Ryohei Seto

Ryohei Seto
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Website:Japanese
08 August 1976
Wenzhou Institute, University of Chinese Academy of SciencesNo.1 Jinlian Road, Longwan District,
Wenzhou, Zhejiang, 325000, China
seto@ucas.ac.cn
https://ryseto.github.io

Research Experience2019.10–present

PI researcher (Professor), Wenzhou Institute, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences,Wenzhou, China

2020.4–present

Visiting Professor, Graduate School of Simulation Studies, University of Hyogo, Kobe,Japan

2021.5–2021.6

BCAM Visiting Fellow, Basque Center for Applied Mathematics, Bilbao, Spain

2019.7–2019.9

Specially Appointed Researcher, Department of Earth and Space Science, Osaka University,
Osaka, Japan

2019.5–2019.7

Visiting Researcher, Department of Materials Physics, Nagoya University, Nagoya, Japan

2019.2–2019.5

Visiting Researcher, Center of Soft Matter Physics and its Applications, Beihang University,
Beijing, China

2018.4–2019.1

Program-Specific Researcher, Transport Phenomena Group, Department of Chemical Engineering, Kyoto University, Kyoto, Japan
Worked on normal stress differces and shear jamming of dense suspensions.

2015.1–2018.3

2012.10–2014.12

Group Leader, Mathematical Soft Matter Unit, Okinawa Institute of Science and Technology Graduate University, Onna, Japan
Research Associate, the Levich Institute, City College of New York, New York, USA

2012.1–2012.9

Postdoctoral Researcher, Max Plank Institute for Polymer Research, Physics at Interfaces
group, Mainz, Germany.

2009.11–2011.12

Postdoctoral Researcher, Technical University of Munich, Chair of process systems engineering, Freising, Germany

2008.10–2009.10

Postdoctoral Researcher, Laboratoire de Genie Chimique, Université Paul Sabatier,Toulouse, France
Examined compaction processes of colloidal gels under pressure with simulations.

2006.10–2008.9

Postdoctoral Researcher, Laboratoire de Physique des Solides, Université Paris-Sud 11,
Orsay, France
Developed a quasi-static Discrete Element Method with cohesive contact model to study yielding behaviors of
colloidal gels.

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Teaching Experience
2016
2015, 2016

Grant Writing Peer Support Group for OIST researchers
OIST Open Campus and Science Festival
Outreach teaching activities

2006

Lecturer at Ritsumeikan University, College of Science and Engineering, Kusatsu, Japan
Lectures and practical courses on computer programming.

2006

Lecturer at Ryukoku University, Faculty of Science and Technology, Otsu, Japan
Lectures on quantum mechanics.

Education
Mar. 10, 2006

Doctor of Science in Physics, Ritsumeikan University, Kyoto, Japan
Thesis: “Effect of doping disorder on the excess conductivity of high-Tc
superconductor thin films” Advisor: Prof. Hiroshi Kuratsuji

2003–2004

Doctoral exchange program at Université Paris-Sud 11, Orsay, France

Mar. 2002

Master of Science in Physics, Ritsumeikan University, Kyoto, Japan

Mar. 2000

Bachelor of Science in Physics, Ritsumeikan University, Kyoto, Japan

Awards
2018

Invited as long-term visitor in KITP Program “Physics of Dense Suspensions”

2015

The Society of Rheology Publication Award

Grants and Scholarships
2022–2025

National Natural Science Foundation of China,
Project Number: 12174390, 62w RMB

2022–2023

National Natural Science Foundation of China (Research Fund for International
Scientists),
Project Number: 12150610463, 80w RMB

2017–2019

JSPS KAKENHI Grants-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C),
Project Number: 17K05618, ¥3,900,000

Feb. 2015

Visiting Researcher (invited) in the Department of Chemical
and Biomolecular Engineering at the University of Melbourne, $6,400

