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 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) Congratulations to graduate student James Puckett for the successful completion of his preliminary exam. (February 2011) Congratulations to graduate student Eli Owens for the successful completion of his preliminary exam. (November 2010) Congratulations to sophomore Mark Schillaci for winning an Undergraduate Research Grant which will support his work on surfactant-driven gel fracture in the lab. (November 2010) 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 ... Thin Fluids Day 2011 Thursday, June 9, 2011 1102 SAS Hall, NC State University Schedule 9:00 Registration 9:10 Greeting & Introductions Thin Flows 9:20 Bob Behringer (Duke): Thin Film Flows with Rotation and Marangoni Driving 9:45 Josh Bostwick (NCSU): Contact-line dynamics, bifurcation and bi-stability of spreading droplets 10:10 Joshua Dijksman (Duke): Experimental realizations of spreading droplets 10:25 COFFEE BREAK Surfactant Dynamics 10:50 Ellen Peterson (Carnegie Mellon): A Droplet of Fluid on a Thin Liquid Film 11:15 Tom Witelski (Duke): The influence of surfactant on tear film thinning on the eye in blinking 11:40 Lake Bookman (NCSU): Faraday Waves on Surfactant Covered Thin Films 11:55 GROUP PHOTO 12:00 LUNCH BREAK on Hillsborough St. Complex Fluids & Flows 1:30 Jeffrey Olander (UNC): A Remarkable Air-Driven Mass Transport Mechanism of Annular Thin Films - Part 1, Experiment 1:50 Reed Ogrosky (UNC): A Remarkable Air-Driven Mass Transport Mechanism of Annular Thin Films - Part 2, Model 2:10 Thomas Ward (NCSU): Electrically driven convection in a microscale-radial Hele-Shaw cell 2:35 Paula Vasquez (UNC): Departures from linear behavior of viscoelastic materials under oscillatory flow 3:00 BREAK 3:25 Ju-Hee So (NCSU): The mechanical and chemical behavior of a thin oxide skin on liquid metal 3:50 Mark Schillaci (NCSU): Surfactant-driven fracture of gels 4:05 Kim Spayd (NCSU): Two Phase Flow in Porous Media: Traveling Waves and Stability 4:30 Rachel Levy (Harvey Mudd College): Discussion Organizers Michael Shearer (NCSU Math), Karen Daniels (NCSU Physics) Sponsors National Science Foundation "FRG: Collaborative Research: Dynamics of Thin Liquid Films: Mathematics and Experiments" NSF #0968258 (Shearer, Daniels) / NSF #0968154 (Levy) / NSF #0968252 (Witelski) Directions Campus Map By express bus: The DRX and CRX buses are $5 round trip and leave from adjacent to both Duke and UNC campuses. The bus stop closest to the workshop is at "Hillsbourough St. at Brooks Ave." For schedule information: Triangle Transit By car: Take I-40 East to Wade Avenue, following signs to stay on Wade Avenue. Soon after you pass the Whole Foods (in the shopping center on the left), turn right at the stoplight at Faircloth St. At the next stoplight, turn left on Hillsborough St. After passing most of the NCSU campus, turn right just after the Bell Tower onto Pullen Dr. Go about a block to a traffic circle, following signs to the Visitor Information on Stinson Dr. You can purchase a parking pass for $2 at the information booth, which you can use to park in the Colliseum Deck. Thin Fluids Day 2009 See more ... Thin Fluids Day 2010 Saturday, April 17, 2010 1108 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. Graduate RA Opening Our group anticipates one graduate RA opening starting in Fall 2012, involving experimental research work on the dynamics of granular materials.

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