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2020
  • 2020.11.24 Honor: Nghia Thai and Y Mai won the 2020 SD Mines CEO Business Plan Competition. [Link]
  • 2020.08.10 Honor: Whyt Duffie has received the 2020 William Griffith Fellowship.
  • 2020.08.10 Honor: Nghia Thai has received the 2020 Ivanhoe Excellence Award.
  • 2020.05.07 Honor: Laura Brunmaier has received the 2020 Outstanding Biomedical Engineering Graduate Student Award.
  • 2020.01.27 News: Travis and Kat were featured in an article for Research@Mines.
    • 2020.01.30 News: The article was redistributed by Make Parts Fast.
    • 2020.02 News: The article was featured in the February newsletter of AMUG.
2019
  • 2019.10.06 News: Travis is a Featured Customer for Wyatt Technology.
  • 2019.10.04 Outreach: Students from Sturgis Brown High School visited the laboratory with their teacher Cyle Miller to discuss collaboration opportunities.
  • 2019.09.29-10.02 Presentation: Travis and Kat gave talks and chaired sessions at Printing for Fabrication 2019. Travis also gave a short course entitled "Exploiting Physical Properties in Printing".
  • 2019.08.20 Presentation: We will be giving one talk and one poster at The Society of Rheology 91th Annual Meeting in Raleigh, North Carolina. Joshua has also received the Student-Member Travel Grant.
  • 2019.05.31 Grant: NASA EPSCoR R3. PI: T.W. Walker. "Experiments and Simulations of Microbial Growth in Rotating Bioreactor," $100,000. 2019.08.22-2020.08.21. [Link]
  • 2019.04.23 Publication: K.A. Marshall, T.W. Walker. Investigating the dynamics of droplet-breakup in a microfluidic cross-slot device for characterizing the extensional properties of weakly viscoelastic fluids. Rheologica Acta. 58, 9 (2019).
    doi:10.1007/s00397-019-01152-0
  • 2019.05.02 Presentation: Travis gave a talk at the 2019 ACS Great Lakes Regional Meeting.
  • 2019.04.23 Outreach: Kat and Whyt participated in the Meadowbrook Junior Engineering Day. The activity was publicized by KOTA TV [Link].
  • 2019.03.19 Outreach: The Walker group participated in the 2019 Dublin Dash.
  • 2019.03.12 News: The AIChE Futures Issue was featured in a promotional YouTube Video.
  • 2019.03.05 Outreach: Whyt participated in the Women in Science Conference.
  • 2019.02.25-03.01 Outreach: Travis and Kat visited Maryknoll High School in Honolulu, Hawaii. Travis served as a visiting professor for their Mx Scholar Program.
  • 2019.02.21 Outreach: Kat, Whyt, Adam, and Nicole participated in Engineering and Science Day.
  • 2019.02.19 Outreach: Travis, Kat, Whyt, and Şebnem participated in Mines Myth Busters & Super Science Show at the Performing Arts Center of Rapid City.
  • 2019.02.15 Publication: U. Daalkhaijav, A.L. Dunham, T.W. Walker. Effects of Medium Components on the Bulk Rheology and on the Formation of Ferning Patterns for Biofilm of Pseudomonas aeruginosa. In D. Sriramulu (Ed.), Pseudomonas aeruginosa - An Armory Within. (2019).
    doi:10.5772/intechopen.85240
  • 2019.02.04 Publication: C.G. Harris, N.J.S. Jursik, W.E. Rochefort, T.W. Walker. Additive Manufacturing with Soft TPU -- Adhesion Strength in Multimaterial Flexible Joints. Frontiers in Mechanical Engineering. 5, 1 (2019).
    doi:10.3389/fmech.2019.00004
  • 2019.02.04 Fellowship: Kat Donovan received the Science Communication Fellowship at the SD Discovery Center.
2018
2017
  • 2017.09.01 Defense: Y. Mao. Transient Microrheological Characterization of Biogels. M.S. thesis, Oregon State University (2017).
  • 2017.08.25 Defense: B.M. Swann. Leveraging Fluids with Weak Yield Stress for Directed Alignment and Distribution of Magnetic Disks in Novel Inks. M.S. thesis, Oregon State University (2017).
