flops in Bacterial Flagella[Slides][Aud][Cam] |
2/21, 10:30 a.m. |
Dr. Tanniemola Liverpool
KITP & Imperial College |
Viscoelasticity of Filament Motor Mixtures[Slides][Aud][Cam] |
2/22, 10:30 a.m. |
Dr. David Morse
KITP & University Minnesota |
Brownian Motion with Constraints[Aud][Cam] |
2/26, 10:30 a.m. |
Dr. Erich Sackmann
KITP & TU Munich |
Micromechanics of Cells[Slides][Aud] |
2/27, 10:30 a.m. |
Dr. Paul Janmey
KITP & U. Penn |
Flexibility, Self-Interaction, and Counterion-Induced Collapse of Neurofilaments[Slides][Aud] |
2/28, 10:30 a.m. |
Dr. Itamar Borukhov
KITP & UCLA |
Linker Assisted Aggregation of Semi-Flexible Polyelectrolytes[Slides][Aud] |
3/05, 10:30 a.m. |
Dr. Christoph Schmidt
Vrije University, Amsterdam |
Microrheology of Biopolymers[Slides][Aud][Cam] |
3/07, 10:30 a.m. |
Margaret Gardel, Maria Kilfoil
Harvard |
Mechanical Properties and Microstructure: Actin and Actin/Scruin Networks[Slides][Aud][Cam] |
3/12, 10:30 a.m. |
Dr. Anthony Maggs
KITP & ESPCI |
A Local Simulation Algorithm for Coulomb Interactions[Slides][Aud][Cam] |
3/14, 10:30 a.m. |
Dr. Tom McLeish
KITP & Leeds |
Self-Assembled Peptide Tapes as Stiff Biopolymers[Slides][Aud][Cam] |
3/19, 10:30 a.m. |
Dr. S. Hess
KITP & TU Berlin |
Flow Properties of Complex Fluids (Results from Kinetic Theory, NEMD Simulations and Experiments)[Slides][Aud][Cam] |
3/21, 10:30 a.m. |
Dr. F. Molino
KITP & U. Montpelier |
Shear Banding Phenomena in Ordered Mesophases[Slides][Aud][Cam] |
3/26, 10:30 a.m. |
Dr. Michael Cates
KITP & Edinburg University |
Rheo-Chaos[Aud][Cam] |
3/27, 10:30 a.m. |
Dr. Jean-Francois Berret
KITP & Rhodia CRTC-CNRS |
Rheology of Wormlike Micelles[Slides][Aud][Cam] |
3/28, 10:30 a.m. |
Dr. Peter Olmsted
KITP & University Leeds |
Phenomenology of Shear Banding[Slides][Aud][Cam] |
4/01, 10:30 a.m. |
Dr. David Pine
UC Santa Barbara |
Rheology of Shear-Thickening Micellar Solutions[Slides][Aud][Cam] |
4/01, 2:00 p.m. |
Dr. Paul Callaghan
Victoria University of Wellington |
What Can NMR Tell Us About Shear Banding and Ordering?[Slides][Podcast][Aud][Cam] |
4/02, 10:30 a.m. |
Dr. Didier Roux
CNRS, CRPP |
Approaching Simple Chaos in a Complex Fluid[Aud][Cam] |
4/03, 10:30 a.m. |
Discussion |
Shear Thickening Surfactant Solutions |
4/04, 10:00 a.m. |
Dr. Julia Kornfield
(Caltech)
Dr. Jean-Francois Berret
(Montpelier)
Dr. Francois Molino
(Montpelier) |
Flow and Fracture of Transient Networks[Slides][Aud][Cam] |
4/05, 10:30 a.m. |
Dr. Suzanne Fielding
University Leeds |
Early Stages of the Shear Banding Instability in a Shear Thinning Polymer Solution[Slides][Aud][Cam] |
4/09, 10:30 a.m. |
Dr. Carlos Marques
KITP & University Strasbourg |
What is in a Pebble Shape[Slides][Aud] |
4/16, 10:30 a.m. |
Dr. Julie Kornfield
Caltech |
Flow-Enhanced Crystallization: The Role of Melt Dynamics[Slides][Aud][Cam] |
4/18, 10:30 a.m. |
Dr. Paul Callaghan
KITP & Victoria University of Wellington |
NMR Measurements of Orientation in Flowing Entangled Polymers[Slides][Aud][Cam] |
4/22-25 |
Mini-Workshop |
Entangled Systems |
4/29, 10:00 a.m. |
Dr. D. Vlassopoulos
(Heraklion)
Dr. M. Doi
(Nagoya)
Dr. G. Ianniroberto
(Naples)
Dr. J. Schieber
(Illinois) |
Stars and Sliplinks[Slides][Aud] |
4/30, 10:00 a.m. |
Dr. G. Leal
(UCSB)
Dr. J. Oberhauser
(University Virginia)
