Publications

2024

Journal Publications

  • Diez, J.A.; González, A.G.; and Kondic, L., On dewetting and concentration evolution of thin binary fluid films, J. Fluid Mech., 999, A55, (2024)

  • Allaire, R.; Cummings, L. J.; and Kondic, L., Using Thermal Crowding to Direct Pattern Formation on the Nanoscale, Phys. Rev. Lett., 133, 214003, (2024)

  • K. Taghizadeh, S. Luding, R. Basak, L. Kondic, Understanding slow compression of frictional granular particles by network analysis, Soft Matter, 20, 6440-6457, (2024)

  • L. Kovalcinova, A. Taranto, and L. Kondic, Properties of interaction networks in compressed two and three dimensional particulate systems, Granu. Matter, 26, 1-15, (2024)

Selected Poster Presentations

  • E. Dagdelen, L. Cummings, L. Kondic, J. Jaquette, M. Illingworth, Understanding Fluid Flux: Topological Data Analysis of Porous Media, SIAM Conference on Mathematics of Data Science, NJIT

2023

Journal Publications

  • R. Basak, R. Kozlowski, L.A. Pugnaloni, M. Kramar, J.E. Socolar, C.M. Carlevaro, and L. Kondic, Evolution of force networks during stick-slip motion of an intruder in a granular material: Topological measures extracted from experimental data, Phys. Rev. E, 108, 054903, (2023)

  • M. J. Taranchuk, L. J. Cummings, T. A. Driscoll, and R. J. Braun, Extensional flow of a free film of nematic liquid crystal with moderate elasticity, Phys. Fluids, 35, 062113, (2023)

  • P. Bretz, L. Kondic, and M. Kramar, Stochastic methods for slip prediction in a sheared granular system, Phys. Rev. E, 107, 054901, (2023)

  • B. Gu, L. Kondic, and L. J. Cummings, Flow through pore-size graded membrane pore network, Phys. Rev. Fluids, 8, 044502, (2023)

Selected Poster Presentations

  • M. Illingworth, L. Kondic, L. J. Cummings, and B. Gu, Correlating Topology anad Performance of Membrane Filter Pore Networks, SIAM-NNP 2023, NJIT

  • M. Fasano, L. J. Cummings, and L. Kondic, Phase Separation in Binary Mixture via Conservative Volume Force, SIAM-NNP 2023, NJIT

  • J. D'Addesa, L. Kondic, L. J. Cummings, Stability and Collapse of Holes in Liquid Layers with Vibrations, SIAM-NNP 2023, NJIT

  • L. Kondic, R. Allaire, L. J. Cummings, Laser Heating and Melting of Metals on Nanoscale: Breakup of Metal Filaments, IHTC 2023, Cape Town, South Africa

2022

Journal Publications

  • D. C. Venerus, O. Machabeli, D. Bushiri, S. M. Arzideh, Evidence for chaotic behavior during the yielding of a soft particle glass, Phys. Rev. L., 129, 068002, (2022)

  • D. N. Simavilla, V. Ramakrishnan, S. K. Smoukov, D. C. Venerus, Experimental Investigation of Anomalous Molecular Probe Diffusion in Entangled Polymer Melts, Soft Matter, 18, 6200-6208, (2022)

  • Y. X. Sun, L. Kondic, L. J. Cummings, Filtration with Multiple Species of Particles., Transport in Porous Media, 11, 12, (2022)

  • R. H. Allaire, L. J. Cummings, L. Kondic., Influence of thermal effects on the breakup of thin films of nanometric thickness, Phys. Rev. Fluids, 7, 064001, (2022)

  • B. Gu; L. Kondic; and L.J. Cummings, Network-based membrane filters: Influence of network and pore size variability on filtration performance, Journal of Membrane Science, 657, 120668, (2022)

  • B. Gu, L. Kondic, L.J. Cummings, A Graphical Representation of Membrane Filtration, SIAM Journal on Applied Mathematics, 82, 950-975, (2022)

  • L. A. Pugnaloni, C. M. Carlevaro, R. Kozlowski, H. Zheng, L. Kondic, J. E. S. Socolar, Universal features of the stick-slip dynamics of an intruder moving through a confined granular medium, Phys. Rev. E, 105, L042902, (2022)

  • M. Kramár, C. Cheng, R. Basak, and L. Kondic, On intermittency in sheared granular systems, Soft Matter, 18, 3583-3593, (2022)

