joshuadijksman

Seeing old friends again at the Gordon Research Conferences

Advances and challenges in soft tribology with applications to foods

Food physics involves rubbing. And hence friction. On soft substrates. R.E.D. Rudge, E. Scholten, J.A. Dijksman — Current Opinion in Food Science 27, 90–97 (2019) 10.1016/j.cofs.2019.06.011

Experimental Methods in Fluid Dynamics

Always happy to contribute to this very inspiring course from the JM Burgers School in fluid dynamics!

Introductory Thermodynamics PCC23303

Demos of saturated sodium acetate effectively demonstrate metastability. They are cheap and reusable! Great trick for thermodynamics teaching, especially when used in conjunction with some videos from Crazy Russian Hacker.

Granular Materials Across Scales

Focused conference on granular materials at the Lorentz Center in Leiden.

Commemorating Bob Behringer

At the 2019 APS March Meeting

Contact tribology also affects the slow flow behavior of granular emulsions

After years of reviewer agony we finally managed to get our paper on hydrogel suspensions out in the Journal of Rheology!

Mechanics of composite hydrogels approaching phase separation

In an effective collaboration with Renko de Vries and Jasper van der Gucht, we found that model compistes give direct mechanical access to how hydrogel composites are assembled, and how they fail.

Mechanics of composite hydrogels approaching phase separation

Xiufeng Li, Wolf Rombouts, Jasper van der Gucht, Renko de Vries, Joshua A. Dijksman — PLOS ONE 14, e0211059 (2019) 10.1371/journal.pone.0211059

Thanks

Thanks to the EU for funding our new ITN “CALIPER” in which we aim to connect 3D experimentalists with DEM experts to improve our understanding of granular materials.