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We test this algorithm on a wide variety of settings while simultaneously exhibiting the resultant streaming flow--structures, demonstrating both streaming's capability of effecting flow control and our solver's robustness in capturing these structures. We then consider the problem of an idealized two-dimensional inertial particle transport and prove that transport can be augmented by sensibly utilizing the streaming mechanism. We then successfully perform a forward--design study to devise shapes capable of enhanced transport using this mechanism, capitalizing on the insights gained from our demonstrations above. 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We then consider the problem of an idealized two-dimensional inertial particle transport and prove that transport can be augmented by sensibly utilizing the streaming mechanism. We then successfully perform a forward--design study to devise shapes capable of enhanced transport using this mechanism, capitalizing on the insights gained from our demonstrations above. 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