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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:
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 |
| Jennifer Outlaw (administrative support) | 421 Riddick Lab |
919-513-7200 |
| Main Physics Office | 421 Riddick Lab |
919-515-2521 |
Mailing Address
Dept. of Physics
Box 8202
North Carolina State University
Raleigh, NC 27695
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Shipping Address
Dept. of Physics
421 Riddick Lab
2401 Stinson Dr.
North Carolina State University
Raleigh, NC 27695
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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 Max Planck Institute for Complex Systems in Dresden, Germany will host a workshop entitled "Particulate Matter: Does Dimensionality Matter?" organized by Patrick Charbonneau, Karen Daniels, and Matthias Schroeter from May 31 - June 4, 2010. [Link] (October 2009) Congratulations to sophomore Adam Keith and junior Kate Foco for winning Undergraduate Research
Awards which will support their work
in the lab. (October 2009) Read mathematics PhD student Ellen Peterson's article on what happens when mathematicians go into a physics lab (ours): [Link] (Sept 2009) First-year graduate student Carlos Ortiz was awarded an NSF Graduate Fellowship to support his research on jamming in microfluidic systems, which he will also be carrying out in collaboration with Prof. Robert Riehn. (May 2009) Senior Laura Golick received the Physics Department's "Outstanding
Graduating Senior Award in Research", and senior Philip Boyne received the "Outstanding Graduating Senior Award in Scholarly Achievement" at the Graduation ceremony. Laura will be pursuing at PhD in physics Emory University, and Philip will be teaching high school physics. (May 2009) Our submission to the APS Gallery of Nonlinear Images was awarded an Honorable Mention at the APS March Meeting. Watch it here: [APS] [Local Copy] (March 2009) The Jackson School of Geosciences (UT-Austin) provides a lay summary of our work on the granular behavior of faults: [Link] (January 2009) Congratulations to sophomore Melissa Fender and junior Adele Lichtenberger for winning Undergraduate Research
Awards. (November 2008) Kasey Phillips has been awarded an NSF Graduate Fellowship.
She will first attend the University of Cambridge to study Applied Mathematics, after which she will move to Harvard University to pursue a PhD in Applied Physics in the School of Engineering and Applied Sciences. (May 2008) Coverage of our work with Bob Behringer at Duke University on shaken and sheared granular materials recently appeared in Science (March 2006)
Thin Fluids Day 2009
Saturday, January 10, 2009
314 Riddick, NCSU
Schedule
Directions
Campus Map 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. As you approach the NCSU campus, turn right on Dan Allen Dr., go down the hill and turn left on Yarborough Dr. (passing through the open traffic gates). Follow this road through parking lots until it forks, at which point take the left fork and you will arrive at a parking lot at the back of Riddick Lab. Walk to the left (west) of the building so that you can enter from the front side through the big doors on the 3rd floor.
Research Opportunities
Interested undergraduates, graduate students, or prospective postdocs
may contact Karen Daniels about research
opportunities.
NC State students should consider applying for a Research
Award, and/or speak to me in person about other research opportunities during the school year. External undergraduate students are encouraged to apply to the REU program organized by the NC State Physics Department.
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.
Undergraduate Research Awards
We would be interested in
hosting an undergraduate research student through the UGR awards
process. Topics would be drawn from any of the projects listed on our
website, in particular: experiments on the dynamics of segregation in
granular materials, programming automated image-processing techniques,
or experiments on earthquake-like failures in a granular material.
Contact Dr. Karen Daniels, kdaniel {at} ncsu.edu, 258C Riddick
Work-Study Opportunity
LabView programming of camera interface for use in research described on this page. Some programming experience and physics major desired (but not required); learning LabView skills will be part of the job.
Contact Dr. Karen Daniels, kdaniel {at} ncsu.edu, 258C Riddick
Group Photo: July 2008
Left to right: Karen Daniels, Carlos Ortiz, Philip Boyne, Laura Golick, Frederic Lechenault, Stephanie Couvreur, Dave Fallest, Chris Fox, Eli Owens, Melissa Fender
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