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Fluids Seminar

The fluids group meets weekly to share and discuss current fluids research in the Applied Mathematics Unit here at UC Merced. We use mathematical and numerical analysis, modeling, and computational simulation (and, coming soon: experiments!) to explore a variety of different problems related to fluid dynamics. These include, but are not limited to, fluid-structure interactions, multiphase and low-Reynolds number flows, and porous media problems. We consider applications ranging from geophysics (sedimentation, stratified fluids, erosion) to biofluids (dynamics of marine organisms, blood clot formation under flow, ciliary beating) to fundamental physics (drop-wave interactions).

Our group is led by Professors Francois Blanchette, Shilpa Khatri, Changho Kim, Dustin Kleckner, Bin Liu, Kevin MitchellMaxime Theillard and and consists of graduate students, postdocs and faculty in the Applied Mathematics and Physics Graduate programs. Our work is supported, in part, by grants from the National Science Foundation.

Group Meeting Schedule for Fall 2021 - Fridays 12:30-1:30pm ACS-362B

The Fluids seminar currently follows the Energy and Environment seminar, 

We will also share the seminar on zoom, though in-person attendance is recommended if at all possible and safe. The zoom link will be:

https://ucmerced.zoom.us/j/85085236301

Contact Prof. Blanchette (fblanchette@ucmerced.edu) for more information or to register to the class.

Schedule for Fall 2021:

Septermber 3: Organizational meeting

Septermber 10:  Shayna Bennett, Graduate student, Applied Mathematics

Septermber 17:  Adam Binswanger, Graduate student, Applied Mathematics and De Zhen Zhou, Graduate student, Physics

Septermber 24: Matteo Polimeno, Graduate student, Applied Mathematics  

October 1: Kevin Mitchell, Faculty, Physics

October 8: Matthew Blomquist and Sarah Downs, Graduate students, Applied Mathematics

October 15: Bin Liu, Faculty, Physics

October 22: Maxime Theillard, Faculty, Applied Mathematics

October 29: Alex Ho and Eunji Yoo, Graduate students, Applied Mathematics

November 5: Dustin Kleckner, Faculty, Physics, and Cole Cooper, Graduate student, Physics

November 12: APS-DFD practice talks

November 19: APS-DFD practice talks

December 3: Diego Tapia Silva and Jane Garcia, Graduate students, Physics

December 10: Eric Eibeck, Undergraduate student, Applied Mathematics

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Group meetings are canceled from March 13 until further notice because of COVID-19.

January 31st, 2020

Scientific Paper writing conversation, led by Francois Blanchette, Faculty, Applied Mathematics

February 7th, 2020

Arvind Gopinath, Faculty, Bio-Engineering

February 14th, 2020

Bin Liu, Faculty, Physics

February 21th, 2020

Graduate Visitation

February 28th, 2020

Jeremias Gonzales, Graduate student, Physics

Pooja Chopra, Graduate student, Physics

March 6th, 2020

No talk because of the March Meeting

March 13th, 2020

Reza Parsa, Postdoc, Applied Mathematics<

March 20th, 2020

Matea Santiago, Graduate student, Applied Mathematics

March 27th, 2020

Cesar Chavez, Activist

April 3rd, 2020

Shayna Bennett, Graduate student, Applied Mathematics

April 10th, 2020

Eunji Yoo, Graduate Student, Applied Mathematics

De Zhen Zhou, Graduate Student, Physics

April 17th, 2020

SIAM Chapter Regional conference

April 24th, 2020
Adam Binswanger, Graduate student, Applied Mathematics
Cole Cooper, Graduate student, Physics
 
May 1st, 2020
Mateo Polimeno, Graduate student, Applied Mathematicss
Diego Tapia Silva, Graduate student, Physics
 