Dr. C. Tsenoglou
(National University Athens) |
Non-Linear Flow of Solutions: Experiments and Modeling[Slides][Aud][Cam] |
5/01, 10:00 a.m. |
Dr. G. Marrucci
(Naples)
Dr. M. Doi
(Nagoya)
Dr. R. Graham
(Leeds) |
Convective Constraint Release - Approaches and Results[Slides][Aud][Cam] |
5/02, 10:00 a.m. |
Dr. M. Rubinstein
(Chapel Hill)
Dr. M. Wagner
(Berlin) |
Entanglement-Dominated Rubber Models[Slides][Aud][Cam] |
5/03, 10:00 a.m. |
Dr. A. Likhtman
(Leeds)
Dr. M. Rubinstein
(Chapel Hill) |
Contour Length Fluctuations and Potentials - Many Modes and High Dimensions[Aud][Cam] |
5/07, 10:30 a.m. |
Dr. Daan Frenkel
AMOLF |
How "Classical" is Nucleation? A Computer-Simulation Study[Slides][Aud][Cam] |
5/07, 4:00 p.m. |
Dr. Ron Larson
University Michigan |
Single Molecule Polymer Rheology with Applications to DNA Micro-Processing |
5/08, 10:00 a.m. |
Dr. Scott Milner
Exxon |
Packing'em in: Packing Lengths, M-Sub-things and All That[Aud][Cam] |
5/09, 4:00 p.m. |
Dr. Ron Larson
University Michigan |
Predicting the Rheology of Entangled Polymers |
5/14, 10:30 a.m. |
Dr. Ralph Colby
KITP & Penn State University |
Rheology of Structured Fluids[Slides][Aud][Cam] |
5/15, 10:30 a.m. |
Dr. Wes Burghardt
(KITP & Northwestern University)
Dr. Pat Mather
(KITP & University of Connecticut) |
Rheology of Liquid Crystalline Polymers - An Experimental View of Theoretical Needs[Slides][Aud][Cam] |
5/16, 10:30 a.m. |
Dr. Jorge Viñals
KITP & Florida State University |
Topological Defect Motion and Domain Motion in Mesophases[Slides][Aud][Cam] |
5/17, 10:30 a.m. |
Dr. Jimmy Feng
(KITP & CUNY)
Dr. Giorgia Sgalari
(UCSB) |
Simulations of Flowing Liquid Crystalline Polymers[Slides][Aud][Cam] |
5/21, 10:00 a.m. |
Dr. Shriram Ramaswamy
(KITP & Indian Inst. of Science)
Dr. V. Kumaran
(Indian Inst. of Science) |
Rheology of Defect Ridden Lamellar Phases[Slides][Aud][Cam] |
5/22, 10:30 a.m. |
Dr. Karen Winey
KITP & University of Pennsylvania |
Kink Bands in Block Copolymer Lamellar Phases[Slides][Aud][Cam] |
5/23, 10:30 a.m. |
Dr. Alejandro Rey
KITP & McGill University |
Defect Nucleation Dynamics, and Coarsening Rod- and Disk-Like Nematics:
Rheology of Liquid Crystalline Polymers - An Experimental View of Theoretical Needs[Slides][Aud][Cam] |
6/04, 10:30 a.m. |
Dr. Gary Grest
KITP & Sandia |
Rheology of Dense Granular Flow[Slides][Aud][Cam] |
6/04, 4:00 p.m. |
Dr. Michael D. Graham
University of Wisconsin, Madison |
Coherent Flow Structures in Complex Fluids: From Diwhirls to Drag Reduction |
6/07, 10:30 a.m. |
Dr. Maria Santore
University Massachusetts |
Dynamics of Polyelectrolyte Layers Adsorbed Near Threshold Conditions[Slides][Aud][Cam] |
6/11, 10:30 a.m. |
Dr. V. Kumaran
KITP & Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore |
Vibrated Granular Media[Aud][Cam] |
6/13, 10:30 a.m. |
Dr. Kevin Plaxco
Chemistry, UCSB |
My Protein Folds Faster Than Your Protein[Aud][Cam] |
6/18, 10:30 a.m. |
Dr. David Lu
Taiwan |
Fluctuation Rheology Using a Polymer[Slides][Aud][Cam] |
6/20, 10:30 a.m. |
Dr. Andrei Dobrynin
University Connecticut |
Charged Polymers - The Story So Far[Slides][Aud][Cam] |
6/25, 10:00 a.m. |
Dr. Didier Long
KITP & Saclay |
Heterogeneous Nature of the Dynamics Close to the Glass Transition, in the Bulk and in Thin Films[Aud][Cam] |