Sunday
2:00 pm - 9:00 pm
Arrival and Check-in
6:00 pm - 7:00 pm
Dinner
7:30 pm - 7:40 pm
Introductory Comments by GRC Site Staff / Welcome from the GRC Chair
7:40 pm - 9:30 pm
Granular Matter in Industrial Processes
Discussion Leader: Paul Mort (Purdue University, United States)
7:40 pm - 8:00 pm
Introduction by Discussion Leader
8:00 pm - 8:30 pm
Jeremy Lechman (Sandia National Labs, United States)
"Thermal Runaway in Jammed Networks"
8:30 pm - 8:45 pm
Discussion
8:45 pm - 9:15 pm
Ben Freireich (Origin Materials, United States)
"Questions I Get Asked as an Industrial Solids Processing Researcher"
9:15 pm - 9:30 pm
Discussion
Monday
7:30 am - 8:30 am
Breakfast
8:30 am - 9:00 am
Group Photo
9:00 am - 12:30 pm
Active Suspensions
Discussion Leader: Daphne Klotsa (University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, United States)
9:00 am - 9:20 am
Introduction by Discussion Leader
9:20 am - 9:50 am
Heinrich Jaeger (University of Chicago, United States)
"Assemblies of Acoustically Levitated Particles"
9:50 am - 10:10 am
Discussion
10:10 am - 10:40 am
Coffee Break
10:40 am - 11:10 am
Petia Vlahovska (Northwestern University, United States)
"Active Suspensions of Electrically-Powered Motile Colloids"
11:10 am - 11:30 am
Discussion
11:30 am - 11:40 am
General Discussion
11:40 am - 12:10 pm
John Brady (California Institute of Technology, United States)
"The Mechanics of Active Matter"
12:10 pm - 12:30 pm
Discussion
12:30 pm - 1:30 pm
Lunch
1:30 pm - 4:00 pm
Free Time
3:00 pm - 4:00 pm
The GRC Power Hourâ„¢
The GRC Power Hourâ„¢ is designed to address diversity and inclusion in the scientific workplace by providing a safe environment for informal and meaningful conversations amongst colleagues of all career stages. The program supports the professional growth of all members of our communities, including ethnicity, race and/or gender identity by providing an open forum for discussion and mentoring.
Organizer: Kimberly Hill (University of Minnesota, United States)
4:00 pm - 6:00 pm
Poster Session
6:00 pm - 7:00 pm
Dinner
7:30 pm - 9:30 pm
Shear Thickening and Jamming
Discussion Leader: Eric Corwin (University of Oregon, United States)
7:30 pm - 7:50 pm
Introduction by Discussion Leader
7:50 pm - 8:20 pm
Sarah Hormozi (Cornell University, United States)
"Nonlinear Suspensions"
8:20 pm - 8:40 pm
Discussion
8:40 pm - 9:10 pm
Jeffrey Morris (CUNY City College of New York, United States)
"Network Structure and Motion Correlation in Shear Thickening Suspensions"
9:10 pm - 9:30 pm
Discussion
Tuesday
7:30 am - 8:30 am
Breakfast
9:00 am - 12:30 pm
Dynamics and Structures of Granular Flows
Discussion Leader: JC Tsai (Academia Sinica, Taiwan)
9:00 am - 9:20 am
Introduction by Discussion Leader
9:20 am - 9:50 am
Nathan Keim (Pennsylvania State University, United States)
"Memory and Stability of Dense Flows"
9:50 am - 10:10 am
Discussion
10:10 am - 10:40 am
Coffee Break
10:40 am - 11:10 am
Kerstin Nordstrom (Mount Holyoke College, United States)
"Clogging and Flow in a 2D Silo"
11:10 am - 11:30 am
Discussion
11:30 am - 11:40 am
General Discussion
11:40 am - 12:10 pm
Christopher Boyce (Columbia University, United States)
"Structured Flow Instabilities in Granular Materials"
12:10 pm - 12:30 pm
Discussion
12:30 pm - 1:30 pm
Lunch
1:30 pm - 4:00 pm
Free Time
4:00 pm - 6:00 pm
Poster Session
6:00 pm - 7:00 pm
Dinner
7:30 pm - 9:30 pm
Impact and Cratering
Discussion Leader: German Varas (Pontificia Universidad Católica de Valparaiso, Chile)
7:30 pm - 7:50 pm
Introduction by Discussion Leader
7:50 pm - 8:20 pm
Hiroaki Katsuragi (Osaka University, Japan)