  • S. Luding, K. Taghizadeh, C. Cheng, and L. Kondic, Understanding slow compression and decompression of frictionless soft granular matter by network analysis, Soft Matter, 18, 1868-1884, (2022)

Selected Poster Presentations

  • L. Kondic, E. Mema and L. Cummings, Dielectrowetting of a thin nematic liquid crystal layer, 9th International Symposium on Bifurcation and Instabilities in Fluid Dynamics (BIFD), Groningen, Netherlands

PhD Theses

  • Binan Gu, Stochastic modeling of flows in membrane pore networks, Advisors: L. Cummings, L. Kondic

2021

Journal Publications

  • M. A. Lam, B. Khusid, L. Kondic, and W. V. Meyer, Role of diffusion in crystallization of hard-sphere colloids, Phys. Rev. E, 104, 054607, (2021)

  • T-S, Lin; Dijksman,J. A.; and Kondic,L., Thin liquid films in a funnel, Journal of Fluid Mechanics, 924, A26:1-A26:22, (2021)

  • L. Kondic and L.J. Cummings, Instabilities of nematic liquid crystal films, Current Opinion in Colloid & Interface Science, 55, 101478, (2021)

  • R, Basak, C. M. Carlevaro, R. Kozlowski, C. Cheng, L. A. Pugnaloni, M. Kramár, H. Zheng, J. E. S. Socolar, and L. Kondic, Two Approaches to Quantification of Force Networks in Particulate Systems, J. Eng. Mech., 147, 04021100, (2021)

  • E. Mema, L. Kondic, L. J. Cummings, Dielectrowetting of a thin nematic liquid crystal layer, Phys. Rev. E, 103, 032702, (2021)

  • M. Kramár, L. Kovalcinova, K. Mischaikow, and L. Kondic, Quantitative measure of memory loss in complex spatiotemporal systems, Chaos: An Interdisciplinary Journal of Nonlinear Science, 31, 033126, (2021)

  • L. Hauer, W. S. Y Wong, V. Donadei, K.I. Hegner, L. Kondic, and D. Vollmer, How Frost Forms and Grows on Lubricated Micro- and Nanostructured Surfaces, ACS Nano, 15, 4658-4668, (2021)

  • R. H. Allaire, L. Kondic, L. J. Cummmings, P. Rack, and M. Fuentes-Cabrera, The Role of Phase Separation on Rayleigh-Plateau Type Instabilities in Alloys, J. Phys. Chem. C, 125, , (2021)

  • A. U. Oza and D. C. Venerus, The dynamics of parallel-plate and cone–plate flows, Physics of Fluids, 33, 023102, (2021)

  • J. A. Diez, A. G. González, D. A. Garfinkel, P. Rack, J. T. McKeown, and L. Kondic, Simultaneous Decomposition and Dewetting of Nanoscale Alloys: A Comparison of Experiment and Theory, Langmuir, 37, 2575-2585, (2021)

  • R. H. Allaire, L. J. Cummings, and L. Kondic, On efficient asymptotic modelling of thin films on thermally conductive substrates, Journal of Fluid Mechanics, 915, A133, (2021)

  • C. Cheng, A. Z. Aghil, and L. Kondic, Correlating the force network evolution and dynamics in slider experiments, EPJ Web Conf., 249, 02007, (2021)

Selected Poster Presentations

  • Y. Sun, L. Kondic, L. J. Cummings, Filtration with Multiple Species of Particles, InterPore 2021, Online

PhD Theses

  • Yixuan Sun, Modeling and design optimization for membrane filters, Advisors: L. Cummings, L. Kondic,

  • Chao Cheng, Intermittent dynamics of dense particulate matter, Advisor: L. Kondic

  • Ryan Allaire, Modeling Dewetting, Demixing, and Thermal Effects in Nanoscale Metal Films, Advisors: L. Kondic, L. Cummings

2020

Journal Publications

  • J. W. M. Bush and A. U. Oza, Hydrodynamic quantum analogs, Reports on Progress in Physics, 84, 017001, (2020)

  • M.-A. Y.-H. Lam, L. Kondic, and L. J. Cummings, Effects of spatially-varying substrate anchoring on instabilities and dewetting of thin nematic liquid crystal films, Soft Matter, 16, 10187-10197, (2020)

