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Vivek Sharma
Department of Chemical Engineering,
University of Illinois at Chicago.
810 S. Clinton St., Room 219,
Chicago IL. 60607 USA
phone: (312)-996-5711
fax: (312)-996-0808
email: viveks@uic.edu
www.uic.edu/~viveks
Research Interests
Fizzics (the science of drops, bubbles, emulsions and foams), thin films, surface forces, microfluidics,
Rheology of complex fluids, interfacial & nonlinear flows, extensional rheometry, polymer physics,
Soft matter odes (optics, dynamics, elasticity & self-assembly), structural color in biology, printability.
Education
Post-doc
Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA.
Mechanical Engineering & Hatsopoulos Microfluids Lab (HML)
Advisor: Gareth H. McKinley.
2012
Ph.D.
Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, GA.
Polymers, Materials Science & Engineering, with a Minor in Physics.
Thesis Advisor: Mohan Srinivasarao.
2008
M. S.
Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, GA.
Chemical Engineering, with a Minor in Nonlinear Dynamics & Chaos.
2006
M. S.
University of Akron, Akron, OH.
Polymer Science.
Thesis Advisor: Shi-Qing Wang.
2003
B. Tech.
Indian Institute of Technology, Delhi, India.
Textile Technology, with focus on Polymers & Fiber Science.
2001
Professional Experience
Assistant Professor, Chemical Engineering
University of Illinois, Chicago, IL.
11.12-
Post-doctoral Scholar, Mechanical Engineering
Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA.
09.08-08.12
Chemical Engineering Consultant
1366 Technologies Inc, Lexington, MA.
04.11-10.11
Research Assistant, Materials Science and Engineering
Research Assistant, Center for Nonlinear Science & School of Physics
Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, GA
08.03-09.08
01.04-08.06
Publications
Refereed journal publications (*denotes corresponding author)
1.
Y. Zhang, S. Yilixiati and V. Sharma*, “Domain growth in stratifying foam films: Theory”, in
preparation.
2.
J. Dinic, Y. Zhang, L. N. Jimenez and V. Sharma*, “Extensional Rheology and printability of
dilute polymer solutions”, Under review.
3.
Y. Zhang and V. Sharma*, “Domain growth in stratifying foam films: Experiments”, Soft
Matter, in press.
4.
V. Sharma*, O. Pessinet, T. Ober, A. Soderland, P. Threlfall-Holmes and G. H. McKinley,
“Rheology of aqueous solutions of ethyl-hydroxyethyl cellulose (EHEC) and its
hydrophobically modified analogue, HMEHEC: High shear rate rheology, normal stress,
gelation and Fractional Maxwell model.” Submitted.
5.
B. Keshavarz*, V. Sharma, E. C. Houze, M. R. Koerner, J. R. Moore, P. M. Cotts, P.
Threlfall-Holmes and G. H. McKinley, “Studying the Effects of Elongational Properties on
Atomization of Weakly Viscoelastic Solutions Using Rayleigh Ohnesorge Jetting Extensional
Rheometry (ROJER),” Journal of Non-Newtonian Fluid Mechanics, accepted.
6.
V. Sharma*, S. J. Haward, J. G. Serdy, B. Keshavarz, A. Soderland, P. Threlfall-Holmes and
G. H. McKinley, “The rheology of aqueous solutions of ethyl hydroxy-ethyl cellulose (EHEC)
and its hydrophobically modified analogue (hmEHEC): Extensional flow response in capillary
break-up, jetting (ROJER) and in a cross-clot extensional rheometer.” Soft Matter 11, 32513270 (2015).
7.
V. Sharma, M. Crne, J. O. Park and M. Srinivasarao*, “Bouligand structures underlie
circularly polarized iridescence of scarab beetles: a closer view,” Materials Today:
Proceedings, 1S, 161-171, (2014).
8.
V. Sharma* and G. H. McKinley, “An intriguing empirical rule for estimating the first normal
stress difference from steady shear viscosity data for polymer solutions and melts,”
Rheologica Acta, 51 (6), 487-495 (2012)
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S. J. Haward*, V. Sharma, G. H. McKinley and S. Rahatekar, “Shear and extensional
rheology of cellulose in ionic liquids”, Biomacromolecules, 13, 1688-1699 (2012).
10.
L. Song, V. Sharma, J. O. Park and M. Srinivasarao*, “Characterization of ordered arrays of
micropores in a polymer film,” Soft Matter, 7, 1890-1896 (2011).
11.
S.J. Haward*, V. Sharma and J. A. Odell, “Cross-slot Oscillatory Flow Extensional
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rheometer (COFER) for Low Volumes and Ultra-dilute Complex Fluids,” Soft Matter, 7 (21),
9908-9921 (2011). Published with Cover Image.
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Selected as a highlighted article by Soft Matter & Royal Society of Chemistry.
12.
V. Sharma, A. Jaishankar, Y. Wang and G. H. McKinley*, “Apparent yield stress, interfacial
viscosity and high shear rate viscosity of Bovine Serum Albumin Solutions,” Soft Matter, 7
(11), 5150-5160 (2011).