"Impact Drag by Fragile Grains"
8:20 pm - 8:40 pm
Discussion
8:40 pm - 9:10 pm
Devaraj Van Der Meer (University of Twente, The Netherlands)
"Soft Impact on Sand"
9:10 pm - 9:30 pm
Discussion
Wednesday
7:30 am - 8:30 am
Breakfast
9:00 am - 12:30 pm
Discrete and Continuum Mechanics
Discussion Leader: Ted Brzinski (Haverford College, United States)
9:00 am - 9:20 am
Introduction by Discussion Leader
9:20 am - 9:50 am
Karen Daniels (North Carolina State University, United States)
"Nonlocal Rheology of Granular Materials"
9:50 am - 10:10 am
Discussion
10:10 am - 10:40 am
Coffee Break
10:40 am - 11:10 am
Ken Kamrin (MIT, United States)
"Some New Continuum-Based Approaches for Particle Flow Modeling"
11:10 am - 11:30 am
Discussion
11:30 am - 12:00 pm
Prabhu Nott (Indian Institute of Science, India)
"Microstructure-Based Continuum Models for Static and Flowing Granular Materials"
12:00 pm - 12:20 pm
Discussion
12:20 pm - 12:30 pm
General Discussion
12:30 pm - 1:30 pm
Lunch
1:30 pm - 4:00 pm
Free Time
4:00 pm - 6:00 pm
Poster Session
6:00 pm - 7:00 pm
Dinner
7:00 pm - 7:30 pm
Business Meeting
Nominations for the Next Vice Chair(s); Complete the GRC Evaluation Forms; Discuss Future Dates and Venue; Election of the Next Vice Chair(s)
7:30 pm - 9:30 pm
Geophysical Granular Flow
Discussion Leaders: Douglas Jerolmack (University of Pennsylvania, United States)
7:30 pm - 7:50 pm
Introduction by Discussion Leader
7:50 pm - 8:20 pm
Emily Brodsky (University of California, Santa Cruz, United States)
"Naturalistic Granular Flows"
8:20 pm - 8:40 pm
Discussion
8:40 pm - 9:10 pm
Chris Johnson (University of Manchester, United Kingdom)
"Modelling the Formation of Geophysical Flow Deposits"
9:10 pm - 9:30 pm
Discussion
Thursday
7:30 am - 8:30 am
Breakfast
9:00 am - 12:30 pm
Granular Geotechnical Engineering
Discussion Leader: Elisabeth Bowman (University of Sheffield, United Kingdom)
9:00 am - 9:20 am
Introduction by Discussion Leader
9:20 am - 9:50 am
Catherine O'Sullivan (Imperial College London, United Kingdom)
"Big and Small: Challenges Associated with Granular Mixtures"
9:50 am - 10:10 am
Discussion
10:10 am - 10:40 am
Coffee Break
10:40 am - 11:10 am
Kenichi Soga (University of California Berkeley, United States)
"Macro Soil Behavior that Requires Microscopic Interpretation"
11:10 am - 11:30 am
Discussion
11:30 am - 12:00 pm
Chi-Yao Hung ( National Chung Hsing University, Taiwan)
"Debris Flow in a Narrow Channel: Model, Experiments, and Field Observations"
12:00 pm - 12:20 pm
Discussion
12:20 pm - 12:30 pm
General Discussion
12:30 pm - 1:30 pm
Lunch
1:30 pm - 4:00 pm
Free Time
4:00 pm - 6:00 pm
Poster Session
6:00 pm - 7:00 pm
Dinner
7:30 pm - 9:30 pm
Cohesion Between Generations of Granular Matter Researchers
Discussion Leader: Cacey Bester (Swarthmore College, United States)
7:30 pm - 7:40 pm
Introduction by Discussion Leader
7:40 pm - 8:10 pm
Olivier Pouliquen (CNRS, Aix-Marseille University, France)
"Flow of Sticky Grains"
8:10 pm - 8:30 pm
Discussion
8:30 pm - 8:45 pm
Eric Breard (University of Edinburgh, United Kingdom)
"The Fragmentation-Induced Fluidization of Pyroclastic Density Currents"
8:45 pm - 8:50 pm
Discussion
8:50 pm - 9:05 pm
Behrooz Ferdowsi (University of Houston, United States)
"Jamming or Not, and Rate-State Friction or Not, in 2D and 3D DEM Simulations of Granular Layers with Hertzian and Hookean Contacts"
9:05 pm - 9:10 pm
Discussion
9:10 pm - 9:25 pm
Olfa D'Angelo (Nurmberg-Erlangen University (FAU), Germany)
"The Manifold Rheology of Granular Fluids"
9:25 pm - 9:30 pm
Discussion
Friday
7:30 am - 8:30 am
Breakfast
9:00 am
Departure