2014

CUNY Travel award (City University of New York), $1,000

2012–2013

DFG SPP 1273 Kolloidverfahrenstechnik,
Contributed to proposal design and writing (PI: Prof. Heiko Briesen)

2006–2007

French Government Scholarship for postdoctoral fellowships

2003–2004

Scholarship for French-Japan doctoral exchange program

Organization and Service
2014
2023

Session organizer, 6th Pacific Rim Conference on Rheology, Melbourne, Australia
Session organizer, XIXth International Congress on Rheology (ICR2023), Athens, Greece2

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Scientific Publications
Journal Articles (Peer-Reviewed)
1. Y. Jiang, R. Seto, Competing Lengthscales in Colloidal Gelation with Non-Sticky Particles, Nat. Commun.
(accepted) arXiv:2211.12978 , 2023
2. A. N. Kato, Y. Jiang, W. Chen, R. Seto, and T. Li. How surface roughness affects the interparticle
interactions at a liquid interface. J. Colloid Interface Sci., 641:492–498, 2023.
3. Z. Zhao, S. Komura, M. Yang, R. Seto, Odd Viscosity in Chiral Passive Suspensions, Front. Phys., 10, 2022.
4. C. Ness, R. Seto, and R. Mari, The physics of dense suspensions, Annu. Rev. Condens. Matter Phys.,
13(1):97–117, 2022.
5. Z. Zhao, B. Wang, S. Komura, M. Yang, F. Ye, R. Seto, Emergent Stripes of Active Rotors in Shear Flows,
Phys. Rev. Research, 3:043229, 2021.
6. G G. Giusteri, R. Seto, Shear jamming and fragility of suspensions in a continuum model with elastic
constraints, Phys. Rev. Lett., 127:138001, 2021
7. J. T. Jenkins, R. Seto, and L. La Ragione. Predictions of microstructure and stress in planar extensionalflows of a dense viscous suspension. J. Fluid Mech., 912:A27, 2021.
8. A. Singh, C. Ness, R. Seto, J. J. de Pablo, and H. M. Jaeger. Shear thickening and jamming of dense
suspensions: The “roll” of friction. Phys. Rev. Lett., 124:248005, 2020.
9. R. Mari and R. Seto, Force transmission and the order parameter of shear thickening, Soft Matter,
15:6650–6659, 2019.
10. R. Seto, A. Singh, B. Chakraborty, M. M. Denn, and J. F. Morris, Shear jamming and fragility in dense
suspensions, Granular Matter, 21(3):82, 2019.
11. K. Nagasawa, T. Suzuki, R. Seto, M. Okada, Y. Yue, Mixing Sauces: A Viscosity Blending Model for Shear
Thinning Fluids, ACM Trans. Graph., 38(4):95:1–17, 2019. SIGGRAPH2019
12. R. Seto and G. G. Giusteri, Normal stress differences in dense suspensions, J. Fluid Mech., 857:200–215,
2018.
13. G. G. Giusteri and R. Seto. A theoretical framework for steady-state rheometry in generic flow
conditions. J. Rheol., 62(3):713–723, 2018.
14. R. Seto, G. G. Giusteri, and A. Martiniello. Microstructure and thickening of dense suspensions under
extensional and shear flows. J. Fluid Mech., 825, R3, 2017.
? Featured in Focus on Fluids, ‘Shear thickening’ in non-shear flows: the effect of microstructure
15. A. T. Pham, R. Seto, J. Schönke, D. Y. Joh, A. Chilkoti, E. Fried, and B. B. Yellen. Crystallization kinetics
of binary colloidal monolayers. Soft Matter, 12:7735–7746, 2016.
16. R. Mari, R. Seto, J. F. Morris, and M. M. Denn. Discontinuous shear thickening in Brownian suspensions
by dynamic simulation. Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA, 112(50):15326–15330, 2015.
17. R. Mari, R. Seto, J. F. Morris, and M. M. Denn.
suspensions. Phys. Rev. E, 91:052302, 2015.

