2025 AIChE Annual Meeting

Session: Complex Fluids: Polymeric and Macromolecular Systems

This session focuses on flow & transport phenomena pertaining to polymeric and macromolecular systems.

Chair

Co-Chair

Chenxian Xu, North Carolina State University

Presentations

12:30 PM

(534a) Identifying the Roles and Regimes of Entanglements in Triblock Thermoplastic Elastomers
Joshua Mysona

12:45 PM

(534b) Thixotropy-Guided Design of Printable Gels
Elnaz Nikoumanesh, Ryan Poling-Skutvik

01:00 PM

(534c) Effects of Non-Adsorbing Polymer Molecular Weight on the Rheology and Microstructure of Dense Suspensions
Akul N. Seshadri, Matthew Kaboolian, Yuan-Jung Chen, Arezoo M. Ardekani, Jeffrey P. Youngblood, Katie M. Weigandt, Kendra A. Erk, Ria D. Corder

01:15 PM

(534d) Strain Stiffening-Softening of Composite Hydrogels Composed of Biopolymer and Microfibrous Networks
Chenxian Xu, Yug C. Saraswat, Mushtaq A. Shaikh, Nazanin Shakoury, Pedro Henrique Wink Reis, Lilian Hsiao

01:30 PM

(534e) Data-Driven and Physics-Aware Microstructural Modeling of Flowing Polymer Solutions in General Flows
Ashinth Mangesh, Anukta Datta, James Lin, Matthew Helgeson, Michael Graham

01:45 PM

(534f) Controlling Polymer Self-Assembly and Ordering in the Presence of Oil and Small Molecules for Non-Invasive Therapeutic Delivery
Charles T. Knisely, Grace Heinecke, Michelle Calabrese

02:00 PM

(534g) Influence of Topology on Polymer Dynamics in High Shear Rate Flows
Xiaoyan Wang, Anukta Datta, Siobhan Powers, Matthew Helgeson, Patrick Underhill

02:15 PM

(534h) A Population Balance Model for Morphology Prediction in Dispersed Systems and Its Application to the Case of High Impact Polystyrene
Juan Maffi, Diana Estenoz

02:30 PM

(534i) A Swimming Rheometer: In Situ Measurement of Viscoelastic Fluid Properties Using a Tethered Swimmer
Selena Man Wai Chiu, Lingchun Yan, Adil Jussupov, Manu Prakash, Eric Shaqfeh

02:45 PM

(534j) Viscoelastic Instability in Flows over Sharp Edges
Amir Nourhani, Rafe Zayed, Mohammad Majidi, Arezoo M. Ardekani