Kroo GroupPolymer Science and EngineeringUniversity of Massachusetts Amherst

Kroo Group at SoR 2026

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Kroo Group presentations in chronological order. Exact presentation titles link to the official abstracts.
Date & timePresenter portraitPresentationLocation
13:30–13:50Talk Sai Srivatsa Kumar Ganugapati

Full-field Imaging of Complex Fluids in a Cone-and-Plate Geometry on a Separated-Motor-Transducer Rheometer

Authors: Sai Srivatsa Kumar Ganugapati; George Herring; Laurel A. Kroo

Presenting: Sai Srivatsa Kumar Ganugapati

LocationCopley/KenmoreLobby Level
14:30–14:50Talk Zhaofeng Peng

Evaporation-Driven Arrested Network Self-Assembly in Liquid-Liquid-Phase-Separating Polymeric Fluids

Authors: Zhaofeng Peng; Parker J. Cole; Laurel A. Kroo

Presenting: Zhaofeng Peng

LocationStatlerMezzanine Level (2nd Floor)
13:30–13:50Talk Yoon-Je Choi

Undulatory Transport in Newtonian and Non-Newtonian Fluids: Gait Optimization of Linkage Swimmers beyond Velocity-Maximization

Authors: Yoon-Je Choi; Laurel A. Kroo

Presenting: Yoon-Je Choi

LocationGrand Ballroom AMezzanine Level (2nd Floor)
16:25–16:45Talk Clara Middleton

Onset of Coil-Stretch in Disperse Polymer Solutions

Authors: Clara Middleton; Zhaofeng Peng; Todd Emrick; Laurel A. Kroo

Presenting: Clara Middleton

LocationThe LoftLobby Level
18:30–20:30PosterShared poster session Parker Cole

Influence of formulation on the structure of Rayleigh-Taylor Instabilities in Evaporating Polymer Solutions

Authors: Parker Cole; Zhaofeng Peng; Laurel Kroo

Presenting: Parker Cole (Undergraduate Researcher)

LocationGeorgian/Arlington/Berkeley/ClarendonMezzanine Level (2nd Floor)Poster 53
18:30–20:30PosterShared poster session Zhaofeng Peng

PocketCaBER and PocketDoS: Low-cost open-source tools for teaching and learning advanced topics in fluid mechanics

Authors: Zhaofeng Peng; Lucas Warwaruk; Thomas Livesay; Benjamin M. Yavitt; Randy H. Ewoldt; Gareth H. McKinley; Laurel A. Kroo

Presenting: Zhaofeng Peng

LocationGeorgian/Arlington/Berkeley/ClarendonMezzanine Level (2nd Floor)Poster 87
18:30–20:30PosterShared poster session Sara Watson

Impact of hydrostatic pressure on microstructure and dynamics of dispersed materials

Authors: Sara Watson; Laurel A. Kroo

Presenting: Sara Watson

LocationGeorgian/Arlington/Berkeley/ClarendonMezzanine Level (2nd Floor)Poster 101