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Alban Sauret

@albansauret.bsky.social
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Associate Professor at UMD College Park, Department of Mechanical Engineering - playing with fluids, grains, powders and droplets

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Kavli Institute for Theoretical Physics @kitp-ucsb.bsky.social · 24/02/2026
Watch the latest #KITP Blackboard Lunch talk by Karen Daniels (NC State) — Rigidity (or not) on the Earth's surface and beyond
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Rigidity (or not) on the Earth's surface and beyond | Karen Daniels (NC State)
The purpose of these Blackboard Talk lunches is for the science of one program to be explained to the other KITP program participants. These talks lead to cross program communications that work…
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Alban Sauret @albansauret.bsky.social · 23/02/2026
It took me quite some time, but the article following a talk at the DFD 2024 is finally online! Clogging is widespread, but the associated physics remains poorly understood. I am trying to give a (biased) view and some general knowledge here: doi.org/10.1103/rfk8...
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Alban Sauret @albansauret.bsky.social · 18/02/2026
Our new paper, led by @ramsudhirsharma.bsky.social (with Alexandre Leonelli, Kevin Zhao, Eckart Meiburg), has been published in @apsphysics.bsky.social PRL. We revisit hourglasses/silos and ask what really sets the discharge rate. See more here: doi.org/10.1103/3g2f-nslz
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Alban Sauret @albansauret.bsky.social · 06/01/2026
3D printing meets fluid mechanics! Thrilled to see our Annual Review of Fluid Mechanics article on direct-ink writing featured by @utknoxville.bsky.social. With Brett Compton & @raytyler.bsky.social : tickle.utk.edu/mae/news/com... @annualreviews.bsky.social @univofmaryland.bsky.social
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Prakash Lab @ Miami @vprakashlab.bsky.social · 23/12/2025
🚨 POSTDOC OPENING 🚨 NIH-funded Bio-Fluid Mechanics Postdoc in my lab @univmiami.bsky.social Hofstenia miamia | cilia-driven flows | behavior & neuroscience Collab w/ Mansi Srivastava @harvard.edu 🕒 Start: Jan–Feb 2026 ⏳ 1 yr, renewable | Email me ASAP! #Postdoc #Biophysics #FluidDynamics
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Saverio E. Spagnolie @sespagnolie.bsky.social · 11/12/2025
I am looking to hire a postdoc to work with me on fluid-structure interactions in complex and active fluids. Ideally the candidate will have a strong background in numerical/asymptotic analysis and fluid mechanics (complex fluids / LCs even better). www.mathjobs.org/jobs/list/26...
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Alban Sauret @albansauret.bsky.social · 25/11/2025
I am looking to hire PhD students to join our Multiphase & Multiscale Flow Lab in Mechanical Engineering @univofmaryland.bsky.social Background in ME, Physics, ChemE, Civil (or related), interest in fluid mechanics/soft matter, and hands-on lab work are key. Please help spread the word!
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Alban Sauret @albansauret.bsky.social · 20/11/2025
Looking forward to being @upenn.edu tomorrow for the 26th Mid-Atlantic Soft Matter Workshop. I’ll share some of our recent work on granular materials, with results from @ramsudhirsharma.bsky.social, @sreeramr.bsky.social and others in the group!
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Fudge Lab @fudgelab.bsky.social · 10/11/2025
The Fudge Lab at Chapman University is recruiting a postdoc for an NSF-funded project on the biophysics of hagfish defensive slime deployment. Please repost! Apply here: tinyurl.com/4p937dn5
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Alban Sauret @albansauret.bsky.social · 07/10/2025
Thrilled that our article in @annualreviews.bsky.social of Fluid Mechanics is out! “Fluid Mechanics Challenges in Direct‑Ink‑Writing Additive Manufacturing” doi.org/10.1146/annu.... I am grateful to the two co-authors, @raytyler.bsky.social and Brett Compton. @univofmaryland.bsky.social
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Alban Sauret @albansauret.bsky.social · 29/09/2025
New @univofmaryland.bsky.social article about our NSF project on sediment flows with Eckart Meiburg @ucsbengineering.bsky.social me.umd.edu/news/story/s.... Thrilled to see the project featured and excited to get started.
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Sauret Lands NSF Grant for Sediment Research
UMD faculty member to examine how tiny particles form clusters, fragment, and are transported under water.
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Alban Sauret @albansauret.bsky.social · 19/09/2025
Excited to share our new preprint on the discharge of granular materials from a silo. Led by @ramsudhirsharma.bsky.social , we went after a simple question: What is the flow rate through the opening? The answer turns out to be "simple" and quite general. See more here: arxiv.org/abs/2509.14415 [1/4]
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Casey terHorst @ecoevolab.bsky.social · 08/09/2025
The GRFP lives!! (due end of October) www.nsf.gov/funding/oppo...
