(123b) Celebrating Great Chemical Engineering

This talk will discuss complex fluid interfaces far from equilibrium including the fluid mechanics of surfactant-laden interfaces, dynamic surface tension, wetting phenomena, Marangoni effects and surfactant-driven anomalous drop break up modes. I will focus on how those areas have advanced chemical engineering and highlight contributions for a number of people, including some at Rensselaer. I will also touch on my recent efforts on developing strategies for soft reconfigurable systems by molding director fields and topological defects in confined liquid crystals