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Akankshya Majhi graduated

Congratulations! The thesis can be found here.

Strain dependent viscous response describes the mechanics of cohesionless soft granular materials

Hydrogel packings reveal a curious rate dependence that can be capture with a modified non-linear spring-dashpot model. Chandan Shakya, Luca Placidi, Anil Misra, Lars Kool, Anke Lindner, Jasper van der Gucht, Joshua A. Dijksman — Physical Review Materials 10 (2026) 10.1103/6mgb-p46h

Powders & Grains in Goa, India

It was great to be present with a Keynote (Joshua) and a poster (Tommaso) at the Powders & Grains Conference in Goa. Lots of old friends were there!

Richard Benders graduated

Congratulations! The thesis can be found here, and Richard can be found on LinkedIn.

Group activity

Our periodic group activity started with a dinner in the famous pub Florin in Utrecht.

Visiting Birmingham

Visiting Kit Windows-Yule and team at Birmingham, to see all the fascinating physics they do for flow and particle analysis!

Chandan Shakya graduated

Congratulations! The thesis can be found here.

The lubricating effect of fats on pellet manufacturing

Adding fats helps – sometimes – in lubricating of pellet manufacturing. T.M.M. Bastiaansen, G. Verge-Mèrida, R.T. Benders, J.A. Dijksman, M. Thomas, W.H. Hendriks, S. de Vries, M. Devant, G. Bosch — Animal Feed Science and Technology 326 (2025) 10.1016/j.anifeedsci.2025.116390

Agglomeration during reactive extrusion of particle-based biomass pellets

What makes them stick? Temperature certainly plays a role. Richard T. Benders, Menno Thomas, Thomas M.M. Bastiaansen, Jasper van der Gucht, Joshua A. Dijksman — Powders & Grains 2025 – 10th International Conference on Micromechanics on Granular Media (2025) https://doi.org/10.1051/epjconf/202534001008

Group dinner before summer

Tom Mullin was visiting again, and the many interns and Project students also joing the fun!