An Energetic Variational Formulation with Phase Field Methods for Interfacial Dynamics of Complex Fluids: Advantages and Challenges -- Non-Equilibrium Statistical Mechanics of Nematic Liquids -- Anisotropy and Heterogeneity of Nematic Polymer Nano-Composite Film Properties -- Non-Newtonian Constitutive Equations Using the Orientational Order Parameter -- Surface Order Forces in Nematic Liquid C…