Alban Sauret
@albansauret.bsky.social
Associate Professor at UMD College Park, Department of Mechanical Engineering - playing with fluids, grains, powders and droplets
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The Fudge Lab at Chapman University is recruiting a postdoc for an NSF-funded project on the biophysics of hagfish defensive slime deployment. Please repost!
Apply here: tinyurl.com/4p937dn5
Apply here: tinyurl.com/4p937dn5
November 10, 2025 at 6:29 PM
The Fudge Lab at Chapman University is recruiting a postdoc for an NSF-funded project on the biophysics of hagfish defensive slime deployment. Please repost!
Apply here: tinyurl.com/4p937dn5
Apply here: tinyurl.com/4p937dn5
Thrilled that our article in @annualreviews.bsky.social
of Fluid Mechanics is out! “Fluid Mechanics Challenges in Direct‑Ink‑Writing Additive Manufacturing” doi.org/10.1146/annu.... I am grateful to the two co-authors, @raytyler.bsky.social and Brett Compton. @univofmaryland.bsky.social
of Fluid Mechanics is out! “Fluid Mechanics Challenges in Direct‑Ink‑Writing Additive Manufacturing” doi.org/10.1146/annu.... I am grateful to the two co-authors, @raytyler.bsky.social and Brett Compton. @univofmaryland.bsky.social
October 7, 2025 at 1:43 PM
Thrilled that our article in @annualreviews.bsky.social
of Fluid Mechanics is out! “Fluid Mechanics Challenges in Direct‑Ink‑Writing Additive Manufacturing” doi.org/10.1146/annu.... I am grateful to the two co-authors, @raytyler.bsky.social and Brett Compton. @univofmaryland.bsky.social
of Fluid Mechanics is out! “Fluid Mechanics Challenges in Direct‑Ink‑Writing Additive Manufacturing” doi.org/10.1146/annu.... I am grateful to the two co-authors, @raytyler.bsky.social and Brett Compton. @univofmaryland.bsky.social
New @univofmaryland.bsky.social article about our NSF project on sediment flows with Eckart Meiburg @ucsbengineering.bsky.social me.umd.edu/news/story/s.... Thrilled to see the project featured and excited to get started.
Sauret Lands NSF Grant for Sediment Research
UMD faculty member to examine how tiny particles form clusters, fragment, and are transported under water.
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September 29, 2025 at 9:13 PM
New @univofmaryland.bsky.social article about our NSF project on sediment flows with Eckart Meiburg @ucsbengineering.bsky.social me.umd.edu/news/story/s.... Thrilled to see the project featured and excited to get started.
Excited to share our new preprint on the discharge of granular materials from a silo. Led by @ramsudhirsharma.bsky.social , we went after a simple question: What is the flow rate through the opening? The answer turns out to be "simple" and quite general. See more here: arxiv.org/abs/2509.14415 [1/4]
September 19, 2025 at 6:28 PM
Excited to share our new preprint on the discharge of granular materials from a silo. Led by @ramsudhirsharma.bsky.social , we went after a simple question: What is the flow rate through the opening? The answer turns out to be "simple" and quite general. See more here: arxiv.org/abs/2509.14415 [1/4]
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The GRFP lives!! (due end of October)
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NSF Graduate Research Fellowship Program (GRFP)
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September 8, 2025 at 6:23 PM
The GRFP lives!! (due end of October)
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Excited to share that our NSF PMP project with Eckart Meiburg has been funded! We’ll study cohesive immersed granular flows through experiments and simulations to improve predictions of sediment transport & slurry processing. @univofmaryland.bsky.social @ucsbengineering.bsky.social
August 29, 2025 at 7:42 PM
Excited to share that our NSF PMP project with Eckart Meiburg has been funded! We’ll study cohesive immersed granular flows through experiments and simulations to improve predictions of sediment transport & slurry processing. @univofmaryland.bsky.social @ucsbengineering.bsky.social
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Check out the @kitp-ucsb.bsky.social conference we're (Vashan Wright, Sujit Datta, Nathalie Vriend) organizing:
www.kitp.ucsb.edu/activities/s... for THIS JANUARY 6-9!