Nonmonotonic flow curves of shear thickening

18. R. Mari, R. Seto, J. F. Morris, and M. M. Denn. Shear thickening, frictionless and frictional rheologies
in non-Brownian suspensions. J. Rheol., 58(6):1693–1724, 2014.
? Received the 2015 Society of Rheology Publication Award
19. R. Seto, R. Mari, J. F. Morris, and M. M. Denn. Discontinuous shear thickening of frictional hard-spheresuspensions. Phys. Rev. Lett., 111:218301, 2013.
? Featured as Editors’ Suggestion and highlighted in Physics Viewpoint, Friction’s Role in Shear Thickening
20. J. Wenzl, R. Seto, M. Roth, H.-J. Butt, and G. K. Auernhammer. Measurement of rotation of individual
spherical particles in cohesive granulates. Granul. Matter, 15(4):391–400, 2013.
21. R. Seto, M. Meireles, R. Botet, G. K. Auernhammer, and B. Cabane. Compressive consolidation ofstrongly aggregated colloidal gels. J. Rheol., 57(5):1347–1366, 2013.

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22. E. C. Schlauch, M. Ernst, R. Seto, H. Briesen, M. Sommerfeld, and M. Behr. Comparison of threesimulation methods for colloidal aggregates in Stokes flow: Finite Elements, Lattice Boltzmann andStokesian Dynamics. Comput. Fluids, 86:199–209, 2013.
23. R. Seto, R. Botet, G. K. Auernhammer, and H. Briesen. Restructuring of colloidal aggregates in shear
flow: coupling interparticle contact models with Stokesian Dynamics. Eur. Phys. J. E, 35, 128, 2012.
24. R. Seto, R. Botet, and H. Briesen. Viscosity of rigid and breakable aggregate suspensions: Stokesian
Dynamics for rigid aggregates. Prog. Colloid Polym. Sci., 139:85–90, 2012.
25. R. Seto, R. Botet, and H. Briesen. Hydrodynamic stress on small colloidal aggregates in shear flowusing Stokesian Dynamics. Phys. Rev. E, 84, 041405, 2011.
26. T. Hyouguchi, R. Seto, and S. Adachi. Overlooked degree of freedom in steepest descent method:steepest descent method corresponding to divergence-free WKB Method. Prog. Theor. Phys., 122,
1347–1376, 2009.
27. T. Hyouguchi, R. Seto, and S. Adachi. Overlooked branch cut in steepest descent method: switchingline and atomic domain. Prog. Theor. Phys., 122, 1311–1346, 2009.
28. H. Kuratsuji, R. Botet, and R. Seto. Electromagnetic gyration: Hamiltonian dynamics of the Stokes
parameters. Prog. Theor. Phys., 117(2):195–217, 2007.
29. R. Botet, H. Kuratsuji, and R. Seto. Novel aspects of evolution of the Stokes parameters for anelectromagnetic wave in anisotropic media. Prog. Theor. Phys., 116, 285–294, 2006.
30. R. Seto, R. Botet, and H. Kuratsuji. Excess conductivity of high-Tc superconductor thin films: role ofsmooth doping disorder. Phys. Rev. B, 73, 012508, 2006.
31. R. Seto, H. Kuratsuji, and R. Botet. Resonant oscillations of the Stokes parameters in non-linear
twisted birefringent media, Europhys. Letters, 71, 751–756, 2005.
32. T. Hyouguchi, R. Seto, M. Ueda, and S. Adachi. Divergence-free WKB method. Ann. Phys., 312, 177–267,
2004.
Journal Articles (Non Peer-Reviewed)
1. R. Seto, R. Mari, J. F. Morris, and M. M. Denn. The essential role of frictional contact in shear
thickening. Japanese J. Multiphase Flow, Vol. 28, No. 3, 296–303, 2014.
Conference Proceedings
1. R. Botet, B. Cabane, M. Clifton, M. Meireles, and R. Seto. How a colloidal paste flows–scaling behaviors in dispersions of aggregated particles under mechanical stress. 5th Int. Workshop on Complex
Systems, AIP Conf. Proc., 982, 320–325, 2008.
2. R. Seto, H. Kuratsuji, R. Botet. Nonlinear oscillation of the Stokes parameters in birefringent media.
Topology in ordered phases: Proc. 1st Int. Symposium on Top 2005, Sapporo, Japan, 327–331, 2006.
Book Chapter
1. V. Bürger, E. Schlauch, V. Becker, R. Seto, M. Behr, and H. Briesen. Simulating the restructuring of
colloidal aggregates. M. Kind, W. Peukert, H. Rehage, and H. P. Schuchmann, editors, Colloid Process
Engineering, 145–173. Springer International Publishing, 2015.

