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Scientists and engineers advancing the field of rheology, the science of deformation and flow of matter. www.rheology.org

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Society of Rheology @sorheology.bsky.social · Jan 31

The 2025 Society of Rheology's Annual Meeting will be held in enchanted Santa Fe, NM on October 19-23. Look for our call for abstracts later this spring and save the dates to discuss everything that flows. We hope to see you there! #SoR2025

Society of Rheology @sorheology.bsky.social · 3d

The #SoR2025 Annual Meeting in #SantaFe is only days away. #Rheologists, prepare yourself for a great trip to #NewMexico!
Picture credits: Tourism Santa Fe

Society of Rheology @sorheology.bsky.social · 7d

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

Society of Rheology @sorheology.bsky.social · 16d

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

Society of Rheology @sorheology.bsky.social · Aug 27

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.

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Society of Rheology @sorheology.bsky.social · Aug 19

Are you a #student of #rheology looking for connections to others? Join the SoRStudent #Slack channel and join the discussion!

Society of Rheology student slack channel

Society of Rheology @sorheology.bsky.social · Aug 14

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)!

Society of Rheology @sorheology.bsky.social · Aug 10

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!

Society of Rheology @sorheology.bsky.social · Aug 7

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!

Society of Rheology @sorheology.bsky.social · Aug 5

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

Society of Rheology @sorheology.bsky.social · Jul 25

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

Society of Rheology @sorheology.bsky.social · Jul 1

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

Society of Rheology @sorheology.bsky.social · Jun 25

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!

Society of Rheology @sorheology.bsky.social · May 30

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!

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Society of Rheology @sorheology.bsky.social · May 27

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

Society of Rheology @sorheology.bsky.social · May 27

What's the Deborah number of that rock?

Society of Rheology @sorheology.bsky.social · May 21

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

Society of Rheology @sorheology.bsky.social · May 14

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!

Society of Rheology @sorheology.bsky.social · May 13

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!

Society of Rheology @sorheology.bsky.social · May 13

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!

Society of Rheology @sorheology.bsky.social · May 12

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

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Society of Rheology @sorheology.bsky.social · May 9

Link to the winning publication here: Flow-concentration coupling determines features of nonhomogeneous flow and #shear banding in entangled #polymer solutions. doi.org/10.1122/8.00...

Flow-concentration coupling determines features of nonhomogeneous flow and shear banding in entangled polymer solutions

Shear banding in entangled polymer solutions is an elusive phenomenon in polymer rheology. One recently proposed mechanism for the existence of banded velocity

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Society of Rheology @sorheology.bsky.social · May 9

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

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Society of Rheology @sorheology.bsky.social · May 2

Don't miss out this October! Submit an #abstract to the Society of #Rheology 's Annual Meeting to be held in #SantaFe, NM. We've been meeting to discuss #fluidmechanics , #polymer manufacturing, #colloids , #granular materials, #gels and more since 1948! (There are a few more of us today!) #SoR2025

Society of Rheology @sorheology.bsky.social · Apr 30

Important submission dates for the Society of #Rheology's Annual Meeting are approaching! Oral presentation abstracts are due May 16th. Join us in Santa Fe this October!

Society of Rheology Annual Meeting Dates

Society of Rheology @sorheology.bsky.social · Apr 24

Please join us on Thurs, April 24th, 2025 @ 1 PM EST for our next Future of #Rheology Seminar. Our speakers are:

Alfredo Scigliani, Molecular Origin of Shear Banding in Wormlike #Micelles

Hossein Hassanzadeh, When Jets Meet #ComplexFluids: The Battle of #Flow and Forces