  • L. Barnes, G. Pucci, and A. U. Oza, Resonant interactions in bouncing droplet chains, Comptes Rendus. Mécanique, 348, 573--589, (2020)

  • L. Kondic, A. G. González, J. A. Diez, J. D. Fowlkes, and P. Rack, Liquid-State Dewetting of Pulsed-Laser-Heated Nanoscale Metal Films and Other Geometries, Annual Review of Fluid Mechanics, 52, 235-262, (2020)

  • S. Shah, C. Cheng, P. Jalali, and L. Kondic, Failure of confined granular media due to pullout of an intruder: from force networks to a system wide response, Soft Matter, 16, 7685, (2020)

  • B. Gu, D. Renaud, P. Sanaei, L. Kondic, and L. J. Cummings, On the influence of pore connectivity on performance of membrane filters, Journal of Fluid Mechanics, 902, A5, (2020)

  • Y. Sun, P. Sanaei, L. Kondic, and L. J. Cummings, Modeling and design optimization for pleated membrane filters, Physical Review Fluids, 5, 044306, (2020)

  • M. Gameiro, A. Singh, L. Kondic, K . Mischaikow, and J. F. Morris, Interaction network analysis in shear thickening suspensions, Physical Review Fluids, 5, 034307, (2020)

  • C. M. Carlevaro, R. Kozlowski, L. A. Pugnaloni, H. Zheng, J. E. Socolar, and L. Kondic, Intruder in a two-dimensional granular system: Effects of dynamic and static basal friction on stick-slip and clogging dynamics, Physical Review E, 101, 012909, (2020)

Selected Poster Presentations

  • Y. Sun, P. Sanaei, L. Kondic, and L. J. Cummings, Modeling and design optimization for pleated membrane filters, InterPore 2020 12th Annual Meeting and short Courses, Qingdao, China

  • B. Gu, D. Renaud, P. Sanaei, L. Kondic, and L. J. Cummings, Stochastic modelling of adsorption and sieving in membrane filtration on a pore network, InterPore 2020 12th Annual Meeting and short Courses, Qingdao, China

2019

Journal Publications

  • P. Sanaei and L.J. Cummings, Membrane filtration with multiple fouling mechanisms, Physical Review Fluids, 4, 124301, (2019)

  • A. U. Oza, L. Ristroph, and M. J. Shelley, Lattices of Hydrodynamically Interacting Flapping Swimmers, Physical Review X, 9, 041024, (2019)

  • R. Kozlowski, M. Carlevaro, K. Daniels, L. Kondic, L.A. Pugnaloni, J. Socolar, H. Zheng, and R. P. Behringer, Dynamics of a grain-scale intruder in a two-dimensional granular medium with and without basal friction, Physical Review E, 100, 032905, (2019)

  • L. Kondic, Energy propagation through dense granular systems, Granular Matter, 21, 85, (2019)

  • R. H. Allaire, A. Dhakane, R. Emery, P. Ganesh, P. D. Rack, L. Kondic, L. Cummings, and M. Fuentes-Cabrera, Surface, Interface, and Temperature Effects on the Phase Separation and Nanoparticle Self Assembly of Bi-Metallic Ni0.5Ag0.5: A Molecular Dynamics Study, Nanomaterials, 9, 1040, (2019)

  • W. Batson, L. J. Cummings, D. Shirokoff, and L. Kondic, Oscillatory thermocapillary instability of a film heated by a thick substrate, Journal of Fluid Mechanics, 872, 928-962, (2019)

  • M.-A. Y.-H. Lam, L. J. Cummings, and L. Kondic, Computing dynamics of thin films via large scale GPU-based simulations, J Comp. Phys.: X, 2, 100001, (2019)

  • V. Barra, S. Afkhami, and L. Kondic, Thin viscoelastic dewetting films of Jeffreys type subjected to gravity and substrate interactions, The European Physical Journal E, 42, 12, (2019)

Selected Poster Presentations

  • A. U. Oza, L. Ganedi, M. Shelley, and L. Ristroph, A free-streamline model for a liquid film in a fast flow, Complex analysis in mathematical physics and applications, Cambridge, England

  • L. Kondic, R. Allaire, L. Cummings, Metal Films of nanoscale thickness: from targeted experiments to predictive modeling and accurate simulations, European Coating Symposium, Heidelberg, Germany

