Experiments on nonequilibrium systems

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Experiments on nonequilibrium systems

• We work on classical, disordered,
  out-of-equilibrium systems
• Experimental systems granular media, thin
  sheets, molecular glasses
• 3-5 grad students, 2-3 undergrads

Vijay Narayan
Jiangshui Huang
Dominique Cambou
Kevin Facto

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• Relatively new areas, many open questions
• Projects are single-person experiments, though
  may be connected to other work in group
• Wide range of techniques and systems
• Intellectual motivations are physics questions,
  but systems experimental methods
  technologically important
• Narayanan Menon
• menon_at_physics.umass.edu
• people.umass.edu/nmenon