Complex Fluids and Complex Flows

September 01, 2009 - June 30, 2010

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Overview

This program is broadly concerned with fundamental challenges of modeling, analysis and computation for (mostly) incompressible fluid dynamics. Much attention will be focused on non-Newtonian fluids in which complex material constitutions produce nonlinear and/or nonlocal relationships between stresses and rates-of-strain (and sometimes strains) leading to unique and often unforeseen flow phenomena. Complex fluids are ubiquitous in engineering applications and the applied sciences from biology to geology. They serve as the focus of active areas of research within the larger fluid dynamics community.

Organizing Committee:

Stephen Childress	Courant Institute of Mathematical Sciences, New York University
Peter Constantin	Mathematics, University of Chicago
L. Pamela Cook	Mathematical Sciences, University of Delaware
Charles R. Doering	Mathematics and Physics, University of Michigan (chair)
Sandip Ghosal	Mechanical Engineering, Northwestern University
Michael D. Graham	Chemical and Biological Engineering, University of Wisconsin, Madison
David H. Sharp	Complex Systems, Theoretical Division, Los Alamos National Laboratory

Poster

Events

June 01 - 05, 2010	Natural Locomotion in Fluids and on Surfaces: Swimming, Flying, and Sliding	Annual Program Workshop
April 12 - 16, 2010	Transport and Mixing in Complex and Turbulent Flows	Annual Program Workshop
April 11, 2010	Transport and Mixing in Complex and Turbulent Flows	Tutorial
February 22 - 26, 2010	Analysis and Computation of Incompressible Fluid Flow	Annual Program Workshop
February 21, 2010	Tutorial on Analysis and Computation of Incompressible Fluid Flow	Tutorial
December 07 - 11, 2009	Microfluidics: Electrokinetic and Interfacial Phenomena	Annual Program Workshop
December 05 - 06, 2009	Mathematics of Microfluidic Transport Phenomena	Tutorial
October 12 - 16, 2009	Flowing Complex Fluids: Fluid Mechanics-Interaction of Microstructure and Flow	Annual Program Workshop
October 11, 2009	From Microscopic to Macroscopic Fluid Dynamics in Complex Fluids	Tutorial
September 14 - 18, 2009	Flowing Complex Fluids: Rheological measurements and constitutive modeling	Annual Program Workshop
September 12 - 13, 2009	An Introduction to Funny (Complex) Fluids: Rheology, Modeling and Theorems	Tutorial

Full Description

Complex flows include those of both simple and complex fluids in simple and complex domains, in the presence of moving boundaries, and turbulent flows. Key questions for such flows include transport and mixing properties, and flow-structure interactions generating motions including swimming, flying, sliding and crawling. Recent research has revealed new connections between fluid characteristics, flow complexity and transport properties that will in part serve as a unifying theme throughout the program.

The year will be organized around specific themes highlighted by six week-long workshops encompassing the following topics:

Rheology of complex fluids
Dynamics of complex fluids
Microfluidics and electrokinetic and interfacial phenomena
Analysis and computation of simple and complex fluids
Transport and mixing in complex and turbulent flows
Fluid-structure interactions and locomotion

The mathematical scope of this program will be very broad, ranging from fundamental modeling questions through issues of computation, simulation, approximation and analysis. Program participants will include researchers from the engineering and applied sciences, including both theorists and experimentalists, numerical analysis and scientific computation, and both applied and abstract analysts. A central goal of the program will be to bring these interdisciplinary perspectives together and facilitate productive engagement. Toward this end, each focused week-long workshop will be preceded by introductory tutorials aimed at researchers from neighboring areas.