  • M. Kramar, L. Kovalcinova, K. Mischaikow, L. Kondic, Loss of memory in dense sheared granular systems, StatPhys 27, Buenos Aires, Argentina

  • R. Basak, C. Cheng, and L. Kondic, Application of Machine Learning techniques to a stick slip dynamics of a particulate media, 4th Annual Packing Problems Conference, Yale University, New Heaven, CT

  • Y. Sun, P. Sanaei, L. Kondic, and L. J. Cummings, Modeling and Design Optimization for Pleated Membrane Filters, Transport in Disordered Environments, Princeton, NJ

  • B. Gu, D. Renaud, P. Sanaei, L. Kondic, and L.J. Cummmings, Modeling Connectivity and Asymmetry in Membrane Filters, Transport in Disordered Environments, Princeton, NJ

2018

Journal Publications

  • P. Sanaei, L. J. Cummings, S. L. Waters, and I. M. Griffiths, Curvature- and fluid-stress-driven tissue growth in a tissue-engineering scaffold pore, Biomechanics and Modeling in Mechanobiology, 18(3), 589-605, (2018)

  • I. Cuellar, P. D. Ravazzoli, J. A. Diez, A. G. González, N. A. Roberts, J. D. Fowlkes, P. D. Rack, and L. Kondic, Self-assembly of a drop pattern from a two-dimensional grid of nanometric metallic filaments, Physical Review E, 98, 043101, (2018)

  • P. Sanaei and L.J. Cummings, Membrane filtration with complex branching pore morphology, Physical Review Fluids, 3, 094305, (2018)

  • A. U. Oza, R. R. Rosales, and J. W. M. Bush, Hydrodynamic spin states, Chaos: An Interdisciplinary Journal of Nonlinear Science, 28, 096106, (2018)

  • L. Kovalcinova, S. Karmakar, M. Schaber, A.-L. Schuhmacher, M. Scheel, M. DiMichiel, M. Brinkmann, R. Seemann, and L. Kondic, Energy dissipation in sheared wet granular assemblies, Physical Review E, 98, 032905, (2018)

  • L. Ganedi, A. U. Oza, M. Shelley, and L. Ristroph, Equilibrium Shapes and Their Stability for Liquid Films in Fast Flows, Physical Review Letters, 121, 094501, (2018)

  • V. Barra, S. A. Chester, and S. Afkhami, Numerical simulations of nearly incompressible viscoelastic membranes, Computers & Fluids, 175, 36-47, (2018)

  • J.A. Dijksman, L. Kovalcinova, J. Ren, R.P. Behringer, M. Kramar, K. Mischaikow, and L. Kondic, Characterizing granular networks using topological metrics, Physical Review E, 97, 042903, (2018)

  • E. Mema, L. Kondic, and L.J. Cummings, Director gliding in a nematic liquid crystal layer: Quantitative comparison with experiments, Physical Review E, 97, 032704, (2018)

  • T. Takahashi, A.H. Clark, T. Majmudar, and L. Kondic, Granular response to impact: Topology of the force networks, Physical Review E, 97, 012906, (2018)

  • I. Seric, S. Afkhami, and L. Kondic, Influence of thermal effects on stability of nanoscale films and filaments on thermally conductive substrates, Physics of Fluids, 30, 012109, (2018)

  • I. Seric, S. Afkhami, and L. Kondic, Direct numerical simulation of variable surface tension flows using a Volume-of-Fluid method, Journal of Computational Physics, 352, 615-636, (2018)

  • Arbelaiz, Juncal; Oza, Anand U.; and Bush, John W. M., Promenading pairs of walking droplets: Dynamics and stability, Phys. Rev. Fluids, 3, 013604, (2018)

  • M. Lam, L.J. Cummings, and L. Kondic, Stability of thin fluid films characterised by a complex form of effective disjoining pressure, Journal of Fluid Mechanics, 841, 925-961, (2018)

Selected Poster Presentations

  • C. Sousa, L. Kondic, and L. Cummmings, Modeling Filtering Process Using Stochastic Simulations of Monte-Carlo Type, APS DFD Annual Meeting, Atlanta, Georgia

  • R. Allaire, R. Emery, D. Garfinkel, J. Fowlkes, L. Kondic, L. Cummings, P. Rack, M. Fuentes-Cabrera, Molecular Dynamics Simulations of Liquid Metal Alloy Assembly, Center for Nanophase Material Science User Meeting, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Oak Ridge, TN