13.
A. Jaishankar, V. Sharma and G. H. McKinley*, “Apparent bulk yield stress, interfacial creep
ringing and interfacial viscoelasticity of globular protein/surfactant mixtures,” Soft Matter, 7
(17), 7623-7634 (2011).
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M. Crne, V. Sharma, J. Blair, J. O. Park, C. J. Summers and M. Srinivasarao*, “Mimicry of
Papilio Palinurus Butterfly Optical Effects,” EPL, 93 (1), 14001 (2011)
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A. M. Ardekani, V. Sharma and G. H. McKinley*, “Dynamics of bead formation, filament
thinning and breakup in weakly viscoelastic jets,” Journal of Fluid Mechanics, 665, 46-56
(2010).
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V. Sharma, L. Song, R. L. Jones, P. R. Williams and M. Srinivasarao*, “Effect of solvent
choice on breath-figure-templated assembly of ‘holey’ polymer films,” EPL, 91, 38001
(2010).
17.
V. Sharma, M. Crne, J. O. Park and M. Srinivasarao*, “Structural Origin of Circularly
Polarized Iridescence in Jeweled Beetles,” Science, 325, 449-452 (2009).
Research featured in
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Perspective "Evolutionary Photonics with a Twist," Science, 325, 98, (2009).
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Back Scatter," The Chirality of Beetles,” Physics Today, 84, Sept (2009).
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Cell Culture, “Carving Corners,” Cell, 141, 3, 916 (2010).
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NSF webpage, 'audio-visual slides': http://www.nsf.gov/news/newsmedia/beetles/
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Chemical & Engineering News, Technology Review, BBC News, Photonics.com, US News,
NBC News, Yahoo News, Georgia Tech News, Azonano.com, etc.
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V. Sharma, K. Park and M. Srinivasarao*, “Shape Separation of gold nanorods using
centrifugation,” Proceedings of National Academy of Sciences, 106(13), 4981-4985 (2009).
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Press: Featured as research highlight in Analytical Chemistry, April 09, 2009.
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V. Sharma, K. Park and M. Srinivasarao*, “Colloidal dispersion of gold nanorods: Historical
background, optical properties, synthesis, separation and self-assembly,” Material Science
and Engineering Reports, 65, 1-38 (2009). Cover Image
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R.O. Grigoriev*, M.F. Schatz and V. Sharma, “Chaotic mixing in microdroplets,” Lab Chip, 6,
1369-1372 (2006).
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Book Chapters
21.
M. Srinivasarao, M. Crne, V. Sharma and J. O. Park, “Scarab Beetle Iridescence,” McGrawHill 2011 Yearbook of Science and Technology.
22.
M. Srinivasarao, V. Sharma, J. O. Park, M. S. Barrow and P. R. Williams, “Fabrication of
nano/microstructured organic polymer films using condensation: Self-assembly of breath
figures,” in Evaporative self-assembly of ordered complex structures, World Scientific
Publishing Co (Singapore) 2011.
Dissertations
23.
Ph. D. (2008): “Colloidal gold nanorods, iridescent beetles and breath figure-templated
assembly of ordered arrays of pores in polymer films”.
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M. S. (2003): “Rheological study of anomalous modification of Aroclor dynamics by
dissolved 1,2-polybutadiene and the resulting negative intrinsic viscosity”, 2003.
25.
B. Tech. (2001): “Preparation and properties of carbon fibers using PAN-based precursors”.
Teaching Experience
University of Illinois, Chicago, IL
Course ratings and instructor ratings are on a scale from 1(low) to 5 (high)
Fall 2015 CHE410, “Advanced Transport Phenomena” (UG/G)
Spring 2015, “Transport Phenomena II”. (UG: Heat and mass transfer with 71 students)
Course rating: 4.24 Instructor rating: 4.37
Fall 2014, “Chemical Engineering Thermodynamics” (UG: 75 students)
Course rating: 3.96 Instructor rating: 3.94
Spring 2014, “Transport Phenomena II”. (UG: 65 students)
Course rating: 4.25 Instructor rating: 4.46
Fall 2013, “Fizzics & Interfacial Phenomena” (Developed as a new course G+UG; 9+6 students)
Course rating: 4.0 Instructor rating: 4.0
Spring 2013, “Transport Phenomena II”. (UG: 46 students)
Course rating: 4.18 Instructor rating: 4.58
Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA
Spring 2011, Co-instructor with G. H. McKinley, “Macromolecular Hydrodynamics” (G).
Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, GA
2004-2008, Guest Lecturer, in undergraduate and graduate course on “Physical Chemistry of
Polymer Solutions” offered by Prof. Mohan Srinivasarao.
Spring 2006, Instructor, laboratory course (UG) “Structure Properties of Polymers/Fibers”.
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University of Akron, Akron, OH
2001-2002, Teaching Assistant, Polymer Science Laboratory.