Long-Term Visitors

Name	Affiliation	Department	Visit
Claude Bardos	Université de Paris VI (Pierre et Marie Curie)		02/15/10-04/25/10
Jennifer Beichman	University of Michigan	Department of Mathematics	09/01/09-05/31/10
Andrew Beveridge	Macalester College	Department of Mathematics, Statistics and Computer Science	06/14/10-07/16/10
Richard Braun	University of Delaware	Department of Mathematical Sciences	09/01/09-12/15/09
Carme Calderer	University of Minnesota, Twin Cities	School of Mathematics	09/01/09-06/30/10
Stephen Childress	New York University	Courant Institute of Mathematical Sciences	02/01/10-02/27/10 05/09/10-06/06/10
Eric Choate	University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill	Department of Mathematics	10/10/09-11/10/09
L. Pamela Cook	University of Delaware	Department of Mathematical Sciences	09/06/09-12/12/09
Michael Cromer Jr	University of Delaware		09/01/09-12/20/09
Domenico D'Alessandro	Iowa State University	Department of Mathematics	04/15/10-06/30/10
Charles Doering	University of Michigan	Department of Mathematics	08/15/09-06/10/10
Angbo Fang	Hong Kong University of Science and Technology	Department of Physics	09/10/09-10/18/09
Xiaobing Feng	University of Tennessee	Department of Mathematics	10/02/09-10/31/09
David Finn	Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology	Department of Mathematics	09/01/09-11/23/09
Daniel Flath	Macalester College	Department of Mathematics, Statistics and Computer Science	06/07/10-07/16/10
M. Gregory Forest	University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill	Department of Mathematics	09/11/09-10/20/09
Sandip Ghosal	Northwestern University	Department of Mechanical Engineering	09/21/09-12/12/09
Michael Graham	University of Wisconsin, Madison	Chemical and Biological Engineering Department	09/01/09-12/17/09
Thomas Hagen	University of Memphis	Department of Mathematical Sciences	09/01/09-12/23/09
Olaf Hall-Holt	St. Olaf College	Department of Mathematics, Statistics and Computer Science	06/14/10-07/16/10
Yan Huang	Macalester College		06/13/10-07/17/10
Vera Mikyoung Hur	University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign	Department of Mathematics	02/18/10-05/28/10
Volkan Isler	University of Minnesota, Twin Cities	Department of Computer Science & Engineering	06/14/10-07/16/10
Mihailo Jovanovic	University of Minnesota, Twin Cities	Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering	09/11/09-06/10/10
Ning Ju	Oklahoma State University	Department of Mathematics	01/04/10-06/25/10
Catherine Kealey	Beloit College	Department of Mathematics	06/13/10-07/16/10
Kimberly Kendricks	Central State University	Department of Mathematics	05/10/10-07/19/10
Ronald Larson	University of Michigan	Department of Chemical Engineering	09/12/09-12/18/09
Young Ju Lee	Rutgers, The State University Of New Jersey	Department of Mathematics	09/11/09-12/14/09
Chiun-Chang Lee	National Taiwan University	Department of Mathematics	10/22/09-06/09/10
Gilad Lerman	University of Minnesota, Twin Cities	School of Mathematics	06/14/10-07/16/10
Marta Lewicka	University of Minnesota, Twin Cities	School of Mathematics	09/01/09-06/30/10
Yi Li	Stevens Institute of Technology	Department of Mathematics	09/16/09-12/17/09
Congming Li	University of Colorado	Department of Applied Mathematics	01/11/10-06/15/10
Wanyi Li	Macalester College		06/14/10-07/16/10
Ellen Longmire	University of Minnesota, Twin Cities	Department of Aerospace Engineering and Mechanics	09/01/09-06/30/10
Yasunori Maekawa	Kobe University	Department of Mathematics	09/07/09-03/01/10
Krishnan Mahesh	University of Minnesota, Twin Cities	Department of Aerospace Engineering and Mechanics	09/01/09-06/30/10
Aaron Maurer	Carleton College	Department of Mathematics	06/13/10-07/16/10
Anna Mazzucato	The Pennsylvania State University	Department of Mathematics	01/12/10-06/11/10
John McCauley	Haverford College	Department of Mathematics	06/13/10-07/17/10
Yoichiro Mori	University of Minnesota, Twin Cities	School of Mathematics	09/01/09-06/30/10
Monika Nitsche	The Ohio State University		09/01/09-12/18/09
Dongjuan Niu	Capital Normal University	School of Mathematical Sciences	04/01/10-06/15/10
Samuel Okoya	Obafemi Awolowo University	Department of Mathematics	02/15/10-05/15/10
Hans Othmer	University of Minnesota, Twin Cities	School of Mathematics	09/01/09-06/30/10
Harald Pleiner	Max Planck Institute for Polymer Research		09/12/09-10/17/09
Michael Renardy	Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University	Department of Mathematics	09/01/09-12/12/09
Yuriko Renardy	Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University	Department of Mathematics	09/01/09-12/12/09
Juan Restrepo	University of Arizona	Mathematics Department	08/11/09-06/15/10
Rolf Ryham	Rice University	Department of Mathematics	05/13/10-06/15/10
Vishal Saraswat	University of Minnesota, Twin Cities	School of Mathematics	06/13/10-07/16/10
Arnd Scheel	University of Minnesota, Twin Cities	School of Mathematics	09/01/09-06/30/10
George Sell	University of Minnesota, Twin Cities	School of Mathematics	09/01/09-06/30/10
Grigory Seregin	University of Oxford	Mathematical Institute	09/20/09-10/18/09
Daniel Spirn	University of Minnesota, Twin Cities	School of Mathematics	09/08/09-06/01/10
Paul Steen	Cornell University	Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering	10/15/09-12/15/09
Panagiotis Stinis	University of Minnesota, Twin Cities	School of Mathematics	09/01/09-06/30/10
Huan Sun	The Pennsylvania State University	Department of Mathematics	08/16/09-12/15/09
Vladimir Sverak	University of Minnesota, Twin Cities	School of Mathematics	09/01/09-06/30/10
Charles Talbot	University of Connecticut	Department of Mathematics	06/13/10-07/16/10
Mark Taylor	Sandia National Laboratories	Computation, Computers, Information & Mathematics Center	09/01/09-12/18/09
Jean-Luc Thiffeault	University of Wisconsin, Madison	Department of Mathematics	09/01/09-06/14/10
Becca Thomases	University of California, Davis	Mathematics Department	02/09/10-06/12/10
Giordano Tierra Chica	University of Sevilla	Dpto. Ecuaciones Diferenciales y Análisis Numérico	04/06/10-06/15/10
Edriss Titi	University of California	Department of Mathematics	03/28/10-06/12/10
Chad Topaz	Macalester College	Department of Mathematics, Statistics, and Computer Science	09/01/09-06/29/10
Silviya Valeva	Mount Holyoke College	Department of Mathematics	06/14/10-07/16/10
Peter VanKoughnett	Oberlin College	Department of Mathematics	06/14/10-07/16/10
Changyou Wang	University of Kentucky	Department of Mathematics	09/01/09-06/15/10
Xiaoming Wang	Florida State University	Department of Mathematics	01/05/10-05/14/10
Yi Wang	University of Minnesota, Twin Cities	Department of Mathematics	06/13/10-07/16/10
Andrew White	St. Olaf College	Department of Computer Science	06/14/10-07/16/10
Sijue Wu	University of Michigan	Department of Mathematics	09/01/09-06/05/10
Jin Xu	Shanghai University of Traditional Chinese Medicine		12/09/09-06/09/10
Xiang Xu	The Pennsylvania State University	Department of Computational and Applied Mathematics	01/13/10-06/13/10
Zhifei Zhang	Beijing (Peking) University	School of Mathematical Sciences	02/15/10-05/14/10