  • 2017.07.14 Presentation: We will be giving two talks (1,2) and one poster (1) at the 2017 AIChE Annual Meeting in Minneapolis, Minnesota.
  • 2017.06.12 Presentation: We will be giving three talks (1,2,3) and two posters (1,2) at The Society of Rheology 89th Annual Meeting in Denver, Colorado.
  • 2017.06.05 Defense: H.F. Oldenkamp Phase study and rheological evaluation of the gelation of xanthan gum with chromium (III) nitrate. UHC thesis, OSU (2017).
  • 2017.04.17 Publication: K.A. Marshall, A.M. Liedtke, A.H. Todt, T.W. Walker. Extensional Rheometry with a Handheld Mobile Device. Exp. Fluids. 58, 6 (2017).
    doi:10.1007/s00348-017-2351-9
  • 2017.03.16 Defense: K.A. Marshall. Extensional Characterization of Weakly-Viscoelastic Fluids: Methods & Applications. M.S. thesis, Oregon State University (2017).
  • 2017.03.16 Defense: A. Srivastava. Investigating the Effect of Tetrahydrofuran (THF) Plasticizer on the Crystallization and Solvent Seaming of PET/NPG Copolymer Films. M.S. thesis, Oregon State University (2017).
  • 2017.01.24 Grant: NSF CBET PMP. PI: T.W. Walker. "CAREER: Engineering Designer Composite Materials -- Magnetically Controlling Filler Alignment of Oblate Spheroids in Novel Thermoset Metamaterials," $548,491. 2017.04.01-2022.03.31. [Link]
2016
  • 2016.12.09 Presentation: We will be giving one talk (1) at The Society of Rheology 88th Annual Meeting in Tampa, Florida.
  • 2016.12.02 Publication: J.L. Sylman, U. Daalkhaijav, Y. Zhang, E.M. Gray, P.A. Farhang, T.T. Chu, J. Zilberman-Rudenko, C. Puy, E.I. Tucker, S.A. Smith, J.H. Morrissey, T.W. Walker, X.L. Nan, A. Gruber, O.J.T. McCarty. Differential roles for the coagulation factors XI and XII in regulating the physical biology of fibrin. Ann. Biomed. Eng. 1 (2016).
    doi:10.1007/s10439-016-1771-7
  • 2016.09.12 Presentation: We will be giving two talks (1,2) at the 69th Annual Meeting of the APS Division of Fluid Dynamics in Portland, Oregon.
  • 2016.07.20 Presentation: Joanna Sylman of the McCarty Group (OHSU) will be presenting two talks on our collaborative work at the 2016 BMES Annual Meeting in Minneapolis, Minnesota.
  • 2016.07.13 Presentation: The 2016 AIChE Annual Meeting in San Francisco, California, will be a very busy conference for the group. On 2016.11.15, Kristin will give a talk (3), and Travis will give a talk (4) on Mingyang Tan's work. On 2016.11.16, Travis will also be chairing and co-chairing sessions in Area 1J Fluid Mechanics on Interfacial and Non-Linear Flows for topics on Instabilities and Structure and on Droplets and Emulsions
  • 2016.06.03 Publication: M. Tan, H. Song, P. Dhagat, A. Jander, T.W. Walker. Theoretical study of alignment dynamics of magnetic oblate spheroids in roating magnetic fields. Phys. Fluids. 28, 062004 (2016).
    doi:10.1063/1.4953009
  • 2016.05.27 Defense: C. Turner. Gated Langmuir-Blodgett trough and double wall Couette for interfacial rheology of insoluble surfactants. UHC thesis, OSU (2016).
  • 2016.05.18 Presentation: We will be giving two talks (program) at The XVIIth International Congress on Rheology (ICR2016) in Kyoto, Japan. Kristin Marshall will give her talk on 2016.08.10, and Travis will give a talk on Mingyang Tan's work on 2016.08.13. Kristin and Kat Donovan will also be presenting posters (program) at the Student/Post-Doc Poster Competition. Kristin was also awarded $1,000 through the Graduate Student Travel Award to attend.
  • 2016.05.13 Defense: C.G. Gahan. A Novel Apparatus for Measuring the Interfacial Shear Rheology of Biofilms while Measuring the Concentration of Redox Species in the Growth Media. UHC thesis, OSU (2016).