2012, Math & Computing Instructor, Upward Bound Summer Program for High school students.
Mentoring Experience
University of Illinois, Chicago, IL
Graduate students supervised
Ph. D. candidates: Yiran Zhang (2012-current, expected 2016), Jelena Dinic (2014-), Subinuer
Yilixiati (2014-), Mohammad Hamza (2015-).
M. S. Project/Thesis: Nallely Jimenez, William Yang, Norman Moreno Moreno, Nguyet Le,
Akshaya S. T. Polaepalli (co-advised with Belinda Akpa).
Alumni (degree, year, employer): Prasanth Narayanan (MS, 2014, CB&I, Houston)
Undergraduates advised and mentored*
*Over forty-five undergraduate students have participated in research projects and mentored
professional development summer programs. Three UG researchers have presented at APS
March Meetings, and six have contributed to talks and posters.
• Undergraduate research assistants (including senior year projects, CHE 392)
Current: Ewelina Wojcik, Hope Ilaza, Madeleine Biagloni, Theodore Walker
Former: Michael Getz, Joseph Guido, Leidy Nallely Jeminez, Vicky Mei, Will-AbbottKlosterman, Collin Pearsall, Sandy Younan, Molly Somploski, Ethan Rendlen, Jana Rush,
Anwar Beker.
• Mentored Professional Development Program for Future Chemical Engineers, 2015 & Applied
Soft-Matter Summer Undergraduate Research Experience (ASSURE 2015): Adam Burshan,
Owen Beale, Diana Bernatek, Madeleine Biagloni, Andrew Castille, Afolabi George, Jane
Gomero, Arwa Hasan, Mariglen Isufi, Andrei Ivanov, Alvin Lee, Leah Klein, Cesar Moreno,
Andrew Rasmussen, Rabees Rafiq, Jana Rush, Brooke Seger, Jasmine Siler, Zachary
Villwock, Theodore Walker, Ewelina Wojcik and Shirley Xiao.
• Chancellor Undergraduate Research Award (CURA): Will-Abbott-Klosterman and Joe Guido.
• Mentored Professional Development Program for Future Chemical Engineers, 2014 & Applied
Soft-Matter Summer Undergraduate Research Experience (ASSURE 2014): Will-AbbottKlosterman, Jana Rush, Ewelina Wojcik, Paulina Szadkowska, Aesha Talia, Arwa Hasan,
Pedro Lopez, Omatseye Ugen, Kerolos Gadallah, Swaroop Bhagavatula, Mickey Getz, Anwar
Beker, Adam Lewis, Steven Kowinski, Anthony Tapanand, Vicky Mei, Mariglen Isufi, Diana
Bernatek, Cesar Moreno & Nick Kowolski.
• Interns from Guaranteed Freshman Internship Program (Summer 2014): Mariglen Isufi, Diana
Bernatek, Cesar Moreno and Nick Kowolski.
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• Undergraduate Alumni (current employment/position): Collin Pearsall (HDI-Gerling America
Insurance Company, Chicago), Steven Priest, Sandy Younan (NALCO EcoLab, Chicago),
Nallely Jimenez (UIC-Chemical Engineering; MS student), Molly Somploski (Peoples Gas,
Chicago), Ethan Rendlen, Michael Getz (Graduate student, UCSD), Theodore Walker
(Graduate Program, University of Wisconsin-Madison), Joseph Guido (EN Engineering, San
Francisco), Vicky Mei (UIC-Chemical Engineering; MS student).
High School Student Intern
Vivek Vermani, Summer 2014.
Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA
Research Mentor for Olivia Pessinet (summer intern), Aditya Jaishankar & Ken Park (graduate
students) & Mike Wheeler (a high school student intern)
Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, GA
Research Mentor: Sai M. Gogineni, undergraduate student.
Professional Service
Conferences and meetings
1)
Session chair and organizer, Interfacial & Nonlinear Flows I & II, AIChE Annual Meeting,
Salt Lake City, Utah 2015
2)
Session chair, Emulsions & Foams, APS March Meeting, APS March Meeting, San Antonio,
TX 2015
3)
Session chair and organizer, Interfacial and Nonlinear Flows I & II, AIChE Annual Meeting,
Atlanta, GA 2014
4)
Session chair and organizer, Spectroscopic & Imaging Methods in Interfacial Phenomena,
ACS Fall Meeting, San Francisco, 2014.
5)
Session chair, Focus Session: Microfluidics and Nanofluidics IV: Hydrodynamics,
Separations and Slip, APS March Meeting, Denver, 2014.
6)
Session chair and organizer, Interfacial and Nonlinear Flows, AIChE Annual Meeting, San
Francisco, 2013
7)
Program chair, Non-Newtonian Flows, Society of Rheology (SOR) Annual Meeting,
Montreal, Canada, 2013.
8)
Session chair, Dynamics of Nanostructured Polymers, ACS Fall Meeting, Denver CO 2011.
9)
Session chair, Jets and wakes. APS DFD Meeting, Long Beach, CA. 2010.