Presentations
Keynote | Symposium | Invited Presentations
1. Invited “Migration in inhomogeneous flow of dense suspensions,” 2023 Symposium on Theoretical
Calculation and Simulation of Soft Matter, Chinese Chemical Society, Changchun, April 14–17, 2023.
2. Invited “Flow and pressure of dense suspensions in pipes,” 12th soft matter and life matter physics
society meeting (China), Wenzhou, October 28–31th, 2022.
3. Invited “Dense suspension flows in channels,” 2021 International Workshop on Soft Matter and Biophysics Theories–Youth Forum, MinJiang University, Fuzhou City, March 24, 2021.
4. Invited: “The physics and fluid mechanics of dense suspensions,” 2020 International Workshop on“Soft Matter and Biophysics Theories”, Beijing, November, 2020
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5. Invited: “Pressure-driven flow and jamming of dense suspensions in channels,” Virtual Symposium
on “Physics of Dense Suspensions”, Boston, July, 2020
6. Invited: “Flow and jamming of colloidal suspensions,” Annual meeting of The Physical Society ofJapan, Division 12, 11, 7 Symposium, “Physics of glass and the extensions,” Gifu, Japan, September, 2019
7. Invited: “Emergence of rigidity in suspension fluid mechanics,” CoMFoS19, Mathematical Aspects ofContinuum Mechanics, Kanazawa, Japan, July, 2019
8. Invited: “Shear jamming and rheology of dense suspensions,” IUTAM Symposium on Dynamics ofComplex Fluids and Interfaces, IIT Kanpur, India, December, 2018
9. Invited: “Simulation method of dense suspensions—Overdamped discrete element method with hydrodynamic lubrication” and “Shear Thickening suspensions in a wide gap Couette cell,” 2018 International Symposium on Multiple Scale Modelling of Complex Fluids— Fundamental Challenge andIndustrial Applications Guangzhou University, Guangzhou, China, September, 2018
10. Invited: “Anisotropy of sheared dense suspensions: normal stress differences and microstructure,”
Rheology of disordered particles—suspensions, glassy and granular materials, Kyoto University,
Japan, June, 2018
11. Invited: “Extensional and shear flow material functions of dense suspensions -microstructure, particle
pressure, and N1,” KITP Program: Physics of Dense Suspensions, University of California, Santa
Barbara12. Invited: “Constitutive characterization of concentrated particle suspensions,”
Computational Mechanics of Particle-Functionalized Fluid and Solid Materials for Additive
Manufacturing and 3D Printing Processes, University of California, Berkeley, May 2017.
13. Invited: “Thickening in extensional flow–Toward non-Newtonian fluid model for dense suspensions,”
Non-Gaussian Fluctuation and Rheology of Jammed Matter, Kyoto, March 2017.
14. Invited: “Grain boundary of magnetic colloid monolayers,” Dynamics of structure formation andheterogeneous deformation of particle systems, Kanazawa, January 2017.
15. Invited: “Shear thickening and extension thickening of dense suspensions,” A3 Soft Matter Workshop,
Tohoku University, Sendai, 2017
16. Invited: “Nonuniform flow of shear thickening suspensions in widegap rotary Couette geometry,”
CoMFoS16: Mathematical Analysis of Continuum Mechanics and Industrial Applications II,
Fukuoka, October 2016.
17. Keynote: “How do discontinuous shear thickening suspensions flow in a wide gap couette cell?” The
XVIIth International Congress on Rheology, Kyoto, August 2016.
18. Invited: “Shear thickening: SD-DEM model for dense suspensions,” WCCM-APCOM 2016 Congress,
Seoul, July 2016.
19. Invited: “A simulation study on shear thickening in wide-gap Couette geometry,” Avalanches, plasticity, and nonlinear response in nonequilibrium solids, Kyoto, March 2016.
20. Symposium: “Flow of shear thickening suspensions,” The Physical Society of Japan, Division 11, 6, 12
Symposium, Dynamics of Plastic Solids: Nonlinear response, avalanche, and rheology, Osaka,
September 2015.
21. Invited: “Shear thickening of colloidal dispersions,” Glass transition and related science, Kashiwa,
July 2015.
22. Symposium: “Granular contacts in colloidal suspensions,” Engineering Mechanics Institute Conference
