By kdanielIn November 2018, we had a chance to fly a set of granular experiments on parabolic flights funded by NASA. Karen Daniels and undergraduate Tristan... |News, Publications
By kdanielCongrats to Ephraim Bililign ’17 for his recent paper being the subject of an APS Physics Synopsis — and for introducing a new work “keramicity”... |News
By kdanielCongrats to undergrad Melia Kendall, for winning the prize for best undergraduate poster in condensed matter/materials physics at the National Society for Black Physicists annual... |News
By kdanielCongratulations to Zhu Tang, who defended her PhD thesis “Fluid Dynamics of the Evolution of Supernova Remnants and Granular Materials” and has accepted a job... |News, Publications
By kdanielSometimes, it takes a village to make a project happen! Following on a summer project with Triangle MRSEC REU student Gustavo Ramirez (visiting from Hunter... |News, Publications
By kdanielOur lab is interested in how granular materials fail, particularly through stick-slip motion, in ways that resemble earthquakes. Inspired by seismographs, we have been listening... |News
By kdanielDuring Spring 2018, designer-in-residence Amanda Phingbodhipakkiya brought The Leading Strand to NC State, matching pairs of science and design faculty to work on creating an exhibit... |News, Publications
By kdanielWe have a new paper in Physical Review Letters showing how the formation of an oxide layer controls the spreading (or not) of eutectic gallium... |News
By kdanielFor several years, our lab has been imagining how human or robotic missions will explore asteroids. Since the surface of the asteroid — or even... |News
By kdanielWe’re proud that graduated senior Ephraim Bililign has been named an Apker Award Finalist, for his work on the statistical physics of granular materials. |News
By kdanielZhu Tang, Jonathan Kollmer, and Karen Daniels flew to Montpellier, France to take part in the quadrennial Powders and Grains meeting. The Proceedings are open for all to read.