10)
Session chair, New experimental, theoretical and computational methods in polymer and
soft matter physics. APS March Meeting, Portland, OR. 2010.
Reviewer (Panels)
National Science Foundation (6)
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Reviewer (Journals)
Soft Matter, Journal of Fluid Mechanics, Physical Review Letters, Advanced Materials,
Journal of Rheology, Physical Review E, International Journal of Multiphase Flow,
Applied Rheology, Macromolecules, Lab Chip, RSC Advances, Rheologica Acta,
Polymer Chemistry, Experiments in Fluids, Chemical Communications.
Professional Affiliations: Member
American Physical Society (DPOLY, DFD & GSOFT), American Institute of Chemical Engineers
American Chemical Society, Society of Rheology
Department, College, University of Illinois at Chicago Service (11.12-current)
Member of the graduate committee, chemical engineering (2014-current)
Undergraduate academic advising (>25 each semester)
Member, graduate thesis committee (Student, Degree, Year, Adviser, Department):
• Priyanka Oroskar (Ph. D. ongoing, Sohail Murad, Chem. Eng.)
• Kevin Hinkle (Ph. D. ongoing, Sohail Murad, Chem. Eng.)
• Mary Ye Tang (Ph. D. ongoing, Richard Gemeinhart, Biopharmaceutical Sci.)
• Ruzica Todorovic (Ph. D. ongoing, Randall Meyer, Chem. Eng.)
• George Zhang (M. S. 2015, Randall Meyer, Chem. Eng.)
• Adam Schuman (Ph. D. 2015, Mark Schlossman, Physics)
• Ross Ransom (M. S. 2013, Ying Liu, Chem. Eng.)
• Yuan Zhang (M. S. 2013, Ying Liu, Chem. Eng.)
Honors/Awards
• Selected/ invited to attend “APS Opportunities in Energy Research Workshop”, Portland, OR.
2010
• Chair’s travel award, “Gordon Research Conference - Polymer Physics”. 2006
• Travel grant, for ACS 6th National Graduate Research Polymer Conference, UMASS,
Amherst. 2005
• Fellowship for ACS PRF Summer School on Nanoparticle Materials, Ypsilanti, MI, June 2004
• Chair’s travel award, “Gordon Research Conference - Polymer Physics”. 2004
• National Talent Scholarship (NTSE): Awarded by National Council for Educational Research
and Training, (NCERT), India to the top 750 students selected by a series of nationwide
examinations. 1995-2001
• Himachal Pradesh State Scholarship for Undergraduate Study in Engineering awarded for
securing 3rd rank in the H. P. Engineering Entrance Examination. 1997-2001
• National Science Talent Scholarship, awarded by Universal Trust. 1996 & 1997
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Presentations
Invited Speaker
1.
“Drainage and Stratification Kinetics of Foam Films”, Mechanical Engineering, University of
Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Oct 2014.
2.
“Kinetics of Drainage and Stratification in Foam Films”, Industrial Partnership for Research in
Interfacial and Materials Engineering (I-PRIME), University of Minnesota, May 2014.
3.
"Rheology and Fizzics of Protein-Surfactant Mixtures", Department of Biopharmaceutical
Sciences, University of Illinois at Chicago, September 2013.
4.
"Jetting of complex fluids: Associative polymers as rheology modifiers", Department of
Mechanical Engineering, Tufts University, August 2012.
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“To bounce or not to bounce: drop impact of complex fluids on textured surfaces,” Squishy
Physics, Harvard University, July 2012.
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“Functional soft materials for jetting and spraying applications: associative polymers as
rheology modifiers,” Department of Chemical Engineering, University of Illinois, Chicago May
2012.
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“Optics, dynamics, elasticity and self-assembly (ODES) of complex fluids and functional soft
materials,” Shiv Nadar University, Noida, India. April 2012.
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“To bounce or not to bounce: drop impact of complex fluids on textured surfaces,” Brown
University, April 2012.
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“Functional soft materials for jetting and spraying applications: associative polymers as
rheology modifiers,” Department of Chemical Engineering, Stanford University, March 2012.
10.
“Designing complex fluids for jetting and spraying applications: associative polymers as
rheology modifiers,” Department of Chemical Engineering, California Institute of Technology,
Pasadena, CA, Feb 2012.
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“Functional soft materials for jetting and spraying applications: associative polymers as
rheology modifiers,” Department of Materials Science & Engineering, University of Illinois at
Urbana-Champaign, Feb 2012.
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“Functional soft materials for jetting and spraying applications: associative polymers as
rheology modifiers,” Mechanical Engineering, Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, GA,
Feb 2012.
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“Functional soft materials for jetting and spraying applications: associative polymers as
rheology modifiers,” Chemical Engineering, Rensselaer Polytechnique Institute, Troy, NY
March 2012.
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“Jetting, spraying and spinning complex fluids,” AkzoNobel Slough, UK. Dec 2011
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“Jetting, spraying and spinning complex fluids,” IIT Delhi, New Delhi, India. Dec 2011
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“Jetting of complex fluids,” Lilliputian Systems Inc, Wilmington, MA. Nov 2011.