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NSF Graduate Research Fellowship Program (GRFP)
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Alban Sauret @albansauret.bsky.social · 29/08/2025
Excited to share that our NSF PMP project with Eckart Meiburg has been funded! We’ll study cohesive immersed granular flows through experiments and simulations to improve predictions of sediment transport & slurry processing. @univofmaryland.bsky.social @ucsbengineering.bsky.social
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Doug Jerolmack @dougjerolmack.bsky.social · 20/08/2025
Check out the @kitp-ucsb.bsky.social conference we're (Vashan Wright, Sujit Datta, Nathalie Vriend) organizing: www.kitp.ucsb.edu/activities/s... for THIS JANUARY 6-9! Geoscientists, physicists and engineers: are you intellectually adventurous and been wondering "is this all there is?" 🧪
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Alban Sauret @albansauret.bsky.social · 14/08/2025
Our new study from Joanne Steiner’s PhD work and with C. Morize, P. Gondret, and I. Delbende has just been published in Phys. Rev. Fluids! We study vortex rings generated when a disk moves toward or away from a wall. doi.org/10.1103/ynxr...
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Alban Sauret @albansauret.bsky.social · 20/07/2025
Excited to be an invited speaker in EP018: Geophysical Granular Flows & Sediment Transport at AGU 2025 (Dec 15–19)! I’ll be sharing our results on cohesive granular materials. Many thanks to the organizers! Abstract submissions open until July 30. agu.confex.com/agu/agu25/pr... @agu.org
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Alban Sauret @albansauret.bsky.social · 26/06/2025
We are grateful to receive funding from the ACS PRF to investigate how fibers and anisotropic particles reorient, bend, and sometimes clog in porous media. From microplastic transport to fiber-laden inks, we aim to uncover the physics behind their transport through experiments and modeling.
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Alban Sauret @albansauret.bsky.social · 12/05/2025
Congrats to all the new Fellows! It’s quite an impressive cohort
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ESPCI Paris - PSL @espciparispsl.bsky.social · 27/03/2025
5/ Read more : 🔗 Popular science article FR : www.espci.psl.eu/fr/actualite... 🔗 Full publication in PNAS: www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...
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On the shape of air bubbles trapped in ice | PNAS
Water usually contains dissolved gases, and because freezing is a purifying process these gases must be expelled for ice to form. Bubbles appear at...
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Alban Sauret @albansauret.bsky.social · 09/04/2025
A new article with @sreeramr.bsky.social is out in JCIS! We study the dynamics of droplets of fiber suspensions impacting surfaces, a topic important for coating processes and additive manufacturing, among others doi.org/10.1016/j.jc... @univofmaryland.bsky.social @ucsbengineering.bsky.social
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Robert "The Bobby Yaga" McNees @mcnees.bsky.social · 06/04/2025
Engineer and photographer Harold Edgerton was born #OTD in 1903. He pioneered various forms of high-speed photography using specialized cameras, strobe lighting, and other techniques. You’ve probably seen many of the images he created! 🧪 ⚛️ 📸 Images: MIT; H. Edgerton
Edgerton seated on the floor amidst various pieces of photo and electronics equipment. He is wearing a white shirt, diagonal striped tie, and dark pants in this black and white photo. Various strobe lights are visible, ad well as an oscilloscope. There are cables dangling from large pieces of electronics. Edgerton is not smiling; he is just looking at the camera.A high speed photo of a bullet passing through an apple. The apple is mounted on a metal rod and the bullet has just exited the apple. There are large sprays of apple coming from the entrance and exit points. The apple is red, with a yellow patch around the stem which is pointed at the camera.Another well-known Edgerton photo of a bullet bisecting a playing card. The card is the king of diamonds, and it has been ripped in half along its width by the bullet passing through. The king is facing the camera.Edgertons famous photo of a splash of white liquid, probably milk, in a red bowl. The splash is shaped like a crown, with rounded blobs forming and separating at the end of the spikes. A small drop hangs in mid-air above the splash. It is not clear from the photo whether this is another drop falling down, or a small drop that was sent back upwards when the original drop hit.
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Alban Sauret @albansauret.bsky.social · 04/04/2025
Had a great time at @upenn.edu last Tuesday giving a seminar. Great discussions and cool research all around! Thanks to everyone for the warm welcome. Looking forward to future interactions!
