William Uspal
@wuspal.bsky.social
Assoc. Prof. of Mechanical Engineering, University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa. Microhydrodynamics, stat mech, soft matter, transport.
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A moment I still remember from undergad classes: in a discussion section for first quarter QM, another student complained that she was tired of the harmonic oscillator. The TA said, "I have some bad news," and then turned and wrote on the board:
Everything is a harmonic oscillator
Everything is a harmonic oscillator
Free, unsolicited advice for physics students: many things will go more smoothly for you if you can derive and explain the simple harmonic oscillator in your sleep
June 27, 2025 at 1:33 AM
A moment I still remember from undergad classes: in a discussion section for first quarter QM, another student complained that she was tired of the harmonic oscillator. The TA said, "I have some bad news," and then turned and wrote on the board:
Everything is a harmonic oscillator
Everything is a harmonic oscillator
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We’re going to damage American competitiveness for a generation.
We’re eroding our standard of living so the richest people ever to live can pay even less in taxes.
We’re eroding our standard of living so the richest people ever to live can pay even less in taxes.
BREAKING:
The NIH summer internship program (SIP) has been officially cancelled, across all institutes.
It’s a sad loss for the brightest science students in America, for American science, and for future cures for diseases like cancer and Alzheimer’s. 🧪 1/
The NIH summer internship program (SIP) has been officially cancelled, across all institutes.
It’s a sad loss for the brightest science students in America, for American science, and for future cures for diseases like cancer and Alzheimer’s. 🧪 1/
NIDA has announced it, but all the NIH summer internship programs are likely cancelled.
Sorry college students interested in STEM jobs, sorry high school students looking at science 🧪 careers. Trump and Musk are cancelling your futures.
Sorry college students interested in STEM jobs, sorry high school students looking at science 🧪 careers. Trump and Musk are cancelling your futures.
February 27, 2025 at 2:46 AM
We’re going to damage American competitiveness for a generation.
We’re eroding our standard of living so the richest people ever to live can pay even less in taxes.
We’re eroding our standard of living so the richest people ever to live can pay even less in taxes.
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🚨 Many NSF-funded Research Experiences for Undergraduates (REUs) are being cancelled for Summer 2025.
www.reddit.com/r/REU/commen...
www.reddit.com/r/REU/commen...
Cancellation megathread
www.reddit.com
February 24, 2025 at 4:02 PM
🚨 Many NSF-funded Research Experiences for Undergraduates (REUs) are being cancelled for Summer 2025.
www.reddit.com/r/REU/commen...
www.reddit.com/r/REU/commen...
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WE JUST GOT DOGE’D
no funding for this year. We have to cancel the program and email 450 applicants there will be no REU program in physics at MSU.
First time in 20+ years.
I’m fucking livid, y’all.
no funding for this year. We have to cancel the program and email 450 applicants there will be no REU program in physics at MSU.
First time in 20+ years.
I’m fucking livid, y’all.
🚨 Many NSF-funded Research Experiences for Undergraduates (REUs) are being cancelled for Summer 2025.
www.reddit.com/r/REU/commen...
www.reddit.com/r/REU/commen...
February 26, 2025 at 7:54 PM
WE JUST GOT DOGE’D
no funding for this year. We have to cancel the program and email 450 applicants there will be no REU program in physics at MSU.
First time in 20+ years.
I’m fucking livid, y’all.
no funding for this year. We have to cancel the program and email 450 applicants there will be no REU program in physics at MSU.
First time in 20+ years.
I’m fucking livid, y’all.
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Reposted by William Uspal
Just in time for Christmas!
Great to see that our book is finally out in RSC Soft Matter Series on Active Colloids
If you want to learn more about how active colloids move and can be designed, this is a great starting point.
@wuspal.bsky.social @jsimmchen.bsky.social @WeiWang
#softmatter #activematter 🧪⚛️💡
If you want to learn more about how active colloids move and can be designed, this is a great starting point.
@wuspal.bsky.social @jsimmchen.bsky.social @WeiWang
#softmatter #activematter 🧪⚛️💡
Active Colloids Moving by Critical Demixing
A unique type of self-propelled active colloid converts light into a temperature gradient across its body, locally demixing a solvent, and moves by self-ph
books.rsc.org
December 21, 2024 at 9:02 PM
Just in time for Christmas!
Quang made Active Matter Mead for our lab's holiday party. Fuel for glucose-powered chemical microswimmers?
December 9, 2024 at 8:48 PM
Quang made Active Matter Mead for our lab's holiday party. Fuel for glucose-powered chemical microswimmers?
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I thought of a sneaky way to find my people on this thing.
Self-identify and I will add you...
See you at APS-DFD!
go.bsky.app/8Njfprh
Self-identify and I will add you...
See you at APS-DFD!
go.bsky.app/8Njfprh
November 22, 2024 at 5:04 AM
I thought of a sneaky way to find my people on this thing.
Self-identify and I will add you...
See you at APS-DFD!
go.bsky.app/8Njfprh
Self-identify and I will add you...
See you at APS-DFD!
go.bsky.app/8Njfprh
Seems like a critical mass is finally migrating over here..? Getting fed up with what's being pushed into my feed at X, the Everything Reprehensible App
November 17, 2024 at 10:26 PM
Seems like a critical mass is finally migrating over here..? Getting fed up with what's being pushed into my feed at X, the Everything Reprehensible App