Induction of Rashid Bashir, Dean of Engineering at UIUC.

#DailyMechanician Shelby Hutchens explores fracture in soft solids & physico-chemo-mechanics of solid-fluid composites, often with elegant experiments. A '16 paper studied mechanisms leading to pressure drop in cavitation rheology, as well as means to quantify fracture toughness.

Congratulations Datta Lab! Well done!

Come to work with us! The Institute for Soft Matter Synthesis and Metrology Georgetown University is looking for Post-Doctoral Research Fellows to work closely with scientists at Georgetown and NIST on soft matter, broadly defined. Apply here academicjobsonline.org/ajo/jobs/28886 by November 7!

Hey ChemE friends! I and my fellow Tirrell Lab mate Siyang will be at #AIChE2024 AND we're both on the faculty job market. Check out our posters (I'm at 103, Siyang at 375) and talks! See you soon in San Diego! #AIChEAnnual American Institute of Chemical Engineers (AIChE)

Dr. De-Wei Yin, recipient of the 2024 Service to Society Award, is being recognized at #AIChEAnnual for exemplary service to society through his leadership and championing of diversity groups at AIChE, and for leading student #STEMoutreach. Dow #K12STEM #DiversityInSTEM

The first JNNFM+JoR+RA seminar of 2024 will be on Oct 30th at 13:00 EST, 10:00 PST. Claudio Pereira da fonte, from the University of Manchester will speak about “Network modelling of viscoplastic fluid flow in randomly disordered porous media”. Check your email for the zoom link!

Come be our colleague! Apply here for tenure-track faculty positions at Texas A&M Chemical Engineering TAMU Engineering apply.interfolio.com/153779

The Future of Rheology seminar series held their first ever in-person mini session at #SoR2024 on October 16. The SoR packed the room for these promising young rheologists! Congratulations to Krutarth Kamani, Kushboo Suman, and Laurel Kroo who were recognized with awards!

Harvard School of Engineering and Applied Sciences seeks applicants for tenure-track materials scientists. Applications will be reviewed starting on Nov 15. Please kindly repost. academicpositions.harvard.edu/postings/14169

🚨 Job Alert! 🚨 Join the UC Berkeley Physics Department! We’re hiring an Assistant Professor in soft condensed matter (broadly defined). Both experimentalists and theorists are encouraged to apply! aprecruit.berkeley.edu/JPF04653

Congratulations to Nicholas E. Jackson (U. Illinois Urbana-Champaign) who is the winner of the 2024 CoMSEF Young Investigator Award!

🚨Remember to submit your contribution to the 2025 Annual #Rheology Conference #AERC that will take place in #Lyon next April! Watch the teaser👉📽️youtu.be/IhPFMsUBMCU and submit your abstract online▶️ rheology-esr.org/aerc-2025/welc… cc @ENSdeLyon CNRS Physique INSA Lyon Université Lyon 1

Consider nominating a deserving rheologist for the prestigious Society of Rheology Bingham or Metzner awards. The awards will be given at the SoR Annual Meeting in Santa Fe, NM in October 2025.

Bacterial rheotaxis is ENHANCED in non-Newtonian fluids! (now with image) A collaboration with Arnold Mathijssen, Albane Thery, and non-Xers. Read about our experiments and simulations in our new PNAS manuscript at pnas.org/doi/10.1073/pn…… Mechanical Engineering and Applied Mechanics, Penn Penn Engineering APS DSOFT The Society of Rheology

ChBE professor, Cancer Center at Illinois program leader and cancer survivor Brendan Harley recently shared his story from patient to researcher with NPR, part of a series called “Life After Diagnosis.” Listen and read the full transcript at npr.org/2024/12/05/nx-…

Next Wednesday, Christian Coppola will present the next installment of the JNNFM + JoR + RA virtual seminar on the Applications of Nonlinear Polymer Viscoelasticity in Rubber Industry. Check your email for the link!

The abstract deadline for the Society of Rheology Annual Meeting is extended to May 30th to accommodate requests from speakers who are navigating uncertainties. We received a healthy number of abstracts so far and look forward to a robust meeting in Santa Fe.

The height and position of the loss modulus overshoot during yielding of yield-stress fluids are controlled by linear viscoelasticity Letter: go.aps.org/3Zw2ef3 Focus: go.aps.org/4kB5vlr

We have an exciting set of Area 1J sessions covering all areas of fluids & transport: *Mon 11/3 — Faculty candidates & plenary speakers describe new frontiers *Tue 11/4 — Sessions honoring Andy Acrivos + regular sessions *Wed 11/5 — Regular sessions See y'all in Boston this fall!