  • C. Cheng, L. Kovalcinova, M. Kramar, K. Mischaikow, and L. Kondic, The precursors to stick-slip events in sheared granular systems, Soft Matter Conference GRC, Easton, MA

  • I. Seric, S. Afkhami, and L. Kondic, Direct Computations of Marangoni-Induced Flows Using a Volume of Fluid Method, IMA Workshop on Dynamic Contact Lines: Progress and Opportunities, Minneapolis, MA

  • L. Kondic, M. Lam, B. Khusid, and W.V. Meyer, Growth and Interaction of Colloid Nuclei under Microgravity, DPG Annual Meeting, Berlin, Germany

PhD Theses

  • Michael-Angelo Y.-H. Lam, Instabilities in nematic liquid crystal films and droplets, Advisors: L. Cummings, L. Kondic

  • Valeria Barra, Numerical simulations of thin viscoelastic films, Advisors: S. Afkhami, L. Kondic, S. A. Chester

2017

Journal Publications

  • C.A. Hartnett, I. Seric, K. Mahady, L. Kondic, S. Afkhami, J.D. Fowlkes, and P.D. Rack, Exploiting the Marangoni Effect To Initiate Instabilities and Direct the Assembly of Liquid Metal Filaments, Langmuir, 33, 8123-8128, (2017)

  • L. Kondic, M. Kramár, L. Kovalčinová, and K. Mischaikow, Evolution of force networks in dense granular matter close to jamming, EPJ Web Conf., 140, 15014, (2017)

  • A. U. Oza, E. Siéfert, D. M. Harris, J. Moláček, and J. W. M. Bush, Orbiting pairs of walking droplets: Dynamics and stability, Physical Review Fluids, 2, 053601, (2017)

  • K. M. Kurianski, A. U. Oza, and J. W. M. Bush,, Simulations of pilot-wave dynamics in a simple harmonic potential, Physical Review Fluids, 2, 113602, (2017)

  • F. Font, S. Afkhami, and L. Kondic, Substrate melting during laser heating of nanoscale metal films, International Journal of Heat and Mass Transfer, 113, 237-245, (2017)

  • P. Sanaei, and L.J. Cummings, Flow and fouling in membrane filters: effects of membrane morphology, Journal of Fluid Mechanics, 818, 744, (2017)

  • E. Mema, L. Kondic, and L.J. Cummings, Effects of flexoelectricity and weak anchoring on a Freedericksz transition cell, Physical Review E, 95, 012701, (2017)

PhD Theses

  • Ivana Seric, Direct computations of Marangoni driven flows using a volume of fluid method, Advisors: S. Afkhami, L. Kondic

  • Pejman Sanaei, Mathematical modeling of membrane filtration, Advisor: L. Cummings

2016

Journal Publications

  • P. Sanaei, G.W. Richardson, T. Witelski, and L.J. Cummings, Flow and fouling in a pleated membrane filter, Journal of Fluid Mechanics, 795, 36-59, (2016)

  • S . Ramananarivo, F. Fang, A. Oza, J. Zhang, and L. Ristroph, Flow interactions lead to orderly formations of flapping wings in forward flight, Physical Review Fluids, 1, 071201, (2016)

  • K. Mahady, S. Afkhami, and L. Kondic, A numerical approach for the direct computation of flows including fluid-solid interaction: Modeling contact angle, film rupture, and dewetting, Physics of Fluids, 28, 062002, (2016)

  • L. Kovalcinova, A. Goullet, and L. Kondic, Scaling properties of force networks for compressed particulate systems, Physical Review E, 93, 042903, (2016)

  • N. Dong and L. Kondic, Instability of nanometric fluid films on a thermally conductive substrate, Physical Review Fluids, 1, 063901, (2016)

  • A.H. Clark, L. Kondic, and R.P. Behringer, Steady flow dynamics during granular impact, Physical Review E, 93, 050901, (2016)

  • V. Barra, S. Afkhami, and L. Kondic, Interfacial dynamics of thin viscoelastic films and drops, Journal of Non-Newtonian Fluid Mechanics, 237, 26-38, (2016)

  • S. Afkhami, L.J. Cummings, and I. Griffiths, Interfacial deformation and jetting of a magnetic fluid, Computers & Fluids, 124, 149-156, (2016)

