Kenneth Desmond

Emory University

3rd Year Graduate Student

Advisor: Eric R. Weeks


Microrheology (Experimental)

  • Studying the correlated motion between pairs of ellipsoids diffusing in a visco-elastic material. (Click here for website)

Granular Materials (Experimental)

  • Using MRI imaging to quantifying the induced flow of grains by a penetrating object. This work is done in collaboration with Igor Veretennikov at Notre Dame and Peter Schiffer at Penn State. (Click here for website)
  • Shearing of fluidization granular media via oscillating a rotating drum apparatus.

Packing (Simulation)

  • Studying the effects of boundary roughness on the packing of disk near the boundary.

Jamming (Experimental)

Glass Transition (Experimental)

  • Studying the relationship between particle diffusion and the local volume available to the particle.