Daniels Nonlinear Lab

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Overview We conduct experiments on nonequilibrium/nonlinear systems including granular materials, gels, surfactants, and thin liquid films. Active areas of investigation include: granular materials: phase transitions, statistical mechanics, sound propagation, and segregation fracture in complex fluids dynamics of natural systems surfactant-driven instabilities in thin liquid films Contact Information Dr. Karen Daniels 258C Riddick Lab 919-513-7921 Lab 229-234 Riddick Lab 919-513-7965 or -1472 Offices 251-252 Riddick Lab 919-513-3914 Main Physics Office 421 Riddick Lab 919-515-2521 Mailing Address Dept. of Physics Box 8202 North Carolina State University Raleigh, NC 27695        Shipping Address Dept. of Physics 421 Riddick Lab 2401 Stinson Dr. North Carolina State University Raleigh, NC 27695 Directions We are located in the Physics Department in Riddick Lab (see campus map) on the main campus of NC State University, at 2401 Stinson Dr. If you drive to campus, the information booth (marked by a star on the campus map) will direct you to parking. The closest parking deck to Riddick is the Cates Avenue "Coliseum" Deck (cross under the tracks using the nearby tunnel, then turn right to face Riddick). Our offices/labs are on the 2nd floor. You can purchase and print your parking permit ahead of time here so that you do not have to visit the information booth before parking. News from the Lab Our work on measuring (or not) the equilibration of temperature-like variables in granular materials is the subject of an APS "Synopsis" and an NCSU News Item (January 2013) Congratulations to Dr. Eli Owens, who defended his PhD. But we're not losing him yet: next semester he will be the mastermind behind the Physics Department's new PY205 recitations (November 2012) An image from our recent PRE on the influence of force chain network topology on sound propagation was included in the October 2012 Kaleidoscsope. (October 2012) Congratulations to lab alum Adam Keith, on being named an Apker Award semi-finalist by the APS. Adam is now a PhD student at UC Boulder. (August 2012) Congratulations to graduate student Carlos Ortiz for the successful completion of his preliminary exam. (August 2012) We have launched a YouTube channel to share videos from the lab. Enjoy! (July 2012) Summertime means visitors to the lab! This year, we're happy to host Matt Hin and Richard Sayanagi (undergrads, Harvey Mudd College, California), Song-Chuan Zhao (PhD student, MPI for Dynamics and Self-Organization, Germany), and Kirsten Harth (PhD student, Otto von Guericke University, Magdeburg, Germany). Congratulations to Dr. James Puckett, who defended his PhD. His next stop is Yale University, where he will be a postdoc in the lab of Nicholas Ouellette. (July 2012) James Puckett has posted his photoelastic-solving code online. Please let us know if you find it useful! (June 2012) The Gordon Research Conference on Granular & Granular-Fluid Flow will be held from 22-27 July 2012 in Davidson, NC. Please join us! (Jan 2012) Karen Daniels is visiting the Max Planck Institute for Dynamics and Self-Organization in Goettingen, Germany during the 2011-2012 academic year, on an Alexander von Humboldt Fellowship. (August 2011) The NC State News office has written a popular account of our work as Dirt Whisperers We bid a fond farewell to seniors Kate Foco and Melissa Fender. Kate will be pursuing a PhD in Oceanography at Scripps, and Melissa will be pursuing a PhD in Physics at the University of Chicago. We wish them both well! (May 2011) Congratulations to Mark Schillaci on winning an Honorable Mention at the Physics Department's annual undergraduate poster session. (May 2011) Congratulations to Melissa Fender for winning the 2011 PAMS Research Award, granted to the most outstanding graduating senior each year. (April 2011) Several members of the lab are featured in the new PAMS recruiting video. (March 2011) See more ... Meetings Upcoming The Usual Suspects: APS March Meeting, APS Division of Fluid Dynamics, Gordon Research Conferences, Dynamics Days Workshops & Summer Schools: DCMP Listings, Lorentz Center, Boulder Summer School in Condensed Matter Physics, UMass Soft Matter Summer School, Cargese The NCSU/Duke/HMC FRG is organizing a workhop Thin Liquid Films and Fluid Interfaces: Models, Experiments and Applications through the Banff International Research Station, Canada from 9-14 Dec, 2012. The 2012 Gordon Research Conference on Granular & Granular-Fluid Flow will take place from 22-27 July, 2012 in Davidson, NC. See more ... NCSU Image Processing Workshop 2013 Date: Friday, January 4, 2013 Location: Hill Library, 1st floor Learning Commons "Presentation Practice Room" We are hosting a one-day workshop where grad students and postdocs can share their image-processing techniques with each other in an informal setting. Participants are invited to make a short (10 minute) presentation on an image-processing technique they use in their work, or an even shorter (5 minute) presentation on an image-processing problem they would like to solve. To register, send an email to Karen Daniels with your name and lab group/affiliation. If you would like to make a presentation, also send a sample image that you process and a short title. Please state whether you wish to make a 10-minute "technique" talk or a 5-minute "unsolved problem" talk. Listeners are also welcome. Draft Schedule 9:30 Greetings & Introductions 9:45 Short talks (bring either your own laptop or a USB drive) Casey Burleyson (MEAS): Separating Cloud and Ocean Pixels in IR Brightness Temperature Images Lindsay Hussey (MSE): Interfaces and Dislocations in TEM/STEM Images Matthew Miller (MEAS): Detecting Drizzle from Space: Challenges in Conditional Classification, Coregistration, and Blob Detection Carlos Ortiz (Physics): Using the Matlab-ImageJ Interface Andrew Hall (MEAS): TBD 11:00 Breakout groups on various themes (lines, particles, interfaces, tracking dynamics, etc) Organizers Karen Daniels (NCSU Physics) Melissa Pasquinelli (NCSU Textile Engineering) Sandra Yuter (NCSU Marine, Earth, and Atmospheric Sciences) Sponsors National Science Foundation: "Acoustic Probes of Granular States" (DMR-1206808, Daniels), "FRG: Collaborative Research: Dynamics of Thin Liquid Films: Mathematics and Experiments" (DMS-0968258, Daniels), "Collaborative Research: Intermittent and steady state processes in orographic precipitation" (ATM-0908420, Yuter) Department of Energy: "Collaborative Research: Cloudiness Transitions in Marine Stratocumulus Clouds Near the Azores" (DE SC0006701, Yuter) NASA: "The Global Characteristics of Marine Stratocumulus Clouds and Drizzle" (NNX11AE98G, Yuter) Gallery of Images BurleysonYuter.png Hussey.jpg MillerYuter.png OrtizRiehnDaniels.png PennyThompsonDaniels.png PuckettDaniels.png Thin Fluids Day 2009 See more ... Thin Fluids Day 2010 Saturday, April 17, 2010 1108 SAS Hall, NC State University See more ... Thin Fluids Day 2011 Thursday, June 9, 2011 1102 SAS Hall, NC State University See more ... Research Opportunities Interested undergraduates, graduate students, or prospective postdocs may contact Karen Daniels about research opportunities. NC State students should consider applying for a Undergraduate Research Grant , and/or speak to me in person about other research opportunities during the school year. Prospective graduate students should visit the Graduate Programs webpage for information about how to apply to the PhD program in the NC State Physics Department.

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