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Driscoll Lab

@driscollphysics.bsky.social
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The Driscoll lab is an experimental physics lab at Northwestern University; our research lies at the junction between soft-matter physics and fluid dynamics.

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Driscoll Lab @driscollphysics.bsky.social · 23/06/2026
At ACS Colloids? Check out Shankhadeep's awesome talk about making sparkly paint, e.g. understanding how to use drop impact and drying to promote particle alignment. Today, Tuesday, at 15:40 -Technical Session VI: Colloidal & Surface Forces, Gore 102
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Driscoll Lab @driscollphysics.bsky.social · 04/06/2026
New paper alert! pubs.rsc.org/en/content/a... Check out the latest work out of our collab with @carolineszcz.bsky.social highlighting how patterning hydrogels can enhance *both* toughness and strength. A lot of people contributed as the story built up over the years - so happy to see it out!
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Driscoll Lab @driscollphysics.bsky.social · 27/05/2026
Last Thursday was NU's Undergrad Research Expo, a great event where undergrads from all over the university show off their projects. Driscoll lab undergrads Haley & Isabella both did an amazing job!
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Driscoll Lab @driscollphysics.bsky.social · 08/05/2026
Make the DSOFT you want - call for mini-symposiums! (formerly known as focus sessions). These are a great opportunity to highlight emerging research topics, and a lot of fun to put together and chair. More info here: forms.fillout.com/t/tPQ31Xg1LZus
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Driscoll Lab @driscollphysics.bsky.social · 19/03/2026
Curious about wobbly drops? Check out Shankhadeep's work, "Breaking free: Nontrivial dynamics and complex depinning of ferrofluid droplets", MAR-S64, Thursday 10:36 (Bluebird 2H)
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Driscoll Lab @driscollphysics.bsky.social · 18/03/2026
Always wondered about what happens when you squeeze a driven suspension into a tiny channel? Check out Akalanka's great talk, "Patterns in tight spaces: The role of confinement in driven matter", MAR-M70, Wednesday 2:24 (Bluebird 3F)
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Driscoll Lab @driscollphysics.bsky.social · 16/03/2026
Holey Sheet - you still haven't made your schedule! Not to worry, come learn about mesostructure in micro gels! Check our Carly Galvin's amazing talk, "Shooting the sheet: high-speed photography of complex fluid sheets reveals material mesostructure", MAR-C64, Monday 4:42 (Bluebird 2H)
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Driscoll Lab @driscollphysics.bsky.social · 16/03/2026
Are you a jamming fan? Love shear-thickening fluids, but have questions about how they relax? Check out Charlie Burton's great talk "Jammin' out and Relaxin': Impact and Relaxation Dynamics in Shear-thickening Fluids", MAR-C64, Monday 3:30 (Bluebird 2H)
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Driscoll Lab @driscollphysics.bsky.social · 16/03/2026
Making your schedule? Want to learn about evaporation-induced failure in soft gels? Check out Haley Shamah's awesome talk: "All Cracked Up: How Solvents Stress Out Hydrogels", MAR-C70 Monday 4:42 (Bluebird 3F)
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Driscoll Lab @driscollphysics.bsky.social · 06/11/2025
New preprint! arxiv.org/abs/2511.00234 In collaboration with Ryker Fish & Brennan Sprinkle, Akalanka found patterning that emerges in strongly confined microroller suspensions. Surprisingly, the mechanism for the pattern formation is the recirculating flow created by (very) far away boundaries.
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Driscoll Lab @driscollphysics.bsky.social · 23/10/2025
The Society of Rheology meeting in Santa Fe has been amazing. Awesome talks and excellent sunsets!
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Driscoll Lab @driscollphysics.bsky.social · 20/03/2025
Check out Shih-Yuan's talk tomorrow afternoon about the strange elastic properties of liquid marbles AKA why it is fun to squish liquid marbles. MAR-S61@14:06pm in Anaheim Hilton, Pacific D
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Driscoll Lab @driscollphysics.bsky.social · 19/03/2025
Start you morning off right - come see Shih-Yuan's awesome invited talk! "From Wobble-and-Slide to Rock-and-Roll... and Jump!" MAR-L03, 9:12 in the *Convention Center* Room 203A
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Driscoll Lab @driscollphysics.bsky.social · 05/03/2025
I am WAY behind on celebrating this win - I blame it equally on double teaching and the world falling apart. Driscoll lab member Haley Shamah won the top prize for Best Poster at CU*iP recently! I am so proud!!
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Driscoll Lab @driscollphysics.bsky.social · 26/11/2024
At DFD? Check out Shankhadeeps's awesome talk on wobbly drops which behave in unexpected ways, X09:7, Ballroom I 9:18 #DFD2024 @apsfluiddynamic
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Driscoll Lab @driscollphysics.bsky.social · 24/11/2024
At DFD? Start your morning off right - come check out Akalanka's fantastic talk on confinement-induced structure in driven suspensions A03:1, Ballroom C, 8am, #DFD2024 @apsfluiddynamic
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