54th New England Workshop on Complex Fluids
Friday, March 15, 2012
Luce Hall
34 Hillhouse Avenue
Yale University
8:45 a.m. – 4:30 p.m.
| 8:45–9:25 a.m. | Breakfast and Registration, Luce Hall Common Room |
| 9:30–10:05 a.m. | Dr. Rob Style, Yale University "Wetting on Soft Substrates" |
| 10:05–10:40 a.m. | Prof. Carmel Majidi, Carnegie Mellon University "Adhesion and Spontaneous Deformation of Thin Elastic Sheets" |
| 10:40–11:00 a.m. | Coffee I, Luce Hall Common Room |
| 11:00–12:00 p.m. | Sound Bites Session I: Luce Hall Auditorium |
| 12:00–1:30 p.m. | Lunch, Luce Hall Common Room |
| 1:30–2:05 p.m. | Prof. Doug Holmes, Virginia Tech. "Using Thin Films of Rubber to Move Thin Films of Fluid" |
| 2:05–2:40 p.m. | Prof. Pedro Reis, MIT "Mechanics of Shells" |
| 2:40–3:45 p.m. | Sound Bites Session II |
| 3:45–4:15 p.m. | Coffee and Cookies |
| 4:15–4:50 p.m. | Prof. Zhigang Suo, Harvard University "Mechanics of Hydrogels" |