May 8th, 2020
Social Event TBD
 
Group Meeting Schedule for Fall 2019 - Fridays 1:30-2:30pm ACS-362B
 
September 6th, 2019
Kevin Mitchell, Faculty, Physics
 
September 13th, 2019
Reza Parsa, Post-doc, Applied Mathematics
Jeremias Gonzales, Graduate student, Physics
 
September 20th, 2019
Shilpa Khatri, Faculty, Applied Mathematics
 
September 27th, 2019
Adam Binswanger, Graduate student, Applied Mathematics
 
October 4th, 2019
Dustin Kleckner, Faculty, Physics
 
October 11th, 2019
Bin Liu, Faculty, Physics
 
October 18th, 2019
Eunji Yoo, Graduate student, Applied Mathematics
Lori Lewis, Graduate student, Applied Mathematics
 
October 25th, 2019
Shayna Bennett, Graduate student, Applied Mathematics
Matea Santiago, Graduate student, Applied Mathematics
 
November 1st, 2019
Arnold Kim, Faculty, Applied Mathematics
 
November 8th, 2019
Practice Talks for APS-DFD conference
 
November 15th, 2019
Practice Talks for APS-DFD conference
 
November 22nd, 2019
Elsie Cortes, Undergraduate, Applied Mathematics
Camille Carvalho, Faculty, Applied Mathematics
 
December 6th, 2019
Mateo Polimeno, Graduate student, Applied Mathematicss
Diego, Graduate student, Physics
 
December 13th, 2019
Maxime Theillard, Faculty, Applied Mathematics
 
Group Meeting Schedule for Spring 2019 - Fridays 1:30-2:30pm COB1-322 (Willow room)
 
February 8th, 2019
Tracy Mandel, Postdoctoral researcher, Applied Mathematics and Physics
and De Zheng, prospective graduate student, Physics
 
February 15th, 2019
Bin Liu, Faculty, Physics
 
March 1st, 2019
Practice talks for APS March Meeting, Physics
 
March 15th, 2019
Eunji Yoo, Graduate Student, Applied Mathematics
 
March 22nd, 2019
Changho Kim, Faculty, Applied Mathematics
 
April 12th, 2019
Harishankar Manikantan, Postdoc, Chemical Engineering, UCSB
 
April 26th, 2019
Matea Alvarado, Graduate Student, Applied Mathematics
 
May 10th, 2019
Simon Berman, Postdoctoral Researcher, Physics
 
Group Meeting Schedule for Fall 2018 - Fridays 1:00-2:00pm SE1-300
 
October 12th, 2018
Tracy Mandel, Postdoctoral researcher, Applied Mathematics and Physics
 
October 26th, 2018
Francois Blanchette, Associate Professor, Applied Mathematics
 
November 16th, 2018
Practice APS-DFD talks
 
Group Meeting Schedule for Spring 2017 - Fridays 9:30-10:30am COB 322 (Willow Room)
 
January 27th, 2017
Francois Blanchette, Associate Professor, Applied Mathematics
 
February 3rd, 2017
David Martin, Lecturer, Applied Mathematics
 
February 10th, 2017
Kevin Mitchell, Professor, Physics
 
February 17th, 2017
Dustin Kleckner, Assistant Professor, Physics
 
February 24th, 2017
Graduate visitation
 
March 3rd, 2017
Bin Liu, Assistant Professor, Physics 
 
March 10th, 2017
 
 
March 17th, 2017
 
 
March 24th, 2017
 
 
March 31st, 2017
Spring break
 
April 7th, 2017
Matea Alvarado, Graduate Student, Applied Mathematics
 
April 14th, 2017
Yu Zeng, Postdoctoral Fellow, Physics
 
April 21st, 2017
Shilpa Khatri, Assistant Professor, Applied Mathematics
 
April 28th, 2017
Vaibhav Gupta, Graduate Student, Applied Mathematics
 
May 5th, 2017
Mac Panah, Graduate Student,Mechanical Engineering
 
 
 
