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Publications Research Uncategorized 

New publication: “Competition of lattice and basis for alignment of nematic liquid crystals”

October 5, 2015October 5, 2015 Andrew A. DeBenedictis

Graduate student Andrew DeBenedictis has just published his paper “Competition of lattice and basis for alignment of nematic liquid crystals”

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Conferences 

Gordon Conference on Liquid Crystals 2015

September 3, 2015September 3, 2015 Andrew Mascioli

The seclusion and serenity of Biddeford, Maine seems a more appropriate setting for a summer camp rather than a scientific

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Foundations of Nonlinear Optics Conference 2015

August 7, 2015September 9, 2015 Christopher Burke

Tim Atherton and grad student Chris Burke recently attended the conference “Foundations of Nonlinear Optics” (FoNLO), hosted at Lehigh University

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Publications Uncategorized 

New publication: “The role of curvature anisotropy in the ordering of spheres on an ellipsoid”

June 17, 2015September 11, 2015 Christopher Burke

Grad student Chris Burke has just published his paper “The role of curvature anisotropy in the ordering of spheres on an ellipsoid” in the journal Soft Matter along with co-authors Badel Mbanga,

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News Research 

Ian Hunter Starts Summer Scholars

June 3, 2015June 11, 2015 Ian Hunter Soft Active Matter, Summer Scholars, Undergraduate Research

This past spring semester I decided to apply for the Summer Scholars program at Tufts as a means to continue

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News 

Andrew DeBenedictis named inaugural Graduate Summer Scholar

June 3, 2015June 11, 2015 Andrew A. DeBenedictis

Group member Andrew DeBenedictis has been selected by the Tufts University GSAS (Graduate School of Arts and Sciences) Dean’s Office

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Outreach Talks 

Tim Atherton presents at “A Pint of Science” festival

May 19, 2015June 8, 2015 Timothy Atherton

Tim Atherton, PI of the soft matter theory group, today gave a public talk as part of the “Pint of

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Chris Burke receives an honorable mention at Tufts’ Graduate Student Research Symposium

April 13, 2015May 29, 2015 Christopher Burke

Group member Chris Burke recently participated in Tufts University’s annual Graduate Student Research Symposium. This symposium is an opportunity for

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Research 

Tim Atherton Awarded Cottrell Scholarship

March 1, 2015May 26, 2015 Timothy Atherton

The Research Corporation for Science Advancement today announced that Tim Atherton would receive the prestigious Cottrell Scholarship. Atherton was one of fifteen

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Education Outreach 

Digital Storytelling Video Projects from Physics 12 Fall 2014

December 23, 2014June 9, 2015 Timothy Atherton

A signature component of Tim Atherton’s introductory classes for several years now has been the incorporation of Digital Storytelling video projects. Students

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Recent Blog Posts on Education

  • New publication “Developing a project-based computational physics course grounded in expert practice”
  • Video projects from Physics 12 Fall 2016
  • New publication: “Predicting the influence of plate geometry on the eddy-current pendulum”
  • Tim Atherton’s Teaching Highlighted in a Video
  • Physics 12 Video Projects Fall 2015

Recent Blog Posts about Publications

  • SoftMatterTheory Residency at the University of New South Wales 2018
  • New Publication: Computing equilibrium states of cholesteric liquid crystals in elliptical channels with deflation algorithms
  • New publication: “Predicting the influence of plate geometry on the eddy-current pendulum”
  • New publication: “Shape minimisation problems in liquid crystals”
  • New publication: “Competition of lattice and basis for alignment of nematic liquid crystals”

Recent Blog Posts

  • Summer Research in the softmattertheory group
  • Postdoctoral Scholar/Programmer Opportunity
  • Postdoctoral Scholar Job Opportunity
  • New Publication: “Crystal Comets: A Geometric Model for Sculpting Anisotropic Particles from Emulsions”
  • Physics 12 Video Projects Fall 2018

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