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Alban Sauret @albansauret.bsky.social · 03/04/2025
Our new study, led by Philippe Gondret and Cyprien Morize (FAST Laboratory), part of Wladimir Sarlin's PhD, has just been published in Journal of Fluid Mechanics. It explores how impulsive motions generate waves. doi.org/10.1017/jfm.... @univparissaclay.bsky.social @univofmaryland.bsky.social
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Nascent water waves induced by the impulsive motion of a solid wall | Journal of Fluid Mechanics | Cambridge Core
Nascent water waves induced by the impulsive motion of a solid wall - Volume 1008
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Alban Sauret @albansauret.bsky.social · 31/03/2025
Sand is far more fascinating up close! Each grain is unique, with its own signature of geological history and micro-shape sculpted by time and erosion. Yet, collectively, they can behave as a fluid! magnifiedsand.com has a lot of cool pictures from all around the world!
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Alban Sauret @albansauret.bsky.social · 21/03/2025
From a visit to the Renwick Gallery in DC a couple of weeks ago: a very cool art piece by Lauren Mabry showcasing coiling instabilities in viscous fluids. A beautiful intersection of art, fluid mechanics (and some rheology!). @sorheology.bsky.social @apsdsoft.bsky.social
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Alban Sauret @albansauret.bsky.social · 18/03/2025
The Gallery of Soft Matter 2025 @apsdsoft.bsky.social has some amazing entries this year. Check them out here: engage.aps.org/dsoft/galler.... Make sure to vote! Not sure about the deadline, but there’s a QR code at the DSOFT table with all the details.
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Alban Sauret @albansauret.bsky.social · 16/03/2025
Lineup from our group at the @APS Global Summit: We will be covering studies on fluids, grains, drops, and suspensions! More details below.
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Alban Sauret @albansauret.bsky.social · 12/03/2025
Excited to share our new paper in @pnas.org doi.org/10.1073/pnas...! Ice cubes often appear cloudy because, as water freezes, air bubbles get trapped and scatter light. But how does freezing rate affect the shape of the bubbles?
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Alban Sauret @albansauret.bsky.social · 19/02/2025
Sad news… A giant in fluid mechanics and particulate flows cse.umn.edu/cems/news/me...
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In Memory of Andy Acrivos: CEMS Alum and Titan of Chemical Engineering
Andreas (Andy) Acrivos passed away on February 17, 2025. Born in Greece in 1928, Prof. Acrivos arrived at Minnesota in 1950 following undergraduate studies at Syracuse University, becoming the  second...
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Alban Sauret @albansauret.bsky.social · 03/02/2025
Stickiness matters! From powder handling to geophysical flows, cohesion in granular material plays a crucial role. We review in Soft Matter @roysocchem.bsky.social experimental approaches to create and control inter-particle adhesion pubs.rsc.org/en/content/a...
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Alban Sauret @albansauret.bsky.social · 05/12/2024
Looking forward to present our work on transport of particles in porous media at the Traffic and Granular Flow conference today. Big thanks to @apahlavan.bsky.social for the stunning illustration from his paper: doi.org/10.69631/ipj... - great way to motivate studying transport in porous media!
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Alban Sauret @albansauret.bsky.social · 03/12/2024
Back in Lyon for the Traffic and Granular Flow Conference tgf2024.sciencesconf.org. Started the day with a run past ENS Lyon—always great to revisit, though it hits differently realizing I started studying there 18 years ago!
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Alban Sauret @albansauret.bsky.social · 25/11/2024
If you are at the @apsphysics.bsky.social DFD meeting in SLC come join this morning to hear about a sticky problem: the clogging of suspensions! I will be giving an invited talk at 11:05 am in Hall 3, trying to share the work done by our group in this topic over the past few years
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Alban Sauret @albansauret.bsky.social · 24/11/2024
Poster ironed for the DFD-Interact session tomorrow! I cannot recommend enough fabric posters : take no space folded in a luggage, quickly ironed (plus additional blanket on the plane if you need one 😊 - although not very warm!)
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Alban Sauret @albansauret.bsky.social · 23/11/2024
If you are into granular material, piles and how granular jets fall and impact on a surface, @ramsudhirsharma.bsky.social got you covered on Sunday morning!
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Alban Sauret @albansauret.bsky.social · 23/11/2024
Here is the lineup of talks from our group and collaborators for the @apsphysics.bsky.social DFD Meeting this year. More fluid dynamics, granular media, suspensions, and clogging coming!
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Saverio E. Spagnolie @sespagnolie.bsky.social · 22/11/2024
I thought of a sneaky way to find my people on this thing. Self-identify and I will add you... See you at APS-DFD! go.bsky.app/8Njfprh
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Alban Sauret @albansauret.bsky.social · 23/11/2024
Our video entry for the 2024 Gallery of Fluid Motion @apsphysics.bsky.social is now online! Some variations on Harold “Doc” Edgerton’s drop impact experiments youtu.be/xIITzWnnwYI?...
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