Assistant Professor of Engineering Daniel Harris and his team were winners in The Gallery of Soft Matter Physics,  a pilot poster and video competition at the APS March Meeting that showcases the elegance and aesthetics of soft matter and highlights the work of the soft matter community to fellow researchers and the general public. According to APS, the team "investigated how magnetic forces affect the “Cheerios effect”—the clustering of particles floating on the surface of a liquid due to attractive capillary forces." 

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