Nov 23 2008 8:00AM, Sunday

Session AA Turbulent Boundary Layers: DNS & LES Chair: Huidan Yu, Los Alamos National Laboratory Room: 001A

Session AB Turbulence Simulations I Chair: Adonios Karpetis, Texas A&M University Room: 001B

Session AC Turbulence Modeling I Chair: Blair Perot, University of Massachusetts Room: 002A

Session AD Stability and Transition Chair: Anatoli Tumin, University of Arizona Room: 002B

Session AE Flow Control I Chair: David Ashpis, NASA GRC Room: 003A

Session AF Interfacial Instabilities Chair: Amir H. Hirsa, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute Room: 003B

Session AG Drops I Chair: Osman Basaran, Purdue University Room: 101A

Session AH Bubbles I Chair: Michael A. Rother, University of Minnesota-Duluth Room: 101B

Session AJ Bio-Fluids: Cell/Vesicle Dynamics I Chair: Ken Kiger, University of Maryland Room: 102A

Session AK Free Surface Flows I Chair: Peter Vorobieff, University of New Mexico Room: 102B

Session AL Bio-Fluids: Phonation/Glottal Flows Chair: Daniel J. Bodony, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign Room: 103A

Session AM Bio-Fluids: Flight I Chair: Jeff Eldredge, University of California, Los Angeles Room: 103B

Session AN Micro Fluids I Chair: Debjyoti Banerjee, Texas A&M University Room: 201

Session AP Multiphase Flows I Chair: Francine Battaglia, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University Room: 202A

Session AQ Reacting Flows I: Turbulent Flames Chair: Steve Pope, Cornell University Room: 202B

Session AR CFD: Immersed Boundary and Computational Methods Chair: Sheng Xu, Southern Methodist University Room: 203A

Session AS Buoyancy-Driven Flows I Chair: Joseph Niemela, The Abdus Salam ICTP Room: 203B

Session AT Experimental Techniques I Chair: Michael Hargather, The Pennsylvania State University Room: 204A

Session AU Vortex Flows I Chair: Z. Charlie Zheng, Kansas State University Room: 204B

Session AV Geophysical Flows I Chair: Charles Meneveau, Turbulence Research Group at Johns Hopkins University Room: Ballroom B

Session AW Mini-Symposium: Videos and Multimedias for Fluids Instruction Chair: Jean Hertzberg, University of Colorado Room: 004
Invited Speakers:  Gary Settles,  Alexander Smits,  Clarence Rowley,  Tim Colonius,  Chris Rogers 

Nov 23 2008 10:30AM, Sunday

Session BA Turbulent Boundary Layers: Roughness Effects Chair: Xiaofeng Liu, Johns Hopkins University Room: 001A

Session BB Turbulence Simulations II Chair: Carlos Pantano, University of Illinois Room: 001B

Session BC Turbulence Theory I Chair: Robert Rubinstein, NASA Langley Research Center Room: 002A

Session BD Transition to Turbulence Chair: Edward White, Texas A&M University Room: 002B

Session BE Flow Control II Chair: Carlo Cossu, LadHyX, CNRS/Ecole Polytechnique Room: 003A

Session BF Gravity Driven Instabilities in Films and Interfaces Chair: Pierre Colinet, Universite Libre de Bruxelles Room: 003B

Session BG Drops II Chair: Pirouz Kavehpour, University of California, Los Angeles Room: 101A

Session BH Bubbles II Chair: Hariprasad Janakiram Subramani, Chevron Corporation Room: 101B

Session BJ Bio-Fluids: Cell/Vesicle Dynamics II Chair: Juan C. Lasheras, University of California, San Diego Room: 102A

Session BK Free Surface Flows II Chair: Charles Ward, University of Toronto Room: 102B

Session BL Bio-Fluids: Cardiac Flows Chair: Juan C. del Alamo, University of California, San Diego Room: 103A

Session BM Bio-Fluids: Flight II Chair: Matthew Ringuette, University of Buffalo, the State University of New York Room: 103B

Session BN Micro Fluids II Chair: Minami Yoda, Georgia Institute of Technology Room: 201

Session BP Multiphase Flows II Chair: Alberto Fernandez-Nieves, Georgia Institute of Technology Room: 202A

Session BQ Particle Laden Flows I Chair: Xiaolong Yin, Colorado School of Mines Room: 202B

Session BR CFD: Continuum Mechanics Chair: Peter Diamessis, Cornell University Room: 203A