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“Drop impact dynamics of complex fluids on dry, textured surfaces,” Physical Math,
Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA Fall 2011.
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“Rheology of globular proteins: Apparent yield stress & interfacial viscoelasticity of bovine
serum albumin solutions,” ACS Meeting, Denver, CO 2011.
19.
“Capillary break-up during jetting of weakly viscoelastic fluids,” Nanotech Conference and
Expo 2011, Boston 2011.
20.
“Life and death of a weakly viscoelastic jet: from fluid mechanics to rheometry,” Chemical
Engineering, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD Spring & Fall 2011.
21.
“Life and death of a weakly viscoelastic jet: from fluid mechanics to rheometry,” Schlumberger
Doll Research Center, Cambridge, MA 2011.
22.
“Rheology of globular proteins: Apparent yield stress and interfacial viscoelasticity of bovine
serum albumin solutions,” MedImmune Inc, Gaithersburg, MD 2011.
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“Rheology of globular proteins: Apparent yield stress and interfacial viscoelasticity of bovine
serum albumin solutions,” National Institute of Standards in Technology (NIST), Gaithersburg,
MD 2011.
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“Life and death of a weakly viscoelastic jet: from fluid mechanics to rheometry,” Physical
Math, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA Spring 2011.
25.
“Life and death of a weakly viscoelastic jet: from fluid mechanics to rheometry,” Chemical
Engineering, University of Massachusetts, Amherst, MA 2011.
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“Soft Matter ODES: From life and death of a weakly viscoelastic jet to the structured color of
jeweled beetles,” Physics, Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, GA. 2011
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“Soft Matter ODES: From life and death of a weakly viscoelastic jet to the structured color of
jeweled beetles,” Harvard Squishy Physics. 2010
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“Spraying of Complex Fluids: Structural Color and Capillary Break- up,” Procter and Gamble
(P&G), Darmstadt, Germany. 2010.
Fizzics and Rheology of Complex Fluids: presentations contributed with students at UIC
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Y. Zhang, S. Yilixiati and V. Sharma, (Oral - VS) AIChE Annual Meeting, Salt Lake City, UT.
2015.
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S. Yilixiati, Y. Zhang and V. Sharma, (Oral - VS) AIChE Annual Meeting, Salt Lake City, UT.
2015.
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J. Dinic, L. N. Jimenez and V. Sharma, (Oral - VS) AIChE Annual Meeting, Salt Lake City, UT.
2015.
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J. Dinic, L. N. Jimenez and V. Sharma, (Poster - VS) AIChE Annual Meeting, Salt Lake City,
UT. 2015.
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J. Dinic, L. N. Jimenez and V. Sharma, (Oral - VS) ACS Colloids, Pittsburg, PA. 2015.
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Y. Zhang, S. Yilixiati and V. Sharma, (Oral - VS) ACS Colloids, Pittsburg, PA. 2015.
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Y. Zhang, S. Yilixiati and V. Sharma, (Oral - YZ) APS March Meeting, San Antonio, TX. 2014.
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S. Yilixiati, Y. Zhang and V. Sharma, (Oral - SY) APS March Meeting, San Antonio, TX. 2014.
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J. Dinic, L. N. Jimenez, V. Mei, Y. Zhang and V. Sharma, (Oral - JD) APS March Meeting, San
Antonio, TX. 2014.
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E. Wojcik, S, Yilixiai, W. Abbott-Klostermann and V. Sharma (Oral - EW) APS March Meeting,
San Antonio, TX. 2014.
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T. Walker, W. Abbott-Klostermann, P. Narayanan and V. Sharma (Oral - TW) APS March
Meeting, San Antonio, TX. 2014.
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S. Yilixiati, E. Wojcik, Y. Zhang, C. Pearsall and Vivek Sharma (Poster - SY) APS March
Meeting, San Antonio, TX. 2014.
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V. Sharma, Y. Zhang and S. Yilixiati, (Oral - VS) APS March Meeting, San Antonio, TX. 2014.
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Y. Zhang, S. Yilixiati and V. Sharma, (Oral - VS) ACS Fall Meeting, San Francisco, CA. 2014.
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Y. Zhang, S. Yilixiati and V. Sharma, (Oral - VS) AIChE Annual Meeting, Atlanta GA. Nov
2014.
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Y. Zhang, S. Yilixiati and V. Sharma, (Oral - YZ) 2014 Midwest Thermodynamics and
Statistical Mechanics Conference, Chicago, IL June 2014
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Y. Zhang, S. Yilixiati and V. Sharma, (Oral - YZ) Society of Rheology Annual Meeting,
Philadelphia, PA. Oct 2014
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C. Pearsall, Y. Zhang, J. Rush and V. Sharma, (Oral - CP) APS Annual Meeting, Denver, CO
2014.