Geoscientists, physicists and engineers: are you intellectually adventurous and been wondering "is this all there is?" 🧪
www.kitp.ucsb.edu/activities/s... for THIS JANUARY 6-9!
Geoscientists, physicists and engineers: are you intellectually adventurous and been wondering "is this all there is?" 🧪
KITP
www.kitp.ucsb.edu
August 20, 2025 at 2:45 PM
Check out the @kitp-ucsb.bsky.social conference we're (Vashan Wright, Sujit Datta, Nathalie Vriend) organizing:
www.kitp.ucsb.edu/activities/s... for THIS JANUARY 6-9!
Geoscientists, physicists and engineers: are you intellectually adventurous and been wondering "is this all there is?" 🧪
www.kitp.ucsb.edu/activities/s... for THIS JANUARY 6-9!
Geoscientists, physicists and engineers: are you intellectually adventurous and been wondering "is this all there is?" 🧪
Our new study from Joanne Steiner’s PhD work and with C. Morize, P. Gondret, and I. Delbende has just been published in Phys. Rev. Fluids! We study vortex rings generated when a disk moves toward or away from a wall. doi.org/10.1103/ynxr...
August 14, 2025 at 1:47 PM
Our new study from Joanne Steiner’s PhD work and with C. Morize, P. Gondret, and I. Delbende has just been published in Phys. Rev. Fluids! We study vortex rings generated when a disk moves toward or away from a wall. doi.org/10.1103/ynxr...
Excited to be an invited speaker in EP018: Geophysical Granular Flows & Sediment Transport at AGU 2025 (Dec 15–19)! I’ll be sharing our results on cohesive granular materials. Many thanks to the organizers!
Abstract submissions open until July 30. agu.confex.com/agu/agu25/pr... @agu.org
Abstract submissions open until July 30. agu.confex.com/agu/agu25/pr... @agu.org
July 20, 2025 at 7:08 PM
Excited to be an invited speaker in EP018: Geophysical Granular Flows & Sediment Transport at AGU 2025 (Dec 15–19)! I’ll be sharing our results on cohesive granular materials. Many thanks to the organizers!
Abstract submissions open until July 30. agu.confex.com/agu/agu25/pr... @agu.org
Abstract submissions open until July 30. agu.confex.com/agu/agu25/pr... @agu.org
We are grateful to receive funding from the ACS PRF to investigate how fibers and anisotropic particles reorient, bend, and sometimes clog in porous media. From microplastic transport to fiber-laden inks, we aim to uncover the physics behind their transport through experiments and modeling.
June 26, 2025 at 5:41 PM
We are grateful to receive funding from the ACS PRF to investigate how fibers and anisotropic particles reorient, bend, and sometimes clog in porous media. From microplastic transport to fiber-laden inks, we aim to uncover the physics behind their transport through experiments and modeling.
Congrats to all the new Fellows! It’s quite an impressive cohort
Congratulations to our 2025 class of SoR Fellows! Fellows will be inducted in our Oct Annual Meeting in Santa Fe #SoR02025. Join us there to celebrate Paulo Arratia @arratiapaulo.bsky.social, Randy Ewoldt, Anke Lindner, Joao Maia, Matteo Pasquali, Fernando Pinho, and Patrick Spicer! #everythingflows
May 12, 2025 at 5:56 PM
Congrats to all the new Fellows! It’s quite an impressive cohort
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5/ Read more :
🔗 Popular science article FR : www.espci.psl.eu/fr/actualite...
🔗 Full publication in PNAS: www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...
🔗 Popular science article FR : www.espci.psl.eu/fr/actualite...
🔗 Full publication in PNAS: www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...
On the shape of air bubbles trapped in ice | PNAS
Water usually contains dissolved gases, and because freezing is a purifying process
these gases must be expelled for ice to form. Bubbles appear at...