2015
  • 2015.12.22 Publication: K.H. Nakayama, V.N. Surya, M. Gole, T.W. Walker, W. Yang, E.S. Lai, M. Ostrowski, G.G. Fuller, A.R. Dunn, N.F. Huang. Nanoscale patterning of extracellular matrix alters endothelial function under flow. Nano Lett. (2015).
    doi:10.1021/acs.nanolett.5b04028
  • 2015.11.20 Grant: OHSU/OSU Cancer Prevention and Control Initiative: Team Building Pilot Projects. PIs: T.W. Walker, O.J.T. McCarty (OHSU), P. Dhagat, A. Jander. "Role of platelets activation in colon cancer metastasis under coagulation and shear," $10,000 (excludes indirect costs). 2015.12.01-2016.06.30.
  • 2015.11.19 Publication: H. Song, M. Tan, T.W. Walker, A. Jander, P. Dhagat. Planar Alignment of Isolated Magnetic Disks in Newtonian Fluids by a Rotating Field. IEEE Magn. Lett. 6, 5000304 (2015).
    doi:10.1109/LMAG.2015.2489187
  • 2015.10.20 Honor: Travis Walker is the recipient of The Distinguished Young Rheologist Award for 2015, given by TA Instruments [Press Release].
  • 2015.09.23 Grant: HP-OSU Seed Grant. PIs: T.W. Walker, W.E. Rochefort, A. Govyadinov (HP), P. Kornilovich (HP). "Advanced rheological characterization of high-solid inks, 3D printing functional materials, and biofluids," $20,000 (excludes indirect costs). 2015.09.01-2016.02.28.
  • 2015.09.16 News: Kristin Marshall is the recipient of the 2015 OSU COE Graduate Teaching Assistant Award "in recognition of efforts beyond the level normally expected of a graduate teaching assistant."
  • 2015.08.31 Presentation: We will be giving two talks (1,2) at The Society of Rheology 87th Annual Meeting in Baltimore, Maryland. Ugi Daalkhaijav will give her talk on 2015.10.12, and Mingyang Tan will give his talk on 2015.10.15. Mingyang and Ugi will also present posters (1,2) at the Student/Post-Doc Poster Competition. Prior to the conference, Travis and Mingyang will be attending a two-day short course on Active and Passive Microrheology: Theory and Experimental Application. Ugi has also received the Student-Member Travel Grant.
  • 2015.08.20 News: The OSU CBEE Chem-E-Car Team qualified for the 2015 Chem-E-Car Competition at the 2015 AIChE Annual Student Conference in Salt Lake City, Utah.
  • 2015.08.20 Presentation: We will be giving two talks (1,2) at the 2015 AIChE Annual Meeting in Salt Lake City, Utah.
  • 2015.07.16 News: Beverly Miller was featured in an online video called "My 1 Story" by Our Beaver Nation.
  • 2015.05.31 Publication: H. Song, M. Tan, T.W. Walker, A. Jander, P. Dhagat. Planar alignment of magnetic microdisks in composites using rotating fields. IEEE Trans. Magn. Conf. PP, 99 (2015).
    doi:10.1109/TMAG.2015.2443026
  • 2015.05.31 News: "Reactor." OSU CBEE, 2015 Special Edition.
  • 2015.05.29 Scholarship: Ryan Cashen has been awarded $1,000 through the DeLoach Work Scholarship 2015 summer program.
  • 2015.05.27 Grant: Mingyang Tan has been awarded $500 through the Graduate Student Travel Award to attend The 87th Annual Meeting of The Society of Rheology in Baltimore, Maryland.
  • 2015.04.27 Publication: T.W. Walker, A.N. Logia, G.G. Fuller. Multiphase flow of miscible liquids: jets and drops. Exp. Fluids. 56, 106 (2015).
    doi:10.1007/s00348-015-1974-y
  • 2015.04.09 Scholarship: Mingyang Tan has been awarded the Oregon Lottery Graduate Scholarship by the OSU Graduate School.
  • 2015.03.06 Fellowship: Kristin Marshall has been awarded the Diversity Advancement Pipeline Fellowship by the OSU Graduate School.
  • 2015.02.23 News: Albert Cai and his 3D LEGO Chocolate Printer was featured in a blog article called "A Sweet Future" by Chocolate Today.