2015, Dr. Masao Satake Memorial Symposium on Granular Mechanics, Stanford, June 2015.
23. Keynote: “Particle-scale modeling of colloidal suspension rheology,” Australasian Colloid and Interface Symposium, Hobart, Tasmania, February 2015.
24. Invited: “S-shaped rheology curves of shear thickening suspension,” Soft Matter Workshop, Nagoya,
January 2015.
Invited Seminars
1. “A numerical approach to predict incompressible flows of dense non-Brownian suspensions,” Kyoto
University, February 27, 2020
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2. “Jamming with shear-induced microstructure in dense suspensions,” Kyoto University, July 24, 2019
3. “On the order parameter of shear thickening,” Osaka University, June 21, 2019
4. “Shear jamming and fragility in dense frictional suspensions,” Nagoya University, June 18, 2019
5. “Shear thickening of dense suspensions,” Hong Kong Baptist University, May 22, 2019
6. “Streamers in sedimentation of non-Brownian particles,” Guangzhou University, April 15, 2019
7. “Shear jamming and fragility in dense suspensions,” Guangzhou University, April 11, 2019
8. “Fragility in jamming of densesuspensions under shear stress,” Osaka University, Cybermedia Center,February 4, 2019
9. “Dilatancy of suspension rheology — coupling of Stokesian Dynamics and DEM,” Numerical granularmechanics workshop, Doshisha University, Japan, July 18, 2018.
10. “Rheology and fluid mechanics of dense suspensions,”Kyoto University, Japan, April 25, 2018.
11. “Microstructure and material functions of dense suspensions under extensional flows,” Departmentof Mechanical Engineering, University of California at Santa Barbara, February 14, 2018
12. “Recent study of suspension rheology — On mechanism of shear thickening,” Toyota Central R&D
Labs., Inc., January 9, 2018
13. “How do dense suspensions flow? — Non-equilibrium microstructure and frictional contacts,” Osaka
University, Cybermedia Center, December 22, 2017
14. “How do dense suspensions flow? — Non-equilibrium microstructure and frictional contacts,” Waseda
University, Department of Physics, December 19, 2017
15. “Rheology of particle dispersion,” AGC Asahi Glass R&D Division, Japan, November 16, 2017.
16. “Jamming transition under extensional flow,” Tanaka Group, University of Tokyo, Japan, July 3, 2017.
17. “How do solids flow—Local rheology and continuum models of dense suspensions,” Earthquake
Research Institute, University of Tokyo, Japan, March 30, 2017.
18. “Discontinuous Shear Thickening Fluid in a Wide-Gap Couette Cell,” Kyoto University, Japan, June29, 2016.
19. “Particle scale simulations for bulk rheology: Shear thickening suspensions and yield stress suspensions,” Laboratoire Navier, Ecole des Ponts ParisTech, Champs sur Marne, France, March 27, 2015.
20. “Inter-particle contact forces: Why they matter in ow of suspensions!” Chemical and BiomolecularEngineering, University of Melbourne, Australia, February 10, 2015.
21. “The non-monotonic flow curves of shear thickening suspensions,” Soft Matter Seminar, Georgetown University, USA, December 1, 2014.
22. “Shear Thickening of Brownian and non-Brownian suspensions: the Essential Role of Frictional Contact,” Okinawa Institute of Science and Technology, Japan, August 5, 2014.
23. “Shear Thickening: Introducing Friction to Suspension Rheology,” PRISM/PCCM Seminar, Princeton
University, USA, April 9, 2014.
24. “Shear Thickening: Introducing Friction to Suspension Rheology,” Nagoya University, Japan, February 27, 2014.
25. “Shear Thickening: Introducing Friction to Suspension Rheology,” Kyoto University, Japan, February
24, 2014.
26. “Shear Thickening: Introducing Friction to Suspension Rheology,” Ritsumeikan University, Japan,
February 21, 2014.
27. “Shear Thickening: Introducing Friction to Suspension Rheology,” Tokyo Metropolitan University,
Japan, February 20, 2014.
28. “Shear Thickening: Introducing Friction to Suspension Rheology,” Earthquake Research Institute,
University of Tokyo, Japan, February 19, 2014.
29. “Discontinuous shear thickening as a dynamic jamming transition of frictional particles,” Laboratoire Rhéologie et Procédés, Grenoble, France, October 25, 2013.