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Y. Zhang, and V. Sharma, (Oral - YZ) APS Annual Meeting, Denver, CO 2014
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C. Pearsall, Y. Zhang, J. Rush and V. Sharma, (Poster) Society of Rheology, Annual Meeting,
Montreal, Canada. 2013
Interfacial Rheology of Globular Proteins, Surfactants and Complex Fluids
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V. Sharma (Oral –VS) Biological and Pharmaceutical Complex Fluids II: Novel Trends in
Characterizing Interactions, Microstructure and Rheology, Durham, NC 2014.
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V. Sharma, A. Jaishankar and G. H. McKinley, (Oral- VS) AIChE Annual Meeting,
Minneapolis, MN. 2011
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A. Jaishankar, V. Sharma and G. H. McKinley, (Oral – AJ) Society of Rheology (SOR) Annual
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Meeting, Cleveland, OH. 2011
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A. Jaishankar, V. Sharma and G. H. McKinley, (Oral – AJ) American Chemical Society (ACS)
Colloids Meeting, Montreal, Canada. 2011
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V. Sharma, A. Jaishankar and G. H. McKinley, (Oral) American Physical Society (APS) March
Meeting, Dallas, TX. 2011
Nonlinear Viscoelasticity of Complex Fluids
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V. Sharma, (Oral) Society of Rheology Meeting, Montreal, Canada. 2013
V. Sharma (Oral), AICHE Annual Meeting, San Francisco, CA. 2013
V. Sharma and G. H. McKinley, (Oral) APS March Meeting, Baltimore, MD. 2013
Extensional Rheology of Complex Fluids, Rayleigh-Ohnesorge Jetting Extensional Rheometry
(ROJER), Dynamics of Associative Cellulose Ethers & Spinnability of Cellulose/Ionic Liquids
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V. Sharma, S. J. Haward, P. Threlfall-Holmes and G. H. McKinley, (Oral) AICHE Annual
Meeting, Pittsburg, PA. 2012
G. H. McKinley, V. Sharma, B. Keshavarz, E. C. Houze, P. M. Cotts, J. R. Moore and M. T.
Pottinger, (Oral - GHM) International Congress of Rheology (ICR), Lisbon, Portugal. 2012
S. J. Haward, V. Sharma, G. H. McKinley and S. S. Rahatekar, (Poster) International
Congress of Rheology (ICR), Lisbon, Portugal. 2012
V. Sharma, S. J. Haward, P. Threlfall-Holmes and G. H. McKinley, (Oral) APS March Meeting,
Boston, MA, 2012
S. J. Haward, V. Sharma, G. H. McKinley and S. S. Rahatekar, (Poster) British Society of
Rheology Midwinter Meeting, UCL, London. 2012
S. J. Haward, V. Sharma and J. A. Odell, (Poster) British Society of Rheology Midwinter
Meeting, UCL, London. 2012
V. Sharma, J. Serdy, P. Threlfall-Holmes and G. H. McKinley, (Oral) APS DFD, Baltimore, MD.
2011
S. J. Haward, V. Sharma and J. A. Odell, (Oral-SJH) Annual European Rheology Conference
(AERC), Suzdal, Russia. 2012
V. Sharma, A. M. Ardekani, J. Serdy, P. Thelfrall-Holmes and G. H. McKinley, (Oral) MRS Fall
Meeting, Boston, MA. 2010
V. Sharma, J. Serdy, P. Threlfall-Holmes and G. H. McKinley, (Poster) APS DFD, Long Beach,
CA. 2010
V. Sharma, A. M. Ardekani, J. Serdy, P. Thelfrall-Holmes and G. H. McKinley, (Oral) AICHE
Annual Meeting, Utah. 2010
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A. M. Ardekani, V. Sharma and G. H. McKinley, (Oral-AMA) SOR Meeting, Santa Fe. 2010
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V. Sharma, A. M. Ardekani and G. H. McKinley, (Plenary-Oral - GHM) 5th Pacific Rim
Conference on Rheology, Sapporo, Kakkaido, Japan. 2010
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A. M. Ardekani, V. Sharma and G. H. McKinley, (Oral-AMA) 16th US National Congress of
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Theoretical and Applied Mechanics, State College, PA. 2010
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A. M. Ardekani, V. Sharma and G. H. McKinley, (Oral-AMA) 16th International Workshop on
Numerical Methods for Non-Newtonian Flows, IWNMNF-2010, Northampton, MA. 2010
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V. Sharma, J. Serdy, P. Thelfrall-Holmes and G. H. McKinley, (Oral) APS March Meeting,
Portland, OR. 2010
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V. Sharma, J. Serdy, P. K. Bhattacharya and G. H. McKinley, (Oral) Society of Rheology
Meeting, Madison, WI. 2009
74.
V. Sharma, A. M. Ardekani, J. Serdy, P. K. Bhattacharya, P. Thelfrall-Holmes and G. H.
McKinley, (Poster) Society of Rheology Meeting, Madison, WI. 2009.
Drop Impact Dynamics
75.
