Fluid Dynamics Seminar Series

Department of Mathematical Sciences,
Center for Applied Mathematics and Statistics, and
Department of Mechanical Engineering
New Jersey Institute of Technology

Spring 2010

Seminars are held on Mondays at 4:00 p.m. in 611 Cullimore Hall, unless noted otherwise.  Faculty are encouraged to bring students as most of the seminars will include a short introduction at the beginning. For questions about the seminar schedule, please contact Yuan-Nan Young (yyoung@oak.njit.edu). 

 

Date
Speaker and title
Host

January 25

Michael Renardy, Department of Mathematics, Virginia Tech University
Title: Turning polymeric liquids into theorems: Part one. (abstract)
 S. Afkhami

February 1

Michael Renardy, Department of Mathematics, Virginia Tech University
Title: Turning polymeric liquids into theorems: Part two. (abstract)
 S. Afkhami

February 8

Michael Renardy, Department of Mathematics, Virginia Tech University
Title: Turning polymeric liquids into theorems: Part three. (abstract)
 S. Afkhami

February 19 11:30am (Special Time)

Weiqing Ren, Courant Institute of Mathematical Sciences, New York University
Title: The moving contact line problem and the spreading of liquid thin films (abstract)
 Yuan

February 22

Shreyas Mandre, School of Engineering and Applied Sciences, Harvard University
Title: The mechanism of a splash (abstract)
 Linda Cummings

March 1

Christel Hohenegger, Courant Institute of Mathematical Sciences, New York University
Title: Understanding the Dynamics and Mechanics of Complex Fluids (abstract)
 Yuan

March 8

Henry Hess, Department of Biomechanical Engineering, Columbia University
Title: Molecular shuttles, "smart dust" biosensors and active self-assembly powered by kinesin motors (abstract)
 Yuan

March 24 4:00pm (Special Time)
Amir H. Hirsa, Department of Mechanical, Aerospace and Nuclear Engineering, RPI
Title: Protein assemblies at flow interfaces: 2D crystallization and amyloid formation (abstract)
 S. Afkhami

March 29

Thrushant Majmudar, Courant Institute of Mathematical Sciences, New York University
Title: Nonlinear dynamics of coiling and folding in viscoelastic jets. (abstract)
 Lou Kondic

April 5

Arvind Gopinath, Harvard University
Title: Symmetry breaking and bifurcations in rigid rod nematic suspensions. (abstract)
 Yuan

April 12 (Speical Applied Math Seminar)
Ratnasingham Shivaji, Department of Mathematics and Statistics, Mississippi State University
Title: Positive Solutions for Classes of n by n Nonlinear Positone Elliptic Systems (abstract)
 Linda Cummings

April 19

Eric Keaveny, Courant Institute of Mathematical Sciences, New York University
Title: Rotation-translation coupling strategies for artificial low Reynolds number propulsion (abstract)
 Yuan

April 26

Prabir Daripa, Department of Mathematics, Texas A & M University
Title: Some recent results on multi-layered Hele-Shaw flows (abstract)
 Michael Siegel

May 3
Hao Lin, Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, Rutgers University
Title: Electrokinetic transport in electroporation-mediated molecular delivery (abstract)
 Yuan