FALL 2011 |
September 13, 2011, 4:00 p.m. Zhangli Peng MIT Title: Multiscale Modeling of Red Blood
Cells and Related Diseases |
September 20, 2011, 4:00 p.m. Hsueh-Chia Chang Chemical Engineering, Notre Dame Title: Nanofluidic Diodes and Electrokinetic Biosensors Host: Petia Vlahovska, 401- 863-9774, Petia_Vlahovska@brown.edu |
September 27, 2011, 3:00 p.m. M. Cristina Marchetti Physics, Syracuse Univeristy Title: Collective Dynamics of Active Matter: From Self-Propelled Particles to Migrating Cell Layers Host: Petia Vlahovska, 401- 863-9774, Petia_Vlahovska@brown.edu |
October 4, 2011, 3:00 p.m. Alexander Smits Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering Princeton University Title: Hydrodynamics of Manta Ray Swimming Host: Kenny Breuer, 401-863-2870, Kenneth_Breuer@Brown.edu |
October 11, 2011, 4:00 p.m. School of Engineering Brown University Title: Optimization and Boundary Effects in Micro-scale Swimming Host: Shreyas Mandre, 401-863-2602, Shrayas_Mandre@Brown.edu and Tom Powers, 401-863-2868, Thomas_Powers@Brown.edu |
October 18, 2011, 4:00 p.m. Scott Backhaus Los Alamos National Lab Title: Laboratory Measurements of Large-Scale Flows in Carbon Sequestration Host: Shreyas Mandre, 401-863-2602, Shrayas_Mandre@Brown.edu |
October 25, 2011, 4:00 p.m. Sandip Ghosal Mechanical Engineering, Northwestern University Title: Nonlinear Waves and Electrokinetic Shocks in Capillary Electrophoresis Host: Petia Vlahovska 401- 863-9774, Petia_Vlahovska@brown.edu |
November 1, 2011, 3:00 p.m. James Rice School of Engineering and Applied Sciences Harvard University Title: Problems in Glacial Hydrology and Dynamics Host: Shreyas Mandre, 401-863-2602, Shrayas_Mandre@Brown.edu |
November 8, 2011, 4:00 p.m. Mahesh Bandi Title: Shock-Driven Jamming and Periodic Fracture at Particular Interfaces Host: Shreyas Mandre, 401-863-2602, Shrayas_Mandre@Brown.edu |
November 15, 2011, 4:00 p.m. University of Arizona Tucson |
| November 17, 2011, 2:30 p.m. Takuji Ishikawa Title: Transport Phenomena in Suspension of Swimming Microorganisms Host: Petia Vlahovska 401- 863-9774, Petia_Vlahovska@brown.edu |
November 29, 2011 Title: Optimal Motion in Fluids Host: Thomas_Powers@Brown.edu |
December 6, 2011, 3:00 p.m. L. Mahadevan School of Engineering and Applied Sciences Harvard University Title: Viscous Buckling: Treacle to Tectonics Host: Shreyas Mandre, 401-863-2602, Shrayas_Mandre@Brown.edu |
Spring 2011 Seminars |
May 10, 2011, 4:00 p.m. Tatiana Kuriabova Title: Linear Aggregation and Liquid-crystalline Order: Comparison of Monte Carlo Simulation and Analytic Theory and Tom Powers, 401-863-2868,Thomas_Powers@brown.edu
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May 3, 2011, 3:00 p.m. Eric Dufresne Yale University Caught between a Drop and a Soft Place: The Deformation of an Elastic Substrate by a Three-Phase Contact Line |
April 26, 2011, 4:00 p.m. Prof. Yuan-nan Young Interaction Between an Elastic Filament and the Vesicle Membrane Host: P. Vlahovska, 401-863-9774, Petia_Vlahovska@Brown.edu |
April 19, 2011, 4:00 p.m. Prof. Michael Siegel New Jersey Institute of Technology A Hybrid Numerical Method for Fluid Interfaces with Soluble Surfactant Host: P. Vlahovska, 401-863-9774, Petia_Vlahovska@Brown.edu |
April 12, 2011, 4:00 p.m. Margarita Staykova Title: Lipid Membranes under Forces: New Aspects of Membrane Behavior |
April 5, 2011, 3:00 p.m. Paul Steen Title: Dynamics and Stability of Reconfigurable Capillary Surfaces Host: Kenny Breuer, 401-863-2870, Kenneth_Breuer@Brown.edu |
March 22, 2011, 4:00 p.m. Jay Humphrey Title: Mathematical Modeling of Cerebral Aneurysms and Vasospasm |
March 15, 2011, 4:00 Michael Miksis Title: Moving Boundary Problems Associated with Biopreservation by Desiccation Host: P. Vlahovska, 401-863-9774, Petia_Vlahovska@Brown.edu |
February 22, 2011, 4:00 p.m. Enkeleida Lushi Title: The Coupling of Chemotaxis and Hydrodynamics in Suspensions of Micro-swimmers Host: P. Vlahovska, 401- 863-9774, Petia_Vlahovska@Brown.edu |
February 15, 2011, 4:00 p.m. Prof. Paul Atzberger Host: P. Vlahovska, 401- 863-9774, Petia_Vlahovska@Brown.edu |
February 8, 2011, 4:00 p.m. Shmuel Rubinstein Harvard University Title: Droplet Impact on a Surface Mediated by the Rupture of a Thin Air Film Host: S. Mandre, 401-863-2602, Shrayas_Mandre@Brown.edu |
February 1, 2011, 3:00 p.m., B & H 723 Shravan Veerapaneni Courant Institute Title: Large-scale Simulations of Vesicles Suspended in 3D Viscous Flows Host: P. Vlahovska, 401- 863-9774, Petia_Vlahovska@brown.edu |