Session BS Buoyancy-Driven Flows II Chair: Paul Linden, University of California, San Diego Room: 203B

Session BT Experimental Techniques II Chair: Rodney Bowersox, Texas A&M University Room: 204A

Session BU Vortex Flows II Chair: Jie Zhi Wu, Peking University, UTSI Room: 204B

Session BV Geophysical Flows II Chair: Daniel P. Lathrop, University of Maryland Room: Ballroom B

Session BW Mini-Symposium: Flow Visualization in Low Temperature Helium Chair: Steven van Scriver, Florida State University Room: 004
Invited Speakers:  William Vinen,  P.E. Roche,  Masahide Murakami,  Sylvie Fuzier,  Gary Ihas,  Carlo Barenghi 

Nov 23 2008 2:00PM, Sunday

Session C1 Awards Presentation followed by Fluid Mechanics Prize-Otto Laporte Lecture: The Art of Mixing with an Admixture of Art: Fluids, Solids, and Visual Imagination Chair: Alexander Smits, Princeton University, and Martin Maxey, Brown University Room: Ballroom B
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Nov 23 2008 3:15PM, Sunday

Session D1 Invited Session: Magnetic Field Reversals in Turbulent Dynamos Chair: Harry Swinney, University of Texas at Austin Room: Ballroom B
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Session D2 Invited Session: Slip, Droplets, Complex Fluids and Other Small Things Investigated With Microfluidic Technology Chair: Howard Stone, Harvard University Room: 103B
Invited Speakers:  Patrick Tabeling 

Nov 23 2008 4:10PM, Sunday

Session EA Turbulent Boundary Layers: Theory Chair: Kenneth S. Ball, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University Room: 001A

Session EB Turbulence Simulations III Chair: Andrew Duggleby, Texas A&M University Room: 001B

Session EC Turbulence Modeling II Chair: Daniel Livescu, Los Alamos National Laboratory Room: 002A

Session ED Instabilities in Jets Chair: John F. Gibson, Georgia Institute of Technology Room: 002B

Session EE Free-Surface Flows: Computational Studies Chair: Herman Clercx, Eindhoven University of Technology Room: 003A

Session EF Film Instabilities Chair: Omar K. Matar, Imperial College London Room: 003B

Session EG Drops III Chair: Marc K. Smith, Georgia Institute of Technology Room: 101A

Session EH Bubbles III Chair: Prabir Daripa, Texas A&M University Room: 101B

Session EJ Bio-Fluids: General I Chair: Petia Vlahovska, Dartmouth College Room: 102A

Session EK Free Surface Flows III Chair: Sigurdur Thoroddsen, National University of Singapore Room: 102B

Session EL Bio-Fluids: Lungs Chair: Joseph L. Bull, University of Michigan Room: 103A

Session EM Bio-Fluids: Flight III Chair: Jeffrey Olafsen, Baylor University Room: 103B

Session EN Applied Fluid Dynamics Chair: Mingjun Wei, New Mexico State University Room: 201

Session EP Basic Separated Flows Chair: Flint O. Thomas, University of Notre Dame Room: 202A

Session EQ Reacting Flows II: Detonations & Modeling Chair: David Kassoy, University of Colorado Room: 202B

Session ER CFD: Discrete Methods Chair: Tony Ladd, University of Florida Room: 203A

Session ES Rotating Flows Chair: Marius Ungarish, Technion Room: 203B

Session ET Experimental Techniques III Chair: Brian Thurow, Auburn University Room: 204A

Session EU Vortex Flows III Chair: Gregoire Winckelmans, UCL/EPL/MECA Room: 204B

Session EV Geophysical Flows: Mixing Chair: Jean-Marc Chomaz, LadHyX CNRS-Ecole Polytechnique Room: Ballroom B

Session EW Mini-Symposium: Lagrangian Coherent Structures in Fluid Flows Chair: John Dabiri, California Institute of Technology Room: 004
Invited Speakers:  George Haller,  Shawn Shadden,  Clarence Rowley,  Philip Du Toit,  John Dabiri 

Nov 23 2008 7:00PM, Sunday

Session FA Reception Room: Sunset Station

Nov 24 2008 8:00AM, Monday

Session GA Turbulent Boundary Layers: Experimental Studies I Chair: Hassan Naguib, Illinois Institute of Technology Room: 001A

Session GB Turbulence Control I Chair: Mo Samimy, The Ohio State University Room: 001B

