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IMA Annual Program Year Workshop

Natural Locomotion in Fluids and on Surfaces: Swimming, Flying, and Sliding

June 1-5, 2010
Organizers:
Stephen Childress Courant Institute of Mathematical Sciences, New York University
Anette (Peko) Hosoi Mechanical Engineering, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
William W. Schultz Mechanical Engineering, University of Michigan
Z. Jane Wang Theoretical and Applied Mechanics, Cornell University

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IMA Tutorial: Locomotion in Nature: Background Topics
in Fluid Mechanics
, May 31, 2010

Description:

Natural locomotion in fluids includes the swimming of fish and microorganisms and the flying of birds and insects. Other creatures employ similar movements on solid and fluid surfaces, e.g. snails, snakes and water striders. Nature has exploited the complex fluid dynamics of time-dependent three-dimensional flows over a wide range of Reynolds numbers to evolve a variety of interesting mechanisms of locomotion. This workshop will focus on the mechanics of these behaviors and the current state of theoretical and experimental work in the field. The scope will cover the dynamics from low to high Reynolds numbers, emphasizing the links between the fluid dynamics and the nature of the evolved mechanisms. The inclusion of movement over solid and fluid surfaces introduces new phenomena involving surface stresses and complex fluid layers.

Tentative List of Speakers:
  • Michael Brenner (Harvard University, confirmed)
  • Howie Choset (Carnegie Mellon University)
  • Itai Cohen (Cornell University, confirmed) Panelist
  • Ian Couzin (Princeton University)
  • John Dabiri (California Institute of Technology, confirmed)
  • Tom Daniel (University of Washington, confirmed)
  • Robert Deegan (University of Michigan)
  • Mark Denny (Stanford University, confirmed)
  • Michael Dickinson (California Institute of Technology)
  • Lisa Fauci (Tulane University, confirmed)
  • Frank Fish (West Chester University, confirmed)
  • Raymond Goldstein (University of Cambridge, confirmed)
  • Philip Holmes (Princeton University, confirmed)
  • Scott Kelly (University of North Carolina - Charlotte, confirmed)
  • John Kessler (University of Arizona, confirmed)
  • Mimi Koehl (University of California, Berkeley, confirmed)
  • George Lauder (Harvard University, confirmed)
  • Eric Lauga (University of California, San Diego, confirmed)
  • Timothy Pedley (University of Cambridge, confirmed)
  • Leif Ristroph (Cornell University)
  • David Saintillan (University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, confirmed)
  • Michael Shelley (New York University, confirmed)
  • Russ Tedrake (Massachusetts Institute of Technology, confirmed)
  • Steven Vogel (Duke University, confirmed) Panelist
  • Paul Webb (University of Michigan, confirmed)

