Spring 2001

Average Attendance 36.67

2/2 Brenner, MIT, Molecular wall effects: Are conditions at a boundary “boundar condition”?

2/9 Moorse, University of Minnesota, Viscoelasticity of Solutions of Wormlike Polymers

2/16 Williams, University of Alberta, Evidence of Liquid Crystalline Rheology in Polyethylene Melts

2/23 Yethiraj, University of Wisconsin, Viscosity of Polyelectolyte Solutions

2/27 Steinberg, Weizmann Institute of Science, Israel, Elastic Turbulence and Turbulent Mixing in Polymer Solution Flows

3/23 Lakes, Positive extreme viscoelastic effects from negative stiffness

3/28 Wagner, University of Delaware, The rheology and electrorheology of concentrate colloidal dispersions

4/6 Zahn, MIT, Electrohydrodynamic and Ferrohydrodynamic Interations with Electrically Charged, Dielectric, and Magnetizable Liquids

4/18 McHugh, University of Illinois-Urbana, Modeling Flow-Induced Crystallization in Polymer Processing

4/27 Bonnecaze, University of Texas, Coalescence-Induced Coalescence in Emulsions

5/4 Wedgewood, University of Illinois, A network Model with Free-Stand Dynamics for Polymer Melts

Fall 2001

Average Attendance 35.75

9/18 Larson, University of Michigan, Unsolved Problems in the Rheology of Dilute Polymer Solutions

10/5 Leonov, University of Akron, Statistical Behaviour of Brownian Particles and Macromolecules in Viscoelastic Solvents

10/12 Jendrejack, University of Wisconsin, Flow of complex fluids in microfluidic devices

10/19 Peterson, University of Wisconsin, High Frequency Solvent Behavior: New Insights for an Old Puzzle

11/2 Chang, University of Wisconsin, Brownian Dynamics Simulations of Polyelectrolyte Solutions

11/9 Caulfield, Forest Products Lab, Melt-processing of cellulose fibers in nylon

11/16 Stone, University of Wisconsin, Toward a structural understanding of turbulent drag reduction: nonlinear coherent states in viscoelastic shear flows

11/30 Kraynik, Sandia National Laboratories, Microrheology of Random Soap Foams