Session GC Turbulence Theory II: Computational Studies Chair: Federico Toschi, Istituto per le Applicazioni del Calcolo Room: 002A

Session GD Shear Layer Instabilities Chair: Balakumar Balasubramaniam, Los Alamos National Laboratory Room: 002B

Session GE Flow Control Actuation and Unsteady Flows Chair: Noel T. Clemens, University of Texas at Austin Room: 003A

Session GF Instabilities: Interfaces, Films and Droplets Room: 003B

Session GG Drops IV Room: 101A

Session GH Internal Waves I Chair: Thierry Dauxois, Laboratoire de Physique, ENS Lyon, France Room: 101B

Session GJ Bio-Fluids: Undulatory Flapping I Chair: Eric Lauga, University of California, San Diego Room: 102A

Session GK Micro Fluids: Mixing Chair: Paulo E. Arratia, University of Pennsylvania Room: 102B

Session GL Bio-Fluids: Rheology and Transport Chair: Dennis Siginer, Petroleum Institute Room: 103A

Session GM Bio-Fluids: Flying and Swimming Chair: Haoxiang Luo, Vanderbilt University Room: 103B

Session GN Micro Fluids III Chair: Ishwar K. Puri, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University Room: 201

Session GP Multiphase Flows III Chair: Pushpendra Singh, New Jersey Institute of Technology Room: 202A

Session GQ Particle Laden Flows II Chair: Sourabh V. Apte, Oregon State University Room: 202B

Session GR CFD: Applications Chair: Siva Thangam, Stevens Institute of Technology Room: 203A

Session GS Jamming Chair: Lou Kondic, New Jersey Institute of Technology Room: 203B

Session GT Experimental Techniques IV Chair: Charles E. Tinney, University of Texas at Austin Room: 204A

Session GU Vortex Rings Chair: Jim Liburdy, Oregon State University Room: 204B

Session GV Geophysical Flows: Convection Chair: John A. Whitehead, Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution Room: Ballroom B

Session GW Mini-Symposium: Tip-Streaming and Flow/EHD Flow Focusing Chair: Osman Basaran, Purdue University Room: 004
Invited Speakers:  Alvaro G. Marin,  Jose M. Gordillo,  Akos Vertes,  Robert Collins,  Wendy Zhang,  Alfonso M. Ganan-Calvo,  Shelly L. Anna 

Nov 24 2008 10:30AM, Monday

Session HA Turbulent Boundary Layers: Experimental Studies II Chair: Hong Yan, Wright State University Room: 001A

Session HB Turbulent Mixing I Chair: Thomas Ward, North Carolina State University Room: 001B

Session HC Turbulent Shear Layers Chair: Joe Hall, University of New Brunswick Room: 002A

Session HD Transient Growth and Receptivity of Boundary Layers Chair: Bruno Eckhardt, Philipps Universitaet Marburg Room: 002B

Session HE Rayleigh-Taylor Instabilities Chair: Arindam Banerjee, Missouri University of Science & Technology Room: 003A

Session HF Hele-Shaw Cells and Marangoni Instabilities Chair: Sanjay Kumar, The University of Texas at Brownsville Room: 003B

Session HG Drops V Chair: Shaoping Quan, Institute of High Performance Computing, Singapore Room: 101A

Session HH Internal Waves II Chair: Bruce R. Sutherland, University of Alberta Room: 101B

Session HJ Bio-Fluids: Undulatory Flapping II Chair: Anne Staples, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University Room: 102A

Session HK Fluidic Devices Chair: Mohamed Gad-el-Hak, Virginia Commonwealth University Room: 102B

Session HL Bio-Fluids: Blood Vessels Chair: Omar Savas, University of California, Berkeley Room: 103A

Session HM Granular Matter Chair: Jeffrey S. Urbach, Georgetown University Room: 103B

Session HN Micro Fluids IV Chair: Kenneth Christensen, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign Room: 201

Session HP Multiphase Flows IV Chair: Eon Soo Lee, Corporate R&D Institute/Samsung Electro-Mechanics Room: 202A

Session HQ Particle Laden Flows III Chair: Lance R. Collins, Cornell University Room: 202B

Session HR General Fluid Mechanics: Experiments Chair: Roi Gurka, Ben-Gurion University Room: 203A

Session HS Viscous Flows Chair: Joel Koplik, City College of New York Room: 203B

Session HT Experimental Techniques V Chair: Sivaram P. Gogineni, Spectral Energies, LLC Room: 204A