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March 27, 2025 at 3:01 PM
5/ Read more :
🔗 Popular science article FR : www.espci.psl.eu/fr/actualite...
🔗 Full publication in PNAS: www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...
🔗 Popular science article FR : www.espci.psl.eu/fr/actualite...
🔗 Full publication in PNAS: www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...
A new article with @sreeramr.bsky.social is out in JCIS! We study the dynamics of droplets of fiber suspensions impacting surfaces, a topic important for coating processes and additive manufacturing, among others doi.org/10.1016/j.jc... @univofmaryland.bsky.social @ucsbengineering.bsky.social
April 9, 2025 at 1:06 AM
A new article with @sreeramr.bsky.social is out in JCIS! We study the dynamics of droplets of fiber suspensions impacting surfaces, a topic important for coating processes and additive manufacturing, among others doi.org/10.1016/j.jc... @univofmaryland.bsky.social @ucsbengineering.bsky.social
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Engineer and photographer Harold Edgerton was born #OTD in 1903.
He pioneered various forms of high-speed photography using specialized cameras, strobe lighting, and other techniques. You’ve probably seen many of the images he created! 🧪 ⚛️ 📸
Images: MIT; H. Edgerton
He pioneered various forms of high-speed photography using specialized cameras, strobe lighting, and other techniques. You’ve probably seen many of the images he created! 🧪 ⚛️ 📸
Images: MIT; H. Edgerton
April 6, 2025 at 4:38 PM
Engineer and photographer Harold Edgerton was born #OTD in 1903.
He pioneered various forms of high-speed photography using specialized cameras, strobe lighting, and other techniques. You’ve probably seen many of the images he created! 🧪 ⚛️ 📸
Images: MIT; H. Edgerton
He pioneered various forms of high-speed photography using specialized cameras, strobe lighting, and other techniques. You’ve probably seen many of the images he created! 🧪 ⚛️ 📸
Images: MIT; H. Edgerton
Had a great time at @upenn.edu last Tuesday giving a seminar. Great discussions and cool research all around! Thanks to everyone for the warm welcome. Looking forward to future interactions!
April 4, 2025 at 1:50 PM
Had a great time at @upenn.edu last Tuesday giving a seminar. Great discussions and cool research all around! Thanks to everyone for the warm welcome. Looking forward to future interactions!
Our new study, led by Philippe Gondret and Cyprien Morize (FAST Laboratory), part of Wladimir Sarlin's PhD, has just been published in Journal of Fluid Mechanics. It explores how impulsive motions generate waves. doi.org/10.1017/jfm.... @univparissaclay.bsky.social @univofmaryland.bsky.social
Nascent water waves induced by the impulsive motion of a solid wall | Journal of Fluid Mechanics | Cambridge Core
Nascent water waves induced by the impulsive motion of a solid wall - Volume 1008
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April 3, 2025 at 2:39 PM
Our new study, led by Philippe Gondret and Cyprien Morize (FAST Laboratory), part of Wladimir Sarlin's PhD, has just been published in Journal of Fluid Mechanics. It explores how impulsive motions generate waves. doi.org/10.1017/jfm.... @univparissaclay.bsky.social @univofmaryland.bsky.social
Sand is far more fascinating up close! Each grain is unique, with its own signature of geological history and micro-shape sculpted by time and erosion. Yet, collectively, they can behave as a fluid! magnifiedsand.com has a lot of cool pictures from all around the world!
March 31, 2025 at 12:44 PM
Sand is far more fascinating up close! Each grain is unique, with its own signature of geological history and micro-shape sculpted by time and erosion. Yet, collectively, they can behave as a fluid! magnifiedsand.com has a lot of cool pictures from all around the world!