V. Sharma, K.–C. Park, R. E. Cohen and G. H. McKinley, (Oral) AICHE Annual Meeting,
Pittsburg, PA. 2012
76.
K. –C. Park, V. Sharma, R. E. Cohen and G. H. McKinley, (Oral - KP) APS March Meeting,
Boston MA. 2012
77.
K.–C. Park, V. Sharma, R. E. Cohen and G. H. McKinley, (Poster) APS Division of Fluids
Dynamics Meeting, Baltimore, MD. 2012
78.
K.–C. Park, V. Sharma, R. E. Cohen and G. H. McKinley, (Oral - KP) APS Division of Fluids
Dynamics Meeting, Baltimore, MD. 2012
79.
V. Sharma, K. –C. Park, R. E. Cohen and G. H. McKinley, (Oral) AICHE Annual Meeting,
Minneapolis, MN. 2011
80.
K.–C. Park, V. Sharma, R. E. Cohen and G. H. McKinley, (Oral - GHM) 18th Ostwald
Kolloqium, Mainz Germany. 2011
Optics, Dynamics, Elasticity and Self-assembly (ODES) in Soft Materials
81.
V. Sharma, (Meet the Faculty Poster), AICHE Annual Meeting, Minneapolis, MN. 2011
82.
V. Sharma, (Meet the Faculty Poster), AICHE Annual Meeting, Salt Lake City, UT. 2010
Breath Figure Templated Assembly of Ordered Arrays of Pores in Polymer Films
83.
M. Srinivasarao, J. O. Park and Vivek Sharma (Oral / Invited- MS), Pioneers in Soft Matter
Science, KAIST, South Korea. 2012
84.
V. Sharma and M. Srinivasarao, (Oral) AICHE Annual Meeting, Utah. 2010
85.
M. Srinivasarao, J. O. Park and Vivek Sharma (Oral / Invited- MS) MRS 2010 Spring Meeting,
San Francisco, CA. 2010
86.
V. Sharma, L. Song and M. Srinivasarao, (Poster) APS DFD, Long Beach, CA. 2010
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87.
M. Srinivasarao, V. Sharma and Matija Crne (Oral - MS) APS March Meeting, Portland, OR.
2010
88.
V. Sharma and M. Srinivasarao, (Poster) APS March Meeting, Portland, OR. 2010
89.
V. Sharma and M. Srinivasarao, (Oral) APS March Meeting, Pittsburgh, PA. 2009
90.
V. Sharma and M. Srinivasarao, (Poster) APS March Meeting, Pittsburgh, PA. 2009
91.
V. Sharma and M. Srinivasarao, (Oral) 41st New England Complex Fluids Workshop, Harvard
University, Cambridge, MA. Dec, 2008
92.
V. Sharma and M. Srinivasarao, (Oral) APS March Meeting, New Orleans, LA. 2008
93.
M. Srinivasarao and V. Sharma, (Oral - MS) APS March Meeting, New Orleans, LA. 2008
94.
V. Sharma, S. M. Gogineni, M. Crne and M. Srinivasarao, (Poster) APS March Meeting, New
Orleans, LA. 2008
95.
V. Sharma and M. Srinivasarao, (Poster) APS March Meeting, New Orleans, LA. 2008
96.
V. Sharma and M. Srinivasarao, (Oral) APS March Meeting, Denver, CO. 2007
97.
V. Sharma and M. Srinivasarao, (Oral) ACS March Meeting, Chicago, IL. 2007
98.
V. Sharma and M. Srinivasarao, (Poster) Gordon Research Conference: Polymer Physics,
New London, CT. 2006
Biophotonics/Optics: Structural color in beetles and butterflies
99.
M. Srinivasarao, J. O. Park, M. Crne and V. Sharma, (Invited - MS) Living Light '14, Namur,
Belgium.
100.
M. Srinivasarao, J. O. Park, M. Crne and V. Sharma, (Invited - MS) European Conference on
Liquid Crystals, Slovenia 2011
101.
V. Sharma, M. Crne, J.O. Park, and M. Srinivasarao, (Oral) MRS Fall Meeting, Boston, MA.
2010
102.
M. Crne, V. Sharma, J.O. Park, and M. Srinivasarao, (Oral) APS March Meeting, Portland,
OR. 2010
103.
M. Srinivasarao, J. O. Park, M. Crne and V. Sharma, (Plenary - MS) Chirality-2009,
Breckenridge, CO 2009
104.
J.O. Park, V. Sharma, M. Crne and M. Srinivasarao, (Oral - JOP) APS March Meeting,
Pittsburgh, PA. 2009
105.
M. Srinivasarao, M. Crne, V. Sharma, J. Blair, J. O. Park and C. J. Summers. (Oral - MS) APS
March Meeting, Pittsburgh, PA. 2009
106.
M. Crne, V. Sharma, J. O. Park and M. Srinivasarao, (Poster) Biaxial Symposium 2008, Kent
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State University, Kent, OH. Oct, 2008
107.