Session HU Surface Waves Chair: Lian Shen, Johns Hopkins University Room: 204B

Session HV Geophysical Flows: Coherent Structure and Transportation Chair: George Haller, Massachusetts Institute of Technology Room: Ballroom B

Session HW Mini-Symposium: Computational Challenges in Modeling Transient Detonation Chair: David Kassoy, University of Colorado Room: 004
Invited Speakers:  Ralf Deiterding,  Oleg Vasilyev,  Tariq D. Aslam,  D.W. Schwendeman 

Nov 24 2008 2:00PM, Monday

Session J1 Invited Session: Supersonic Turbulence and Star Formation Chair: Alyssa A. Goodman, Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics Room: Ballroom B
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Session J2 Invited Session: Fluid Mechanics of Urban Environments Chair: Julian Hunt, University College, London Room: 103B
Invited Speakers: 

Nov 24 2008 2:40PM, Monday

Session K1 Invited Session: Turbulent Mixing Due to Rayleigh-Taylor Instability Chair: Malcolm Andrews, Los Alamos National Laboratory Room: Ballroom B
Invited Speakers:  David Youngs 

Session K2 Invited Session: The Physics of Spacecraft Hall-Effect Thrusters Chair: Paul Dimotakis, California Institute of Technology Room: 103B
Invited Speakers:  Alec Gallimore 

Nov 24 2008 3:15PM, Monday

Session LZ Poster Session (15:15 - 17:00) Room: Ballroom A

Nov 24 2008 3:35PM, Monday

Session LA Turbulent Boundary Layers: Experimental Studies III Chair: Ronald J. Adrian, Arizona State University Room: 001A

Session LB Turbulent Mixing II Chair: Matei Radulescu, University of Ottawa Room: 001B

Session LC Turbulent Shear Layers and Mixing Chair: Laurent Mydlarski, McGill University Room: 002A

Session LD Richtmeyer-Meshkov Instabilities Chair: Devesh Ranjan, Los Alamos National Laboratory Room: 002B

Session LE Control of Instabilities Chair: Brent C. Houchens, Rice University Room: 003A

Session LF Jet and Cavity Flows Chair: Xiaofeng Liu, Johns Hopkins University Room: 003B

Session LG Drops VI Chair: L. Gary Leal, University of California, Santa Barbara Room: 101A

Session LH Waves Chair: James Duncan, University of Maryland Room: 101B

Session LJ Bio-Fluids: General II Chair: Alison Marsden, University of California, San Diego Room: 102A

Session LK Nano-Fluids I Chair: Jerry Shan, Rutgers University Room: 102B

Session LL Bio-Fluids: Wakes and Mixing I Chair: Michael Plesniak, George Washington University/Purdue University Room: 103A

Session LM Sheared Granular Matter and Granular Collapse Chair: Robert P. Behringer, Duke University Room: 103B

Session LN Micro Fluids V Chair: Alexander Alexeev, Georgia Institute of Technology Room: 201

Session LP Multiphase Flows V Chair: Marcus Herrmann, Arizona State University Room: 202A

Session LQ Reacting Flows III: Flames and Modeling Chair: Carlos Pantano, University of Illinois Room: 202B

Session LR General Fluid Mechanics: Theory Chair: Grae Worster, University of Cambridge Room: 203A

Session LS Convection I Chair: John R. Saylor, Clemson University Room: 203B

Session LT Non-Newtonian Flows I Chair: Roberto Zenit, Universidad Nacional Autonoma de Mexico Room: 204A

Session LU Cyberfluids and Industrial Applications Chair: William W. Schultz, National Science Foundation. Room: 204B

Session LV Chaos/Multifractality Chair: Thomas Peacock, Massachusetts Institute of Technology Room: Ballroom B

Session LW Mini-Symposium: High Rayleigh Number Convection: Is there an ultimate regime? Chair: Detlef Lohse, University of Twente, The Netherlands Room: 004
Invited Speakers:  Guenter Ahlers,  Ke-Qing Xia,  K.R. Sreenivasan,  Gabriella Silano 

Nov 25 2008 8:00AM, Tuesday

Session MA Turbulence Theory III Chair: Bhimsen K. Shivamoggi, University of Central Florida Room: 001A

Session MB Turbulence Control II Chair: Mohammad-Reza Alam, Massachusetts Institute of Technology Room: 001B