From a visit to the Renwick Gallery in DC a couple of weeks ago: a very cool art piece by Lauren Mabry showcasing coiling instabilities in viscous fluids. A beautiful intersection of art, fluid mechanics (and some rheology!). @sorheology.bsky.social @apsdsoft.bsky.social
March 21, 2025 at 3:41 PM
From a visit to the Renwick Gallery in DC a couple of weeks ago: a very cool art piece by Lauren Mabry showcasing coiling instabilities in viscous fluids. A beautiful intersection of art, fluid mechanics (and some rheology!). @sorheology.bsky.social @apsdsoft.bsky.social
The Gallery of Soft Matter 2025 @apsdsoft.bsky.social has some amazing entries this year. Check them out here: engage.aps.org/dsoft/galler....
Make sure to vote! Not sure about the deadline, but there’s a QR code at the DSOFT table with all the details.
Make sure to vote! Not sure about the deadline, but there’s a QR code at the DSOFT table with all the details.
March 18, 2025 at 4:58 PM
The Gallery of Soft Matter 2025 @apsdsoft.bsky.social has some amazing entries this year. Check them out here: engage.aps.org/dsoft/galler....
Make sure to vote! Not sure about the deadline, but there’s a QR code at the DSOFT table with all the details.
Make sure to vote! Not sure about the deadline, but there’s a QR code at the DSOFT table with all the details.
Lineup from our group at the @APS Global Summit: We will be covering studies on fluids, grains, drops, and suspensions! More details below.
March 16, 2025 at 12:43 AM
Lineup from our group at the @APS Global Summit: We will be covering studies on fluids, grains, drops, and suspensions! More details below.
Excited to share our new paper in @pnas.org doi.org/10.1073/pnas...! Ice cubes often appear cloudy because, as water freezes, air bubbles get trapped and scatter light. But how does freezing rate affect the shape of the bubbles?
March 12, 2025 at 3:39 PM
Excited to share our new paper in @pnas.org doi.org/10.1073/pnas...! Ice cubes often appear cloudy because, as water freezes, air bubbles get trapped and scatter light. But how does freezing rate affect the shape of the bubbles?
Sad news… A giant in fluid mechanics and particulate flows cse.umn.edu/cems/news/me...
In Memory of Andy Acrivos: CEMS Alum and Titan of Chemical Engineering
Andreas (Andy) Acrivos passed away on February 17, 2025. Born in Greece in 1928, Prof. Acrivos arrived at Minnesota in 1950 following undergraduate studies at Syracuse University, becoming the second...
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February 19, 2025 at 4:48 AM
Sad news… A giant in fluid mechanics and particulate flows cse.umn.edu/cems/news/me...
Stickiness matters! From powder handling to geophysical flows, cohesion in granular material plays a crucial role. We review in Soft Matter @roysocchem.bsky.social experimental approaches to create and control inter-particle adhesion pubs.rsc.org/en/content/a...
February 3, 2025 at 4:54 PM
Stickiness matters! From powder handling to geophysical flows, cohesion in granular material plays a crucial role. We review in Soft Matter @roysocchem.bsky.social experimental approaches to create and control inter-particle adhesion pubs.rsc.org/en/content/a...
Looking forward to present our work on transport of particles in porous media at the Traffic and Granular Flow conference today. Big thanks to @apahlavan.bsky.social for the stunning illustration from his paper: doi.org/10.69631/ipj... - great way to motivate studying transport in porous media!
December 5, 2024 at 11:01 AM
Looking forward to present our work on transport of particles in porous media at the Traffic and Granular Flow conference today. Big thanks to @apahlavan.bsky.social for the stunning illustration from his paper: doi.org/10.69631/ipj... - great way to motivate studying transport in porous media!
Back in Lyon for the Traffic and Granular Flow Conference tgf2024.sciencesconf.org. Started the day with a run past ENS Lyon—always great to revisit, though it hits differently realizing I started studying there 18 years ago!
December 3, 2024 at 7:01 AM
Back in Lyon for the Traffic and Granular Flow Conference tgf2024.sciencesconf.org. Started the day with a run past ENS Lyon—always great to revisit, though it hits differently realizing I started studying there 18 years ago!