8th Pacific Rim Conference on Rheology

Scientific Programme

Program at a Glance.
Please refer to the online timetable for last-minute changes.

General Symposia

Rheological research in fundamental and traditional areas of rheology, non-Newtonian fluid mechanics, nano-technology, biomaterials and special technical sessions directed at natural resource industries.

• Polymer Solutions and Melts

  G01

  Organizers:

  Kyu Hyun (Pusan National University, Korea)
  Ravi Jagadeeshan (Monash University, Australia)
  Chen-Yang Liu (The Chinese Academy of Sciences, China)

• Industrial Rheology in Polymer Processing

  G02

  Organizers:

  Abdellah Ajii (Polytechnique Montreal, Canada)
  Joung Sook Hong (Seoul National University, Korea)
  Denis Rodrigue (Laval University, Canada)

• Blends, Composites and Nanocomposites

  G03

  Organizers:

  Yumi Matsumiya (Kyoto University, Japan)
  Yihu Song (Zhejiang University, China)
  Wei Yu (Shanghai Jiao Tong University, China)

• Suspensions and Colloids

  G04

  Organizers:

  Sarah Hormozi (Cornell University, USA)
  Anthony Wachs (University of British Columbia, Canada)

• Emulsions and Foams

  G05

  Organizers:

  Reghan James Hill (McGill University, Canada)
  Arun Ramchandran (University of Toronto, Canada)
  Marjan Zare (University of British Columbia, Canada)

• Self-assembly and Flow-induced Systems and Gels

  G06

  Organizers:

  Michel Cloitre (ESPCI, France)
  Takamasa Sakai (Tokyo University, Japan)
  Kenji Urayama (Kyoto University, Japan)

• Biomaterials and Biological Systems

  G07

  Organizers:

  Nicky Eshtiaghi (RMIT University, Australia)
  Dana Grecov (University of British Columbia, Canada)
  Jason Stokes (University of Queensland, Australia)

• Non-Newtonian Fluid Mechanics and Stability

  G10

  Organizers:

  Ruri Hidema (Kobe University, Japan)
  Li Xi (McMaster University, Canada)
  Miguel Moyers-González (University of Canterbury, New Zealand)

• Rheology in the Oil and Gas Industry

  G12

  Organizers:

  Paulo Souza Mendes (PUC-Rio, Brazil)
  Sean Sanders (University of Alberta, Canada)
  Mohammad Taghavi (Laval University, Canada)

• Rheology in the Mining Industry

  G13

  Organizers:

  Leopoldo Gutierrez (University of Concepcion, Chile)
  Marek Pawlik (University of British Columbia, Canada)
  Anthony Stickland (University of Melbourne, Australia)

Special Symposia

• Hiroshi Watanabe – Honorary Symposium

  S02

  Organizers:

  Savvas G. Hatzikiriakos (University of British Columbia, Canada)
  Youngdon Kwon (Sung Kyun Kwan University, Korea)
  Yuichi Masubuchi (Nagoya University, Japan)

Poster Session

Posters on any topic of rheological interest.

• Poster Session

Plenaries

• Plenary Talk