Session MC Rarefied Gases Chair: Michael Gallis, Sandia National Laboratories Room: 002A

Session MD Taylor-Couette and Richtmyer-Meshkov Instabilities Chair: David Cotrell, Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory Room: 002B

Session ME Porous Media I Chair: John Hinch, DAMTP, Cambridge University Room: 003A

Session MF Shock and Blast Waves Chair: Mark Short, Los Alamos National Laboratory Room: 003B

Session MG Drops VII Chair: Eduardo Ramos, National Autonomous University of Mexico Room: 101A

Session MH Surface Tension Effects I Chair: Chao Sun, University of Twente Room: 101B

Session MJ Bio-Fluids: General III Chair: Charles Eggleton, University of Maryland, Baltimore County Room: 102A

Session MK Nano-Fluids II Chair: Daniel Maynes, Brigham Young University Room: 102B

Session ML Bio-Fluids: Wakes and Mixing II Chair: F. Javier Diez, Rutgers University Room: 103A

Session MM Granular Segregation Chair: Karen E. Daniels, North Carolina State University Room: 103B

Session MN Micro Fluids VI Chair: Jonathan Posner, Arizona State University Room: 201

Session MP Multiphase Flows VI Chair: Marios C. Soteriou, United Technologies Research Center Room: 202A

Session MQ Acoustics Chair: Bakhtier Farouk, Drexel University Room: 202B

Session MR General Fluid Mechanics: Computations Chair: Jacques Richard, Texas A&M University Room: 203A

Session MS Convection II Chair: Laurette S. Tuckerman, PMMH-ESPCI-CNRS, France Room: 203B

Session MT Non-Newtonian Flows II Chair: James J. Feng, University of British Columbia Room: 204A

Session MU Material Processing Flows Chair: Bruce Murray, Binghamton University, State University of New York Room: 204B

Session MV Suspenions I Chair: Dewei Qi, Western Michigan University Room: Ballroom B

Nov 25 2008 10:30AM, Tuesday

Session N1 Invited Session: Dynamics of the LTD Transition Chair: Adonios Karpetis, Texas A and M University Room: Ballroom B
Invited Speakers:  Elaine Oran 

Session N2 Invited Session: Designing Large-Eddy Simulation of High Reynolds Number Wall-bounded Flows Chair: Robert Moser, University of Texas at Austin Room: 103B
Invited Speakers:  James Brasseur 

Nov 25 2008 11:05AM, Tuesday

Session O1 Francois Frenkiel Award Lecture Chair: Sandra Troian, California Institute of Technology Room: Ballroom B
Invited Speakers:  J.B. Freund 

Session O2 Andreas Acrivos Award Lecture Chair: Paul Steen, Cornell University Room: 103B
Invited Speakers:  John Taylor 

Nov 25 2008 11:35AM, Tuesday

Session PA Turbulent Boundary Layers: Computational Studies Chair: Yoshi Kimura, Nagoya University Room: 001A

Session PB Turbulence Simulations IV Chair: J. M. McDonough, University of Kentucky Room: 001B

Session PC Turbulence Modeling III Chair: Dietmar Rempfer, Illinois Institute of Technology Room: 002A

Session PD Instabilities in Wakes Chair: Steven Van Sciver, Florida State University Room: 002B

Session PE Porous Media II Chair: Bojan Markicevic, Kettering University Room: 003A

Session PG Drops VIII Chair: Alfonso M. Ganon-Calvo, University of Seville, Spain Room: 101A

Session PH Surface Tension Effects II Chair: Eric Johnsen, Stanford University Room: 101B

Session PJ Bio-Fluids: Undulatory Flapping III Chair: Amy Lang, University of Alabama Room: 102A

Session PK Nano-fluids III Chair: Xiangchun Xuan, Clemson University Room: 102B

Session PL Bio-Fluids: Flight IV Chair: Steven Dong, Purdue University Room: 103A

Session PP Multiphase Flows VII Chair: Olivier Desjardins, University of Colorado at Boulder Room: 202A

Session PQ Particle Laden Flows IV Chair: Antonino Ferrante, California Institute of Technology Room: 202B

Session PR General Fluid Mechanics: Numerical Simulations Chair: Balu Nadiga, Los Alamos National Laboratory Room: 203A

Session PS Convection III Chair: Nigel Kaye, Clemson University Room: 203B

Session PV Suspensions II Chair: Jerzy Blawzdziewicz, Yale University Room: Ballroom B