  • L. D. Tambasco, D. M. Harris, A. U. Oza, R. R. Rosales, and J. W. M. Bush, The onset of chaos in orbital pilot-wave dynamics, Chaos: An Interdisciplinary Journal of Nonlinear Science, 26, 103107, (2016)

  • Anand U. Oza, Sebastian Heidenreich, and Jörn Dunkel, Generalized Swift-Hohenberg models for dense active suspensions, The European Physical Journal E, 39, 97, (2016)

  • A. U. Oza and J. Dunkel, Antipolar ordering of topological defects in active liquid crystals, New Journal of Physics, 18, 093006, (2016)

  • L.A. Pugnaloni, C.M. Carlevaro, M. Kramár, K. Mischaikow, and L. Kondic, Structure of force networks in tapped particulate systems of disks and pentagons. I. Clusters and loops, Physical Review E, 93, 062902, (2016)

  • L. Kondic, M. Kramár, L.A. Pugnaloni, C.M. Carlevaro, and K. Mischaikow, Structure of force networks in tapped particulate systems of disks and pentagons. II. Persistence analysis, Physical Review E, 93, 062903, (2016)

  • M. Labousse, A. U. Oza, S. Perrard, and J.W. M. Bush, Pilot-wave dynamics in a harmonic potential: Quantization and stability of circular orbits, Physical Review E, 93, 033122, (2016)

Selected Poster Presentations

  • M. Lam, L.J. Cummings,T.S. Lin, and L. Kondic, Instabilities in thin nematic liquid crystal films, 13th Conference on Frontiers in Applied and Computational Mathematics, Newark, NJ

PhD Theses

  • Lenka Kovalcinova, Numerical simulations of dense granular systems with and without cohesive effects, Advisor: L. Kondic

2015

Journal Publications

  • S. Nesic, R. Cuerno, E. Moro, and L. Kondic, Fully nonlinear dynamics of stochastic thin-film dewetting, Physical Review E, 92, 061002, (2015)

  • P. Mort, J.N. Michaels, R.P. Behringer, C.S. Campbell, L. Kondic, M. Kheiripour Langroudi, M. Shattuck, J. Tang, G.I. Tardos, and C. Wassgren, Dense granular flow - A collaborative study, Powder Technology, 284, 571-584, (2015)

  • E. Mema, L. Kondic, and L.J. Cummings, Substrate-induced gliding in a nematic liquid crystal layer, Physical Review E, 92, 062513, (2015)

  • K. Mahady, S. Afkhami, and L. Kondic, A volume of fluid method for simulating fluid/fluid interfaces in contact with solid boundaries, Journal of Computational Physics, 294, 243-257, (2015)

  • K. Mahady, S. Afkhami, and L. Kondic, On the influence of initial geometry on the evolution of fluid filaments, Physics of Fluids, 27, 092104, (2015)

  • L. Kovalcinova, A. Goullet, and L. Kondic, Percolation and jamming transitions in particulate systems with and without cohesion, Physical Review E, 92, 032204, (2015)

  • L. Kondic, N. Dong, Y. Wu, J.D. Fowlkes, and P.D. Rack, Instabilities of nanoscale patterned metal films, The European Physical Journal Special Topics, 224, 369-378, (2015)

  • M. Hein, S. Afkhami, R. Seemann, and L. Kondic, Capillary focusing close to a topographic step: shape and instability of confined liquid filaments, Microfluidics and Nanofluidics, 18, 911-917, (2015)

  • C.A. Hartnett, K. Mahady, J.D. Fowlkes, S. Afkhami, L. Kondic, and P.D. Rack, Instability of Nano-and Microscale Liquid Metal Filaments: Transition from Single Droplet Collapse to Multidroplet Breakup, Langmuir, 31, 13609-13617, (2015)

  • A.H. Clark, A.J. Petersen, L. Kondic, and R.P. Behringer, Nonlinear force propagation during granular impact, Physical Review Letters, 114, 144502, (2015)

  • T.G. Anderson, E. Mema, L. Kondic, and L.J. Cummings, Transitions in Poiseuille flow of nematic liquid crystal, International Journal of Nonlinear Mechanics, 75, 15-21, (2015)

  • S. Afkhami and L. Kondic, On the dewetting of liquefied metal nanostructures, Journal of Engineering Mathematics, 94, 5-18, (2015)

