Bud Homsy Memorial Symposium

9:30 am – 4:50 pm, Saturday November 22 // Session 2A //George R. Brown Convention Center, 310C

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Introduction (Vladimir Ajaev and Satish Kumar)

9:30 am – 9:35 am

Memorial Symposium Honoring George M. “Bud” Homsy

Celebrate the life and legacy of George M. “Bud” Homsy, professor emeritus and former chair of chemical engineering, at this special one-day memorial symposium. Former colleagues and students will share talks highlighting his groundbreaking research, extraordinary mentorship, and lasting impact on the fluid dynamics community. Join us in honoring Bud’s remarkable contributions. Register today and sign-up for this event: https://dfd-meeting.aps.org/registration/

PRESENTATIONS (19)

9:30 am – 9:35 amIntroduction (Vladimir Ajaev and Satish Kumar)
9:35 am – 9:55 amSedimentation of cohesive particles
Eckart Heinz Meiburg (presenter)
9:55 am – 10:15 amChemo-hydrodynamic instabilities
Anne De Wit (presenter)
10:15 am – 10:35 amNumerical and modeling considerations in aircraft icing
Parviz Moin (presenter)
10:35 am – 10:55 amCoffee break
10:55 am – 11:15 amThe Bretherton problem for a cell both with and without viscoelasticity in the surrounding fluid
Eric S G Shaqfeh (presenter)
11:15 am – 11:35 amDeciphering the spatiotemporal structure of elastoinertial turbulence
Michael David Graham (presenter)
11:35 am – 11:55 amThe "Homsy Effect" - Bud Homsy's role in fluid mechanics education
Kenneth S Breuer (presenter)
11:55 am – 1:30 pmLunch (on your own)
1:30 pm – 1:50 pmDrop splash problem as a curiosity-driven research
Rouslan Krechetnikov (presenter)
1:50 pm – 2:10 pmHydrogel dynamics in a flowing solvent
James J Feng (presenter)
2:10 pm – 2:30 pmPressure driven motion of plugs using gas in a capillary tube
Thomas Ward (presenter)
2:30 pm – 2:50 pmProbing early azimuthal instabilities in drop impacts using oxidized liquid metal films
Pirouz Kavehpour (presenter)
2:50 pm – 3:10 pmThere and back again: A foam front's tale
Paul Grassia (presenter)
3:10 pm – 3:30 pmCoffee break
3:30 pm – 3:50 pmEmulsions, art and international conferences: Bud Homsy as a mentor
Roberto Zenit (presenter)
3:50 pm – 4:10 pmFrom microfluidics to nanoscale interfacial phenomena: Reflections on my 20-year journey inspired by Bud Homsy
XiuMei Xu (presenter)
4:10 pm – 4:30 pmMoving Contact Lines: Singularity, Flow Fields, Hysteresis, and Insights from Experiments and Simulations
Harish N Dixit (presenter)
4:30 pm – 4:50 pmClosing remarks (Vladimir Ajaev and Satish Kumar)