Friday, January 23, 2015 (3:00 p.m. in Yost 306)
Title: Microscale propulsion in engineering and biology
Speaker: Henry Fu (Ralph E. Hoeper Assistant Professor of Engineering- University of Nevada at Reno)
Abstract: At the microscale, hydrodynamic constraints lead to nonintuitive features of propulsion for engineered as well as living systems. I begin by describing the characteristics...
Abstracts
Monday, November 24, 2014 03:15 PM
Title: The effect of moderate noise on a limit cycle oscillator: counterrotation and bistability
Speakers: Mike Schwemmer & Jay Newby,
Postdoctoral Fellows
Mathematical Biosciences Institute, The Ohio State University
Abstract: The effects of noise on the dynamics of nonlinear systems is known to lead to many counterintuitive behaviors....