  • M. Lam, L.J. Cummings, T.-S. Lin, and L. Kondic, Three-dimensional coating flow of nematic liquid crystal on an inclined substrate, European Journal of Applied Mathematics, 26, 647-669, (2015)

  • M. Lam, L.J. Cummings, T.-S. Lin, and L. Kondic, Modeling flow of nematic liquid crystal down an incline, Journal of Engineering Mathematics, 94, 97-113, (2015)

PhD Theses

  • Ensela Mema, Mathematical models for polymer-nematic interactions, Advisors: L. Cummings, L. Kondic

  • Kyle Mahady, Methods for the direct simulation of nanoscale film breakup and contact angles, Advisors: S. Afkhami, L. Kondic

2014

Journal Publications

  • I. Seric, S. Afkhami, and L. Kondic, Interfacial instability of thin ferrofluid films under a magnetic field, Journal of Fluid Mechanics, 755, R1, (2014)

  • M. Kramár, A. Goullet, L. Kondic, and K. Mischaikow, Evolution of force networks in dense particulate media, Physical Review E, 90, 052203, (2014)

  • L. Kondic, Simulations of two dimensional hopper flow, Granular Matter, 16, 235-242, (2014)

  • J.D. Fowlkes, N.A. Roberts, Y. Wu, J.A. Diez, A.G. Gonzalez, C. Hartnett, K. Mahady, S. Afkhami, L. Kondic, and P.D. Rack, Hierarchical nanoparticle ensembles synthesized by liquid phase directed self-assembly, Nano letters, 14, 774-782, (2014)

  • L.J. Cummings, J. Low, and T.G. Myers, Extensional flow of nematic liquid crystal with an applied electric field, European Journal of Applied Mathematics, 25, 397-423, (2014)

  • L.J. Cummings, E. Mema, C. Cai, and L. Kondic, Electric-field variations within a nematic-liquid-crystal layer, Physical Review E, 90, 012503, (2014)

  • J.W. M. Bush, A. U. Oza, and J. Moláček, The wave-induced added mass of walking droplets, Journal of Fluid Mechanics, 755, R7, (2014)

  • A. U. Oza, Ø. Wind-Willassen, D. M. Harris, R. R. Rosales, and J. W. M. Bush, Pilot-wave hydrodynamics in a rotating frame: Exotic orbits, Physics of Fluids, 26, 082101, (2014)

  • A. U. Oza, D. M. Harris, R. R. Rosales, and J. W. M. Bush, Pilot-wave dynamics in a rotating frame: on the emergence of orbital quantization, Journal of Fluid Mechanics, 744, 404-429, (2014)

  • Y. Wu, N. Dong, S. Fu, J.D. Fowlkes, L. Kondic, M.A. Vincenti, D. de Ceglia, and P.D. Rack, Directed liquid phase assembly of highly ordered metallic nanoparticle arrays, ACS applied materials & interfaces, 6, 5835-5843, (2014)

  • M. Kramár, A. Goullet, L. Kondic, and K. Mischaikow, Quantifying force networks in particulate systems, Physica D: Nonlinear Phenomena, 283, 37-55, (2014)

2013

Journal Publications

  • M. Taroni, C.J.W. Breward, L.J. Cummings, and I.M. Griffiths, Asymptotic solutions of glass temperature profiles during steady optical fibre drawing, Journal of Engineering Mathematics, 80, 1-20, (2013)

  • N.A. Roberts, J.D. Fowlkes, K. Mahady, S. Afkhami, L. Kondic, and P.D. Rack, Directed assembly of one-and two-dimensional nanoparticle arrays from pulsed laser induced dewetting of square waveforms, ACS applied materials & interfaces, 5, 4450-4456, (2013)

  • J.V. Pohlmeyer, S.L. Waters, and L.J. Cummings, Mathematical model of growth factor driven haptotaxis and proliferation in a tissue engineering scaffold, Bulletin of mathematical biology, 75, 393-427, (2013)

  • J.V. Pohlmeyer, and L.J. Cummings, Cyclic loading of growing tissue in a bioreactor: mathematical model and asymptotic analysis, Bulletin of mathematical biology, 75, 2450-2473, (2013)

  • T.-S. Lin, L.J. Cummings, A.J. Archer,; L. Kondic,; and U. Thiele, Note on the hydrodynamic description of thin nematic films: Strong anchoring model, Physics of Fluids, 25, 082102, (2013)

