As a result of a quick brain-storming session in the Alexander group, here is a list of recent papers / topics which could serve as a basis for a project related to elasticity and/or fluid dynamics: - critical comment on a paper about elastic membrane deformations in bi-lipid membranes: https://arxiv.org/pdf/1604.03865
- breakdown of axisymmetric buckling of spherical caps: http://arxiv.org/pdf/1604.03686.pdf
- no coffee ring effect in evaporating whiskey drops: http://journals.aps.org/prl/abstract/10.1103/PhysRevLett.116.124501
- any of these papers from Mahadevan's group (origami tesselations, shape of human brains, etc)    http://www.seas.harvard.edu/softmat/
- paper folding, origami, hexaflexangons