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Even the simplest physical processes are more than meets the eye. For example, flow through arrays of soft hairs turns out to be a more intricate process than we thought, shown elegantly by Ushay et al. at Liquids&Elasticity LAB @Princeton. go.aps.org/3nTVtUF. #FluidDynamics #Elastocapillarity

So happy to share my work with Etienne Jambon-Puillet Liquids&Elasticity LAB @Princeton on confined flows through "hairy" channels - here we think about how mobile contact lines can have some dramatic impacts on the media they move through during displacement flows. Please give it a read!

The SES abstract of our mini-symposium (Track 9-4) on Advances in #Mechanics of #ArchitectedMaterials" is open now and due May 05. Society of Engineering Science be held at the University of Minnesota on Oct. 08-11. attendesource.com/profile/form/i…

Just a few more days until we close the job openings for 2 PhD students in the field of soft robotics Soft Robotics Group - KU Leuven 🐙 🤖 KU Leuven! kuleuven.be/personeel/jobs… kuleuven.be/personeel/jobs…

We are looking for a #postdoc to join our awesome new collaboration on #biohybrid actuators with Lining Yao @RegenBio Josiah Hester Jonathan Rivnay @CohenKarniLab! Please help share and retweet! Apply online here: tinyurl.com/BORGPostDoc

CALL!! for speeches at the "Morphing Matter" mini-symposium, 2023 Society of Engineering Science (SES) Annual Meeting. Society of Engineering Science Prof. Teng Zhang and I are co-organizers! 9-3 Morphing Matter: Bioinspiration, Computational Design, Fabrication, Mechanics, and Sustainability

🎓 Proudly sharing that I have successfully crossed the finish line of my PhD journey! 🎉 It has been a privilege and joy working these past 6 years with Liquids&Elasticity LAB Princeton University @Princeton. Big thanks to my mentors, friends, and family who supported along the way. 🙌 #PhDone #PhDGrad

Our paper on chromosomal branching nucleation and spindle assembly is now out! Many new results in the final version: doi.org/10.1038/s41467… Great work together with Sagar Setru, Joshua Shaevitz, Sabine Petry, and Howard Stone.

Woot, woot!!!

I love that Darryl Reano pointed us to McKinley and Bryan Brayboy’s 2005 framework. To quote: “Stories are not separate from theory; they make up theory and are, therefore, real and legitimate sources of data and ways of being.” Other 🔥 points: nau.edu/wp-content/upl…

#Miigwech to Kaitlyn Landram for framing our joyful conversation into this written story. If you are interested in using soft matter mechanics for manufacturing, design, and robotics, I encourage you to apply for PhD positions starting in the Spring or Fall. #NativeinSTEM

🚨 Job alert: I will be hiring 2 PhD students Fall 2024 & a postdoc at Rice University in the MECH department. Rice University Mechanical Engineering If you know someone (UG/Masters) that is interested in bioelectronics, mechanics and electromagnetic please reach out! #PhD avila.rice.edu

Geomorphic structures are beautiful and complex. Turns out you can build simplified versions of these patterns with curable elastomers. We call them flexicles: arxiv.org/abs/2403.09837

"Beading is the new jamming". Mixing threads 🧵 and beads 🧿 yields materials with intriguing mechanical properties. They can be soft as textiles 👕 and hard as rock ⛰️. More on that: arxiv.org/abs/2404.04227 by Lauren Dreier, Trevor et al.

Our "bucklebots" 🤖 comprise 2 active particles 🐞 and an elastic beam 🚧 which is enough for them to navigate complex environments and perform complex tasks. See our manuscript for more on the topic arxiv.org/abs/2404.10614 Yuchen Xi Richard Huang, Trevor Tom Marzin