  • T.-S. Lin, L. Kondic, U. Thiele, and L.J. Cummings, Modelling spreading dynamics of nematic liquid crystals in three spatial dimensions, Journal of Fluid Mechanics, 729, 214-230, (2013)

  • M. Kramar, A. Goullet, L. Kondic, and K. Mischaikow, Persistence of force networks in compressed granular media, Physical Review E, 87, 042207, (2013)

  • L.J. Cummings, C. Cai, and L. Kondic, Towards an optimal model for a bistable nematic liquid crystal display device, Journal of Engineering Mathematics, 80, 21-38, (2013)

  • L.J. Cummings, C. Cai, and L. Kondic, Bifurcation properties of nematic liquid crystals exposed to an electric field: Switchability, bistability, and multistability, Physical Review E, 88, 012509, (2013)

  • S. Afkhami and L. Kondic, Numerical simulation of ejected molten metal nanoparticles liquified by laser irradiation: Interplay of geometry and dewetting, Physical Review Letters, 111, 034501, (2013)

  • A.G. González, J.A. Diez, Y. Wu, J.D. Fowlkes, P.D. Rack, and L. Kondic, Instability of Liquid Cu Films on a SiO2 Substrate, Langmuir, 29, 9378-9387, (2013)

  • A. U. Oza, R. R. Rosales, and J. W. M. Bush, A trajectory equation for walking droplets: hydrodynamic pilot-wave theory, Journal of Fluid Mechanics, 737, 552-570, (2013)

  • A.G. González, J.A. Diez, and L. Kondic, Stability of a liquid ring on a substrate, Journal of Fluid Mechanics, 718, 246-279, (2013)

PhD Theses

  • Chenjing Cai, Mathematical models for bistable nematic liquid crystal displays, Advisors: L. Cummings, L. Kondic

  • Jeffrey Vincent Pohlmeyer, Modeling cell proliferation in a perfusion tissue engineering bioreactor, Advisor: L. Cummings

2012

Journal Publications

  • T.-S. Lin, L. Kondic, and A. Filippov, Thin films flowing down inverted substrates: Three-dimensional flow, Physics of Fluids, 24, 022105, (2012)

  • T.-S. Lin, L. Kondic, and L.J. Cummings, Defect modeling in spreading nematic droplets, Physical Review E, 85, 012702, (2012)

  • L. Kondic, A. Goullet, C.S. O'Hern, M. Kramar, K. Mischaikow, and R.P. Behringer, Topology of force networks in compressed granular media, EPL(Europhysics Letters), 97, 54001, (2012)

  • L. Kondic, X. Fang, W. Losert, C.S. O'Hern, and R.P. Behringer, Microstructure evolution during impact on granular matter, Physical Review E, 85, 011305, (2012)

  • L.J. Cummings, R. Perez-Castillejos, and E.T. Mack, Analysis of biochemical equilibria relevant to the immune response: finding the dissociation constants, Bulletin of mathematical biology, 74, 1171-1206, (2012)

  • A.H. Clark, L. Kondic, and R.P. Behringer, Particle scale dynamics in granular impact, Physical Review Letters, 109, 238302, (2012)

  • T.D. Nguyen, M. Fuentes-Cabrera, J.D. Fowlkes, J.A. Diez, A.G. González, L. Kondic, and P.D. Rack, Competition between Collapse and Breakup in Nanometer-Sized Thin Rings Using Molecular Dynamics and Continuum Modeling, Langmuir, 28, 13960-13967, (2012)

  • J.D. Fowlkes, L. Kondic, J.A. Diez, A.G. Gonzalez, Y. Wu, N.A. Roberts, C.E. McCold, and P.D. Rack, Parallel assembly of particles and wires on substrates by dictating instability evolution in liquid metal films, Nanoscale, 4, 7376-7382, (2012)

  • J.A. Diez, A.G. González, and L. Kondic, Instability of a transverse liquid rivulet on an inclined plane, Physics of Fluids, 24, 032104, (2012)

PhD Theses

  • Te-Sheng Lin, Instabilities in newtonian films and nematic liquid crystal droplets, Advisors: L. Kondic, L. Cummings

2011

PhD Theses

  • Xiaoni Fang, Energy propagation in jammed granular matter, Advisor: L. Kondic

2008

PhD Theses

  • Nebojsa Murisic, Instabilities of volatile films and drops, Advisor: L. Kondic