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.