  • 2015.02.15 Presentation: Mingyang Tan and Uranbileg Daalkhaijav will be presenting posters at the 2015 OSU Engineering Research Expo in Portland, Oregon, on 2015.03.04.
  • 2015.02.11 Presentation: Han Song will be presenting a poster at the INTERMAG 2015 Conference in Beijing, China, on 2015.05.11-15.
2014
  • 2014.12.06 Grant: Cody Rucker has been awarded $1,000 through the URSA ENGAGE 2015 program.
  • 2014.10.23 Grant: Medical Research Foundation of Oregon New Investigator Grant. PI: T.W. Walker. "Investigating particle adhesion and penetration in pulmonary mucus to prevent bacterial biofilm formation," $40,000 (excludes indirect costs). 2014.12.01-2015.11.30.
  • 2014.09.08 Presentation: Ugi Daalkhaijav will be presenting a poster at the Oregon Bio Annual Conference in Portland, Oregon, on 2014.09.15.
  • 2014.08.29 Grant: Curran Gahan has been awarded a $1,000 Grandma Honors Travel Grant through the University Honors College to present his work on "DWR-SECM Testing of Peudomonas aeruginosa Biofilms" at the 2014 AIChE Annual Student Conference in Atlanta, Georgia, on 2014.11.14-17.
  • 2014.08.15 Presentation: Annika Gabriel gave a presentation and presented a poster at the 2014 ASE Summer Symposium in Portland, Oregon.
  • 2014.07.03 Presentation: We will be giving two talks (1,2) at the 2014 AIChE Annual Meeting in Atlanta, Georgia.
  • 2014.07.03 Artwork: S. Fitzgibbon, E.S.G. Shaqfeh, G.G. Fuller, T.W. Walker. Scaling analysis and mathematical theory of the interfacial stress rheometer. Cover. J. Rheol. 58 (2014). [Image]
  • 2014.06.27 Grant: OSU Student Sustainability Initiative (SSI) Research Grant. PIs: N. Jursik, W.E. Rochefort, T.W. Walker. "Removing Plastics from the OSU Waste Stream," $3,000. 2014.06.19.
  • 2014.06.18 Presentation: We will be giving two talks (1,2) at The Society of Rheology 86th Annual Meeting in Phildaelphia, Pennsylvania. Both talks have been scheduled for 2014.10.07.
  • 2014.06.12 Publication: S. Fitzgibbon, E.S.G. Shaqfeh, G.G. Fuller, T.W. Walker. Scaling analysis and mathematical theory of the interfacial stress rheometer. J. Rheol. 58, 999 (2014).
    doi:10.1122/1.4876955
  • 2014.02.20 News: "Diffusion." OSU CBEE, Fall 2013-2014
  • 2014.01.21 Publication: M.A. Ostrowski N.F. Huang, T.W. Walker, T. Verwijlen, C. Poplawski, A.S. Khoo, J.P. Cooke, G.G. Fuller, A.R. Dunn. Microvascular Endothelial Cells Migrate Upstream and Align Against the Shear Stress Field Created by Impinging Flow. Biophys J. 106, 366 (2014).
    doi:10.1016/j.bpj.2013.11.4502
  • 2014.01.14 Grant: OSU Research Equipment Reserve Fund (RERF). PIs: T.W. Walker, W.E. Rochefort, J.E. Parker. "TA Instruments DHR-3," $48,950 (excludes 34% match). 2014.01.14.
  • 2014.01.06 Publication: T.T. Hsu T.W. Walker, C.W. Frank, G.G. Fuller. Instabilities and elastic recoil of the two-fluid circular hydraulic jump. Exp. Fluids. 55, 1645 (2014).
    doi:10.1007/s00348-013-1645-9
2013
  • 2013.12.13 Group Meetings: For the Winter 2014 quarter, we will be meeting on Fridays at 1600 in Gleeson 306.
  • 2013.12.11 Publication: T.W. Walker, T.T. Hsu, S. Fitzgibbon, D.S.L. Mui, J. Zhu, A. Mendiratta, C.W. Frank, G.G. Fuller. Enhanced particle removal using viscoelastic fluids. J. Rheol. 58, 63 (2014).
    doi:10.1122/1.4832637