Our lab seeks connections between different material properties, such as viscosity or modulus, and the interactions of particles and/or molecules that make up those materials. This means we work with a broad range of materials, including films formed at fluid-fluid interfaces where particle-particle interactions are critical in determining the resulting film properties.
We have a broad array of projects because of the utility of rheology as both an area of scientific study, and as an important industrial tool set. This is why we have projects funded by the NSF looking at the interaction of two-dimensional particles at fluid-fluid interfaces, and also projects funded by DARPA looking at the rheology of “mud” used for rapid underground tunneling.
Principal Investigator: Assistant Professor Joseph Samaniuk, Chemical and Biological Engineering
Keywords: Rheology, Fluid-Fluid Interfaces, Materials Science