ASR Seminar (Online) - 18 May 2021

In the 2020-21 financial year, the Australian Society of Rheology is presenting a national series of online lectures, which is open to anyone interested in the flow and deformation of matter. Details regarding the upcoming event are provided below.

Speaker: Professor Glenn H. Fredrickson (Departments of Chemical Engineering and Materials, Materials Research Laboratory, University of California, Santa Barbara, USA)

Presentation Title: Field-Theoretic Simulations of Polymers: Bridging Scales and Inverse Design

Date: Tuesday, 18 May 2021

Time: 09:00 am – 11:00 am (Melbourne, Australia)

Event Registration Link: https://www.eventbrite.com.au/e/australian-society-of-rheology-seminar-18-may-2021-registration-152039794117

Zoom webinar details will be provided upon registration

Please refer to the attached Flyer for abstract and speaker biography
Enquiries may be directed to Dr Ellie Hajizadeh (This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.)

ASR Industry Lecture (Online) - 4 May 2021

In 2021, the Australian Society of Rheology is presenting a national series of industry lectures, which is open to anyone interested in the flow and deformation of matter. Details regarding the upcoming event are provided below:

Speaker: Dr Catherine Rees (Melbourne Water - Sewage and Waste Treatment Research Manager)

Presentation Title: Multiple applications of rheology in sludge processing

Date: Tuesday, 4 May 2021

Time: 03:00 pm – 04:00 pm (Melbourne, Australia)

Event Registration Link: https://www.eventbrite.com.au/e/australian-society-ofrheology-industry-lecture-4-may-2021-registration-150416964189

Zoom webinar details will be provided upon registration

Please refer to the attached Flyer for abstract and speaker biography.

Enquiries may be directed to Dr Mark Coghill (This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.)

ASR Seminar (Online) - 20 April 2021

In the 2020-21 financial year, the Australian Society of Rheology is presenting a national series of online lectures, which is open to anyone interested in the flow and deformation of matter. Details regarding the upcoming ASR Seminar on 20 April 2021 are provided below.

Speaker: Professor Dimitris Vlassopoulos (Foundation for Research and Technology Hellas (FORTH) and University of Crete)

Presentation Title: Rheology Modification of Physical Networks: Topology and Competing Interactions

Date: Tuesday, 20 April 2021

Time: 04:00 pm – 06:00 pm (Melbourne, Australia)

Event Registration: https://www.eventbrite.com.au/e/australian-society-of-rheology-seminar-20-april-2021-registration-147105970919

Please refer to the attached Flyer for abstract and speaker biography
Enquiries may be directed to Dr Ellie Hajizadeh (This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.)

ASR Medallion awarded to Prof. Ravi Prakash Jagadeeshan

The ASR is proud to award the ASR Medallion this year to Prof. Ravi Prakash Jagadeeshan in recognition of his outstanding and meritorious contributions to rheology and for his many years of distinguished service to the Society and the rheology community in Australia.

Prof. Jagadeeshan's major scientific contribution lies in using theory and simulations to explain the molecular origins of the universal rheological behaviour of unentangled polymer solutions that is experimentally observed in strong shear and extensional flows. His work has greatly improved our understanding of the role played by the intricate coupling between macromolecular characteristics such as chain length, flexibility and branching, and intra- and inter-molecular interactions, such as self-avoidance, solvent-mediated hydrodynamic interactions, electrostatic interactions and hydrophobic interactions, in determining macroscopic rheological behaviour of polymer solutions. Working with experimentalists to carefully test theory has been a hallmark of his work.

Prof. Jagadeeshan has also been a model citizen of the rheological community. He has been the joint-editor of the Korea Australia Rheology Journal since 2008. He served on the Society's Council for several years, including being the President from 2006 to 2008. He has also served on the organizing committees of the Pacific Rim Rheology Conference in 2014 and the Australia-Korea Rheology Conferences and the Technical Programing committee of (US) Society of Rheology annual meetings, and is the Australian representative on the International Committee on Rheology for organizing the International Congresses on Rheology.

Prof. Jagadeeshan's nomination was supported by testimonials from world-leading rheologists Prof. Tam Sridhar and Prof. David Boger.

 
Prof. Jagadeeshan (left) receiving the award from Dr. Anthony Stickland (right) in February 2021

Congratulations to Prof. Ravi Prakash Jagadeeshan