Department of Mechanical Engineering

7:30 a.m.

Continental Breakfast and Registration
Atrium, Howe Hall

8:00 a.m.

Welcome and Opening Remarks
Alliant Energy-Lee Liu Auditorium, Howe Hall

• Shankar Subramaniam, Chair, Organizing Committee
• Balaji Narasimhan, Associate Dean for Research and Development, College of Engineering
• Theodore Heindel, Interim Chair, Department of Mechanical Engineering

8:30–10:15 a.m.

Technical Track Presentations
Alliant Energy-Lee Liu Auditorium, Howe Hall

• 8:30-9:05: Colloids, Polymers, and Biofluids
  Jennifer O’Donnell, CBE
  Track Organizers: Jennifer O’Donnell, Monica Lamm, Baskar Ganapathysubramanian
• 9:05-9:40: Particle-laden Flows, Sprays, Turbulent Reactive Flows
  Song-Charng Kong, ME
  Track Organizers: Rodney Fox, Paul Durbin, Song-Charng Kong
• 9:40-10:15: Soft Matter, Hydrogels
  Wei Hong, AerE
  Track Organizers: Wei Hong, Ashraf Bastawros, LeAnn Faidley

10:15–10:45 a.m.

Coffee Break
Howe Hall Atrium

10:45 a.m.–noon

Technical Track Presentations
Alliant-Liu Auditorium, Howe Hall

• 10:45-11:20: Turbulence, Aerodynamics, Geophysical Flows
  Michael Olsen, ME
  Track Organizers: Zhi J. Wang, Alric Rothmayer, Michael Olsen
• 11:20-11:55: Material Rheology
  Kejin Wang, CCEE
  Track Organizers: Kejin Wang, Ted Heindel, Gap-Yong Kim

Noon–1:00 p.m.

Lunch and Poster Session
Howe Hall Atrium

1:10–2:00 p.m.

Concurrent Breakout Sessions
Black Engineering Building

• Black 2035: Colloids, Polymers, and Biofluids
• Black 2004: Particle-laden Flows, Fluidized Beds, Biomass, Granular, and Sprays, Turbulent Reactive Flows
• Black 2062: Soft Matter, Hydrogels
• Black 2095A: Turbulence, Aerodynamics, Geophysical Flows
• Black 2011: Material Rheology

2:00–2:30 p.m.

Coffee break
Black 2004

2:30–3:30 p.m.

Concurrent Breakout Sessions
Black Engineering Building

• Black 2035: Colloids, Polymers, and Biofluids
• Black 2004: Particle-laden Flows, Fluidized Beds, Biomass, Granular, and Sprays, Turbulent Reactive Flows
• Black 2062: Soft Matter, Hydrogels
• Black 2095A: Turbulence, Aerodynamics, Geophysical Flows
• Black 2011: Material Rheology

4:00–5:00 p.m.

Summary, Discussion, Action Items
Alliant Energy-Lee Liu Auditorium, Howe Hall