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30. “Discontinuous shear thickening as a dynamic jamming transition of frictional particles,” Laboratoire IUSTI, Marseille, France, October 23, 2013.
31. “Compressive Consolidation of Particulate Gels,” the Levich Institute, City College of New York,New York, USA, February 5, 2013.
32. “Restructuring of Fractal Gels under Compression,” Max Plank Institute for Polymer Research,
Mainz, Germany, September 20, 2012.
33. “Restructuring of colloidal aggregates—modeling and simulation,” Institute for Building Materials,
ETH Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland, January 11, 2012.
34. “Modeling of colloidal gels—rheology and contact forces,” Saint-Gobain Recherche, Paris, France,
September 8, 2011.
Talks
1. “Pressure-driven flows of dense particle-liquid mixtures: a Stokesian DEM-CFD approach”, 2022 JSMEII/ASME-ISPS Joint Confrence on Micromechatronics for Information and Precision Equipment (MIPE2022),
Nagoya, August 28-31(31), 2022
2. “Odd viscosity of chiral suspensions,” 2022 Frontier Workshop of Centre for Theoretical Interdisciplinary Sciences, Wenzhou, July 11-13(12), 2022
3. “Jamming and migration in channel flows of dense suspensions,” Complex fluid and rheology workshop (Chinese Society of Chemistry), Songjiang, Shanghai, January 8, 2022
4. “Jamming and migration in channel flows of dense suspensions,” Xiamen Soft Matter Forum 2021,
Xiamen, December 13, 2021
5. “Emergent Stripes of Active Rotors in Shear Flows”, Annual meeting of The Physical Society of Japan,
September 23, 2021
6. “Jamming in pressure-driven flows,” ISSP workshop: Frontier research on glasses and related complex
systems, May 11, 2021
7. “Migration in dense suspension flowsm,” the Annual European Rheology Conference, Norway (Online), April 14, 2021
8. “Toward a fluid mechanics simulation of dense suspensions,” International Workshop on Machine
Learning for Soft Matter 2021, Feburary 10, 2021
9. “Migration and jamming in pressure-driven flow of dense non-Brownian suspensions,” International
Congress on Rheology, Brazil (online), Dec 17, 2020
10. “Shear jamming and fragility in a continuum model with unilateral constraints,” the International
Congress on Rheology, Brazil (online), Dec 17, 2020
11. “Computational Predictions of Magnetorheology and Magnetization Dynamics of Frictional Magnetic
Nanoparticle Suspension,” the International Congress on Rheology, Brazil (online), Dec 14, 2020
12. “Flowing and jammed dense suspensions”, Annual meeting of The Physical Society of Japan, Kumamoto University, Kumamoto (Online), Japan, September 2020
13. “Channel flows of colloidal suspensions with a Lubrication DEM-CFD method,” Annual meetingof The Physical Society of Japan, Nagoya University, Nagoya, Japan, March 2020. cancelled to due
COVID19
14. “Migration and jamming in pressure-driven flow of dense non-Brownian suspensions,” Grand Views
of Soft and Liquid Matter Physics, Tokyo, Japan, March 2020. cancelled to due COVID19
15. “Clogging of dense suspensions in channels,” Collective phenomena and Brownian motion, Nagoya,Japan, June 2019
16. “Solids in a fluid— material properties and fluid mechanics,” the Young Scientists Symposium of theSouth Bay Interdisciplinary Science Center, Dongguan, China, May 201917. “Normal stress differences in dense suspensions,” Annual Meeting of the Japanese Society of Rheolgy, Fukuoka, Japan, October 2018
18. “On normal stress differences of dense suspensions,” Annual meeting of The Physical Society ofJapan, Doshisha University, Kyotanabe, Japan, September 2018.
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19. “Macroscopic flows of dense suspensions in wide-gap Couette cells—Migration and Shear Thickening,”
