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Society of Rheology
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Scientists and engineers advancing the field of rheology, the science of deformation and flow of matter. www.rheology.org
Congratulations to Abhishek Shetty and Christina Tang for their beautiful #Gallery of #Rheology popular vote winner Twist The Rainbow, where #liquidcrystals flow, illuminated by #polarized light
November 5, 2025 at 4:07 AM
Congratulations to Babak Goodarzi and Reza Foudazi of the SMaRT lab at the University of Oklahoma for their winning #Gallery of #Rheology entry Jellyfish: Oil Drainage from Porous #Hydrogels. Does the image remind you of a Gustave #Dore painting?
November 5, 2025 at 4:06 AM
Select Future of Rheology speakers reprised their talks in an exciting showcase of emerging talent at the Society of #Rheology Annual Meeting. Congrats especially to Alp Sunol (1st place), Michel Orsi (2nd place) and Nadia Nikolova (3rd place). Thank you organizers Elise Chen and Arshiya Bhadu!
October 24, 2025 at 8:33 PM
Sunday's welcome reception kicks off the official start to the SoR conference in the SF Convention Center courtyard at 6pm. Expect jazz, drinks under the stars, and greetings of old and new friends. Bring your sweater: it gets chilly after dark at 7,199 ft. Thanks sponsor @antonpaar.bsky.social
October 19, 2025 at 4:39 AM
Welcome to Santa Fe, SoR! Head to the Hilton's Mesa ballroom for the short course and RRS!
October 18, 2025 at 11:53 AM
The #SoR2025 Annual Meeting in #SantaFe is only days away. #Rheologists, prepare yourself for a great trip to #NewMexico!
Picture credits: Tourism Santa Fe
October 5, 2025 at 5:46 PM
Introducing the Society of #Rheology 2025-2026 Executive Committee! President Jeff Morris, Vice President Roger Bonnecaze, Secretary Kal Migler, Treasurer Lisa Biswal, JoR Editor Dimitris Vlassopoulis, and Members at Large Arezoo Ardekani, Charles Schroeder, and Rossana Pasquino
October 2, 2025 at 4:06 AM
Please join us on Thurs, 9/25 at 1:00 EST for the Future of #Rheology Seminar! Our speakers are: Kalpit Bakal, Extending #Capillary #Micromechanics for Studying #Viscoelastic Behaviour at Microscopic Scales and Mingyang Tan, Structure and Dynamics of Frictional vs Frictionless #Colloidal #Gels
September 22, 2025 at 6:54 PM
The Future of #Rheology seminar series continues Thursday with two great speakers Barrett Smith (#Alginate #Gelation in #Microfluidic Flow) and Chenxian Xu (Surface Forces Sculpt Nanoscopic Mesas in #Micellar #Foam Films). Join us on zoom at 1pm EST.
August 27, 2025 at 4:47 PM
Are you a #student of #rheology looking for connections to others? Join the SoRStudent #Slack channel and join the discussion!
August 19, 2025 at 7:24 PM
Poster abstracts for the Society of #Rheology annual meeting #SoR2025 are due 8/15! Students and postdocs can compete for the best poster and win PRIZES! #Gallery of Rheology images and VIDEOS will also be competing (first time)!
August 14, 2025 at 10:36 PM
The Society of #Rheology Annual Meeting anticipates a fun-filled social program for rheologists to network and unwind together. Thank you to sponsors Anton Paar and Waters/TA Instruments! Can't wait for our awards banquet honoring our Metzner winner Safa Jamali and Bingham medalist Antony Beris!
August 10, 2025 at 4:28 PM
SoR is happy to advertise a special focus session on the intersections of #geology and #rheology, to be held as part of the SoR Annual Meeting in October. Following the session will be a networking lunch, and posters on this topic will be celebrated on Thurs' poster session!
August 7, 2025 at 5:40 PM
Current members of the Society of #Rheology should check their email for ballot information to cast your #vote for the next Society of Rheology executive committee
August 5, 2025 at 3:23 AM
Registration is open for the Society of #Rheology's Annual Meeting in #SantaFe! Details, banquet tickets, and hotel block information can be found here: tinyurl.com/sdzayxs9 #SoR2025
July 25, 2025 at 4:23 AM
SoR will offer two courses on #powder #flow to occur before the Society of #Rheology annual meeting in #SantaFe this Oct. Courses will be offered separately, with a discount for attending both. Virtual and in-person options are available. Registration will open soon on our website www.rheology.org
July 1, 2025 at 8:33 PM
The next Future of #Rheology seminar will take place this Thurs, May 29th, from 1-2pm EST. Jake Song will speak on nonlinear #elasticity and #plasticity of soft #composites, and Yug Chandra Saraswat will speak on #ductile brittle transitions in fiber composite #hydrogels. See you there!
June 25, 2025 at 8:17 PM
The deadline for the Society of Rheology's Annual Meeting talk abstracts are due tomorrow (again)! Take advantage of our extended deadline and make sure that you get your submissions in if you plan on joining us in October!
May 30, 2025 at 1:27 AM
Please join us May 29th at 1:00 EST for the next #Future of #Rheology Seminar. We'll be hearing from: Rakan Alrashdan: Rigid particle sedimentation in #yield_stress fluids undergoing #shear_flow and Alice Pelosse: Large intruders in a #shear_thickening #suspension
May 27, 2025 at 3:24 PM
The abstract deadline for the Society of #Rheology Annual Meeting is extended to May 30 to accommodate requests from people who are navigating uncertainties. We have received a healthy number of abstracts thus far and look forward to a robust meeting in Santa Fe. #CFD #microfluidics #AI #polymers
May 21, 2025 at 2:22 PM
The Society of #Rheology Annual Meeting talk abstracts are due 5/16 (!). If you are investigating the rheology of #colloids, #polymers, #granular_materials, #foams, #gels, #additive_manufacturing, #biomaterials, #soft_robotics, #microfluidics and more, we want to know about it!
May 14, 2025 at 6:07 PM
The Society of Rheology's highest honor, the Bingham Medal, goes to Antony Beris for his contributions to the modeling of complex fluids including #viscoelastic flows, #blood #rheology, and #liquid_crystals. We will be so happy to formally recognize Antony at our awards banquet in October. Congrats!
May 13, 2025 at 4:41 PM
SoR is excited to announce that Safa Jamali is the Society of Rheology 2025 Metzner awardee for contributions to the understanding of #suspensions, attractive #colloids, and #machine_learning techniques in #rheology. We will celebrate Safa with an honorary lecture at our annual meeting this October!
May 13, 2025 at 4:16 PM
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 3:25 PM
We are thrilled to announce the winners of the 2025 Journal of #Rheology #Publication Award: Michael Burroughs, Yuanyi Zhang, Abhishek Shetty, Christopher Bates, Matt Helgeson and L. Gary Leal. In celebration, the winning publication will be available open-source for all. @professor-meh.bsky.social
May 9, 2025 at 8:39 PM