M. Crne, S. Malladi, V. Sharma, J. O. Park and M. Srinivasarao (Poster) Iridescence: More
than meets the eye, Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ. Feb 2008
Colloidal Gold Nanorods: Hydrodynamics, Optics & Pattern formation
108.
M. Srinivasarao, K. Park and V. Sharma, (Oral - MS) MRS Spring Meeting, San Francisco,
CA. April, 2006
109.
V. Sharma and M. Srinivasarao, (Oral) ACS National Meeting, Atlanta, GA. March, 2006
110.
K. Park, V. Sharma and M. Srinivasarao, (Poster) ACS National Meeting, Atlanta, GA. 2006
111.
V. Sharma and M. Srinivasarao, (Oral) ACS National Meeting, Atlanta, GA. March, 2006
112.
K. Park, V. Sharma and M. Srinivasarao. (Oral - MS) APS March Meeting, Baltimore, MD.
2006
113.
V. Sharma, K. Park and M. Srinivasarao, (Poster) 6th Liquid Matter conference, Utrecht, The
Netherlands. July, 2005
114.
V. Sharma, K. Park and M. Srinivasarao, (Oral) 6th National Graduate Research Polymer
Conference, UMASS Amherst, MA. June, 2005
115.
K. Park, V. Sharma, M. A. El-Sayed and M. Srinivasarao, (Oral - KWP) 79th ACS Colloid and
Surface Science Symposium, Potsdam, NY. June, 2005
116.
V. Sharma, K. Park and M. Srinivasarao, (Oral) APS March Meeting, Los Angeles, CA. 2005
117.
V. Sharma, K. W. Park and M. Srinivasarao, (Poster) 6th Liquid Matter Conference, Utrecht,
The Netherlands. July, 2005
Rheological Behavior of Slide Ring Gels
118.
V. Sharma, J. S. Park, J. O. Park and M. Srinivasarao, (Oral) APS March Meeting, Baltimore,
MD. 2006
Opto-Microfluidics: Chaotic Mixing in Microdroplets
119.
E. Greco, V. Sharma, M. F. Schatz and R. O. Grigoriev, (Poster) 1st Annual Graduate Student
Symposium, Atlanta, GA. March, 2005
120.
V. Sharma, M. F. Schatz, M. Srinivasarao and R. O. Grigoriev, (Poster) APS March Meeting,
Los Angeles, CA. 2005
121.
V. Sharma, M. F. Schatz, M. Srinivasarao and R. O. Grigoriev, (Poster) Gordon Research
Conference on Polymer Physics, New London, CT. August, 2004.
122.
V. Sharma, R. O. Grigoriev, M. Srinivasarao and M. F. Schatz, (Oral) APS Division of Fluid
Dynamics 57th Annual Meeting, Seattle, WA. Nov 2004
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123.
V. Sharma, R. O. Grigoriev, M. Srinivasarao and M. F. Schatz, (Poster) ACS PRF Summer
School on Nanoparticle Materials, Ypsilanti, MI. June, 2004.
Literary Activities
Publications
• Book: “Saga of a Crumpled Piece of Paper” (63 Poems) Writers Workshop, Calcutta, 2009.
• Journals: Selected list: (English >60 published) Poetry; The Cortland Review; Atlanta Review;
Bateau; Mythium; Muse India; Reading Hour; Breakwater Review; Nefarious Bellarina; The
Ghazal Page, etc (Hindi) Aakhar; Himachal Mitra; etc.
• Newspaper articles and poetry in Hindi: Divya Himachal & Hill Post, India (2007-2010).
Honors/Awards
• Nominated for Pushcart Prize in poetry, 2008.
• Awarded scholarship (3 times) to present poetry & attend 13th, 14th & 15th Sarah Lawrence
Summer Seminar for Writers, New York, in 2006, 2007 & 2008.
• Shortlisted for the Muse India Young Writer Award 2011 (among seven finalists, all poets
under 35).
Poetry Recitals
Hindi
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14th Annual India Poetry Reading, Harvard University, Cambridge. May 2010
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12th Annual India Poetry Reading, Harvard University, Cambridge. May 2009
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Shaam-e-shauq (Invited), Monkey Town, Brooklyn, New York. March 2009
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Hindi Urdu Sanjhe Bol, Emory University, Atlanta. Dec 2007
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Hasya Kavi Sammelan, IIT Delhi. 2000
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Hindi Divas, IIT Delhi (1997-2001)
English
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Kriti festival, Chicago, 2014
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Poetry@Tech Reading featuring Jeffrey McDaniel, Jon Sands and Vivek Sharma. Tech Arts
Festival, Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta. Feb 20, 2014. Recording available (with an
introduction by Thomas Lux): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=goDQFrQaSB0
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Open Mike readings, various (including Rhino reads in Chicago).
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Artists Beyond Desks (ABD) series at Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT),
Cambridge, MA 2010. (Solo reading, invited)
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Bay state underground series, 2010. (invited)
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Summer Seminar for Writers at Sarah Lawrence College, New York (2006, 2007 & 2008)
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