The 7th Pacific Rim Conference on Rheology, Jefu, Korea, June 2018
20. “Extensional versus shear rheologies for dense suspensions,” Annual European Rheology Conference
2018, Sorrento, Italy, April 2018
21. “Introduction of the General Rheology functions via stress decompositions with orthogonal tensor
basis,” Tottori Nonlinear Workshop, Tottori, Japan, December 2017
22. “Extensional rheology of colloidal dispersions,” Meeting of The Molecular Simulation Society of Japan,
Kanajawa, Japan, October 2017
23. “Toward fluid-mechanical approach for shear thickening dense suspensions,” Annual Meeting of theJapanese Society of Rheolgy, Niigata, Japan, October 2017
24. “A theoretical framework for steady-state rheometry in generic flow conditions,” The Society ofRheology 89th Annual Meeting, Denver, USA, October 2017
25. “Non-Newtonian fluid behavior of dense suspensions in simple shear and extensional flows,” TheSociety of Rheology 89th Annual Meeting, Denver, USA, October 2017
26. “Shear thickening and jamming transition under extensional flows,” Annual meeting of The Physical Society of Japan, Iwate University, Morioka, Japan, September 2016.
27. “Simulation model for dense suspension rheology: Stokesian-DEM,” Mini-symposium on Rheology,
Kashiwa, Japan, July 2017.
28. “Particle dynamics of crystallization of magnetic colloids,” Annual meeting of The Physical Societyof Japan, Kanazawa University, Kanazawa, Japan, September 2016.
29. “Grain boundary kinetics during crystallization in magnetic colloid monolayers,” New Aspects ofMicro- and Macroscopic Flows in Soft Matters, Onna, Japan, August 2016.
30. “Quasistatic Particle Simulations of Crystalization in Colloidal Monolayer Systems,” Physically-Based
Modeling of Polyatomic Gases and Phase Transitions, Onna, Japan, July 2016.
31. “Magnetic binary colloidal monolayer subject to a cyclic external magnetic field and oscillatory shear,”International Symposium on Rheology, Kobe, Japan, September 2015.
32. “Beyond friction: cohesion and interlocking in shear thickening of suspensions,” Arrested Gels:
Dynamics, Structure and Applications, Cambridge, UK, March 2015.
33. “Particle-scale simulation of shear thickening in dense colloidal suspensions,” Society of Rheology
meeting, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA, October 2014.
34. “Dense suspension modeling and discontinuous shear thickening,” 6th Pacific Rim Conference on
Rheology, Melbourne, Australia, July 2014.
35. “Shear thickening and friction in Brownian suspensions,” 2nd Northeast Complex Fluids and Soft
Matter Workshop, New York, USA, June 2014.
36. “Does shear thickening go with structural transitions?” Geometric Structure in Anisotropic Materials, Ritsumeikan University, Japan, February 2014.
37. “Discontinuous shear thickening as a dynamic jamming transition of frictional particles,” GDR CNRS
AMC2 Approches Multiphysiques pour les Colloïdes Concentrés, Séte, France, October 2013.
38. “Discontinuous shear thickening—fluid dynamics or granular physics?” ASME Summer Meeting,
Brown University, USA, July 2013.
39. “Compressive consolidation of strongly aggregated colloidal gels,” Suspension Processing & Suspension Engineering Rheology, Cambridge, UK, September 2012.
40. “Modeling of colloidal gels: rheology and contact forces,” The 2nd Suspension Engineering Rheology workshop, Melbourne, Australia, November 2011.
41. “Modeling of colloidal gels: rheology and contact forces,” GDR CNRS AMC2 Approches Multiphysiquespour les Colloïdes Concentrés, Toulouse, France, October 2011.
42. “Hydrodynamic stresses in colloidal aggregates under shear flow,” UK Colloids, London, UK, July 2011.

