Science AMA Series: We are chemical engineers at North Carolina State University, working on non-Newtonian fluids, soft matter, and biomaterials. We test out your favorite ideas with real experiments and report back in Part 2 of this virtual lab event. AUA!

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The Hsiao Lab is an experimental soft matter group in the Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering at North Carolina State University. Last year, we showed /r/science that coffee, amongst other materials, is actually a non-Newtonian fluid. We are hosting a new Reddit event which will consist of two phases. This first part will allow Reddit users to ask questions about any curiosities or ideas that they would like us to test.

In our earlier AMA, /u/slp50 asked us if his/her idea using non-Newtonian fluids to build speed bumps will work. That was a great question, and we are going to design an experiment to test this!

We want you to come up with creative questions that can be tested in our lab. We will collect these questions and discuss with you ways to frame them in a way that can be tested within reason. Part 2 is another AMA event where we will release our answers in the form of pictures or videos. This will probably occur a month after the first AMA to allow us to purchase materials and perform tests.

">Science AMA Series: We are chemical engineers at North Carolina State University, working on non-Newtonian fluids, soft matter, and biomaterials. We test out your favorite ideas with real experiments and report back in Part 2 of this virtual lab event. AUA!