LIST OF CONFIRMED PARTICIPANTS

NameDepartmentAffiliation
Silas AlbenSchool of Mathematics Georgia Institute of Technology
Anders Peter AndersenDepartment of Physics Technical University of Denmark
Nusret BalciInstitute for Mathematics and its Applications University of Minnesota
Gordon Joseph BermanLewis-Sigler Institute for Integrative Genomics Princeton University
Tomas BohrDepartment of Physics Technical University of Denmark
Michael P. BrennerSchool of Engineering and Applied Science Harvard University
Kenny BreuerDivision of Engineering Brown University
Maria-Carme T. CaldererSchool of Mathematics University of Minnesota
Chi Hin ChanInstitute for Mathematics and its Applications University of Minnesota
Xianjin ChenInstitute for Mathematics and its Applications University of Minnesota
Stephen ChildressCourant Institute of Mathematical Sciences New York University
Itai CohenDepartment of Physics Cornell University
Aline CotelDepartment of Civil and Environmental Engineering University of Michigan
John O. DabiriGraduate Aeronautical Laboratories and Bioengineering California Institute of Technology
Tom DanielBiology Department University of Washington
Mark DennyHopkins Marine Station Stanford University
Charles DoeringDepartment of Mathematics University of Michigan
Leah Edelstein-KeshetDepartment of Mathematics University of British Columbia
Jeff EldredgeMechanical & Aerospace Engineering University of California, Los Angeles
Randy H. EwoldtInstitute for Mathematics and its Applications University of Minnesota
Lisa FauciDepartment of Mathematics Tulane University
Frank FishDepartment of Biology West Chester University
Dan Ivan GoldmanSchool of Physics Georgia Institute of Technology
Raymond GoldsteinDepartment of Applied Mathematics and Theoretical Physics University of Cambridge
Michael D. GrahamChemical and Biological Engineering Department University of Wisconsin
John GuckenheimerDepartment of Mathematics Cornell University
Philip J. HolmesDepartment of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering and Program in Applied and Computational Math Princeton University
David HuSchool of Mechanical Engineering Georgia Institute of Technology
Greg HuberDepartment of Cell Biology University of Connecticut Health Center
Yunkyong HyonInstitute for Mathematics and its Applications University of Minnesota
Mark IwenInstitute for Mathematics and its Applications University of Minnesota
Srividhya JeyaramanInstitute for Mathematics and its Applications University of Minnesota
Lijian JiangInstitute for Mathematics and its Applications University of Minnesota
Mihailo JovanovicDepartment of Electrical and Computer Engineering University of Minnesota
Ning JuDepartment of Mathematics Oklahoma State University
Sunny JungDepartment of Mathematics Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University
Eva KansoAerospace and Mechanical Engineering University of Southern California
Scott David KellyMechanical Engineering and Engineering Science University of North Carolina - Charlotte
John Otto KesslerPhysics University of Arizona
Hyejin KimInstitute for Mathematics and its Applications University of Minnesota
Mimi KoehlDepartment of Integrative Biology University of California, Berkeley
Pawel KoniecznyInstitute for Mathematics and its Applications University of Minnesota
Arshad KudrolliPhysics Department Clark University
Amy LangDepartment of Aerospace Engineering and Mechanics University of Alabama
George LauderMuseum of Comparative Zoology Harvard University
Eric LaugaDepartment of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering University of California, San Diego
Anita LaytonDepartment of Mathematics Duke University
Chiun-Chang LeeDepartment of Mathematics National Taiwan University
David LentinkExperimental Zoology Group Wageningen University and Research Center
Rachel LevyDepartment of Mathematics Harvey Mudd College
Marta LewickaDepartment of Mathematics University of Minnesota
Congming LiDepartment of Applied Mathematics University of Colorado
Yongfeng LiInstitute for Mathematics and its Applications University of Minnesota
Zhi (George) LinInstitute for Mathematics and its Applications University of Minnesota
Chun LiuInstitute for Mathematics and its Applications University of Minnesota
Ellen K. LongmireDepartment of Aerospace Engineering and Mechanics University of Minnesota
Krishnan MaheshDepartment of Aerospace Engineering and Mechanics University of Minnesota
Kara Lee MakiInstitute for Mathematics and its Applications University of Minnesota
Vasileios MaroulasInstitute for Mathematics and its Applications University of Minnesota
Anna L MazzucatoDepartment of Mathematics Pennsylvania State University
Gareth Huw MckinleyDepartment of Mechanical Engineering Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Laura MillerDepartment of Mathematics University of North Carolina
Kamran MohseniDepartment of Aerospace Engineering Sciences University of Colorado
Yoichiro MoriSchool of Mathematics University of Minnesota
Dongjuan NiuIMECC - UNICAMP Capital Normal University
Cecilia Ortiz-DuenasInstitute for Mathematics and its Applications University of Minnesota
Hans G. OthmerDepartment of Mathematics University of Minnesota
Neelesh A. PatankarDepartment of Mechanical Engineering Northwestern University
Thomas PeacockDepartment of Mechanical Engineering Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Timothy J PedleyDepartment of Applied Mathematics and Theoretical Physics University of Cambridge
Zhu QiangDepartment of Structural Engineering University of California, San Diego
Juan Mario RestrepoDepartment of Mathematics University of Arizona
David SaintillanDepartment of Mechanical Science and Engineering University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Fadil SantosaInstitute for Mathematics and its Applications University of Minnesota
Arnd ScheelSchool of Mathematics University of Minnesota
William W. SchultzDepartment of Mechanical Engineering University of Michigan
George R SellSchool of Mathematics University of Minnesota
Tsvetanka SendovaInstitute for Mathematics and its Applications University of Minnesota
Shuanglin ShaoInstitute for Mathematics and its Applications University of Minnesota
Michael J. ShelleyCourant Institute of Mathematical Sciences New York University
Jake SochaDepartment of Engineering Science and Mechanics Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University
Panagiotis Stinis University of Minnesota
Susan S SuarezDepartment of Biomedical Sciences Cornell University
Vladimir SverakSchool of Mathematics University of Minnesota
Russ TedrakeElectrical Engineering and Computer Science Department Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Jean-Luc ThiffeaultDepartment of Mathematics University of Wisconsin
Chad Michael TopazDepartment of Mathematics and Computer Science Macalester College
Steven VogelDepartment of Biology Duke University
Changyou WangDepartment of Mathematics University of Kentucky
Paul WebbSchool of Natural Resources & Environment University of Michigan
Sijue WuDepartment of Mathematics University of Michigan
Wei XiongInstitute for Mathematics and its Applications University of Minnesota
Jin XuTraditional Medicine Laboratory Shanghai University of Traditional Chinese Medicine
Xiang XuDepartment of Computational and Applied Mathematics Pennsylvania State University
Jeannette YenDepartment of Biology Georgia Institute of Technology
Tsuyoshi YonedaInstitute for Mathematics and its Applications University of Minnesota
Weigang ZhongInstitute for Mathematics and its Applications University of Minnesota