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43. “Restructuring of colloidal aggregates in shear flow: Contact model and Stokesian Dynamics,” GDRCNRS AMC2 Approches Multiphysiques pour les Colloïdes Concentrés, Annecy, France, December
2010.
44. “Compaction of colloidal aggregates: modeling and simulation,” Journées scientifiques du GDR 2980,
Sorreze, France, July 2009.
45. “Understanding the plastic deformation under uniform compression in 2D system,” Journées scientifiques du GDR 2980, Carry le Rouet, France, June 2008.
Poster presentations
1. “Extensional and simple shear flow material functions of dense suspensions,” KITP Conference: Nonlinear mechanics and rheology of dense suspensions: nanoscale structure to macroscopic behavior,
Santa Barbara, January 2018.
2. “Grain boundary of magnetic colloid monolayer,” University of Tokyo ISSP Workshop, Glass transition
and related science, Kashiwa, Japan, July 2015.
3. “Discontinuous Shear Thickening and Frictional Contacts of Particles,” IFPRI Robert Pfeffer Symposium,
Delaware, USA, June 2013.
4. “Discontinous Shear Thickening simulation: contact dynamics in viscous fluids,” Frontiers in Applied
and Computational Mathematics, New Jersey Institute of Technology, Newark, USA, May 2013.
5. “Restructuring of colloidal gels under shear and compression,” Flocculated suspensions: from microstructure to macroscopic behavior, École des Ponts ParisTech, Paris, France, June 2012.
6. “Hydrodynamic forces on colloidal aggregates: Free-draining approximation vs. Stokesian Dynamics,”
DECHEMA-Jahrestagung der Biotechnologen und ProcessNet-Jahrestagung, Aachen, Germany, May 2010.
7. “Compaction of colloidal aggregates,” Colloids, Grains and Dense Suspensions: under Flow and underArrest, The Royal Society, London, UK, March 2009.

Featured in media• “Shear thickening” in non-shear flows: the effect of microstructural, Prof. Helen J. Wilson, Focus on
Fluids, Dec. 11, 2017.
• Friction Makes Cornstarch and Water into Bizarre Oobleck, Nathan Collins, Scientific American, Volume 310, Issue 2, Feb. 1, 2014.
• CCNY team models sudden thickening of complex fluids, EurekAlert, January 16, 2014.
• Model explains why liquid suspensions suddenly turn solid, Tim Wogan, Physics World, Nov. 25, 2013.
• Friction’s Role in Shear Thickening, Dr. Eric Brown, Physics 6, 125, Nov. 18, 2013.

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