Thanks Ken Kamrin for sending me the latest and best text book on solid mechanics!
Thanks Ken
Getting ready for the Physics & Astronomy Practicum 2
The BSc program “Natuurkunde & Sterrenkunde” (Physics & Astronomy) at VU/UvA has a course called “NSP2” in the Fall. In this course, students perform various experiments (they choose which to do) among which studying the flow behavior of liquids with Laser Doppler Anemometry (shown). It’s so much fun to perform alignment of the setup and see the tracer particles flow by with the photodetector!
Hosting CALIPER students and supervisors
Speciation in a MacArthur model predicts growth, stability, and adaptation in ecosystem dynamics
Elena and Christian turned an idea into a complete exploration of a model for ecosystem evolution. It is good to make some noise!
E. Bellavere, C.H.S. Hamster, J.A. Dijksman — Theoretical Ecology 16, 209–224 (2023)
Capillary rheometry as a model methodology for obtaining insight in feed mash behaviour at conditions approximating pellet manufacturing
Capillary rheometry is awesome, basically.
T. M.M. Bastiaansen, R. T. Benders, S. de Vries, W. H. Hendriks, M. Thomas, G. Bosch, J. A. Dijksman — Animal Feed Science and Technology 303 (2023)
AERC/ICR in Athens
The beautiful city of Athens was the host of the combined AERC/ICR meeting 2024. Julie gave a presentation on the tribology of surfactant solutions.
Heterogeneous swelling of couscous particles exposed to a high relative humidity air, as revealed by TD-NMR and X-ray tomography
Visiting student Ilija worked with local experts to investigate the swelling behavior of hygroscopic particles via both x-ay tomography and NMR. And why not take couscous as a tasty model system?
Ilija Vego, Richard T. Benders, Alessandro Tengattini, Frank J. Vergeldt, Joshua A. Dijksman, John P.M. van Duynhoven — Food Structure 37, 100330 (2023)
Dinner with visiting professor Heinrich Jaeger
Colleagues Corentin Coulais and visitor Anton Souslov could also join.
Dutch Soft Robotics Meeting
We were kindly welcomed by Aimee Sakes and Cosimo Della Santina at some of the robotics labs at TU Delft. Due to a local storm, some attendees could only join online, but it was a successful meeting nonetheless
Course “Project” for 1st year BSc students
The BSc program “Natuurkunde & Sterrenkunde” (Physics & Astronomy) at VU/UvA has a course called “Project” in the last month of the year (June). In this course, students are embedded (as teams) in the various Physics & Astronomy research groups in the Amsterdam area and do a small research project there. They present their work in a final poster presentation, where these pictures were taken. We organize this course together with @ParticleClara. Photo credit: Midas Scheffers / NSA