 
Group Meeting Schedule for Fall 2016 - Fridays 2:00-3:00pm COB SAR
 
August 26th, 2016
Organizational Meeting

 

September 2nd, 2016
Francois Blanchette, Associate Professor
 
September 9th, 2016
Replaced by Gravitational Waves Physics Seminar
 
September 16th, 2016
Bin Liu, Assistant Professor 
 
September 23rd, 2016
Shilpa Khatri, Assistant Professor
 
September 30th, 2016
Dustin Kleckner, Assistant Professor
 
October 7th, 2016
Conference Preparation
 
October 14th, 2016
Kevin Mitchell, Professor
 
October 21th, 2016
Yu Zeng, Post-doc
 
October 28th, 2016
Rory Locke, Graduate Student
 
November 4th, 2016
Mac Panah, Graduate Student
 
November 18th, 2016
Practice APS-DFD talks
 
December 2nd, 2016
Matea Alvarado, Graduate Student
 
December 9th, 2016
OPEN
 
Group Meeting Schedule for Spring 2016 - Fridays 12:30-1:30pm COB SAR
 
January 29th, 2016
Organizational meeting
 
February 5th, 2016
Francois Blanchette, Associate Professor, Applied Mathematics
 
February 12th, 2016
Hoang-Ngan Nguyen, Postdoc, Applied Mathematics
 
February 19th, 2016
Graduate Visitation
 
February 26th, 2016
Yu Zeng, Postdoc, Physics
 
March 4th, 2016
Karin Leiderman, Assistant Professor, Applied Mathematics
 
March 11th, 2016
Dustin Kleckner, Assistant Professor, Physics
 
March 18th, 2016
Shilpa Khatri, Assistant Professor, Applied Mathematics
 
March 25th, 2016
Spring break
 
April 1st, 2016
Ilija Jegdic, Postdoc, Applied Mathematics
 
April 8th, 2016
Bin Liu, Assistant Professor, Physics
 
April 15th, 2016
Mac Panah, Graduate Student, Mechanical Engineering
 
April 22th, 2016
Matea Alvarado, Graduate Student, Applied Mathematics
 
April 29th, 2016
Nicholas Danes, Graduate Student, Applied Mathematics
 
May 6th, 2016
Open 
 
 
 
 
Group Meeting Schedule for Fall 2015 - Wednesdays 10:30-11:20am COB SAR
 
September 2nd, 2015
Bin Liu, Assistant Professor
 
September 9th, 2015
Lindsay Waldrop, Postdoctoral Fellow
 
September 16th, 2015
Shilpa Khatri, Assistant Professor 
 
September 23rd, 2015
Karin Leiderman, Assistant Professor
 
September 30th, 2015
Nick Danes, Graduate Student
 
October 7th, 2015
Mac Panah, Graduate Student
 
October 14th, 2015
François Blanchette, Associate Professor
 
October 21th, 2015
Dustin Kleckner, Assistant Professor 
 
October 28th, 2015
Michael Kelley, Graduate Student
 
November 4th, 2015
CANCELLED
 
November 18th, 2015
Hoang-Ngan Nguyen and Francois Blanchette practice APS-DFD talks
 
December 2nd, 2015
Matea Alvarado, Graduate Student
 
Group Meeting Schedule for Spring 2015 - Wednesdays 10:45-11:45 COB SAR
 
January 28th, 2015
Karin Leiderman, Assistant Professor
 
February 4th, 2015
Francois Blanchette, Associate Professor
Approach to writing a scientific paper
 
February 11th, 2015
Free Discussion
 
February 18th, 2015
Mac Panah, Graduate Student
Numerical methods for solving large systems of equations
 
February 25th, 2015
Terese Thompson, Graduate Student
 
March 4th, 2015
Karin Leiderman, Assistant Professor
Practice talk for CSE
 
March 11th, 2015
Sarah Olson, Assistant Professor, WPI
 
March 18th, 2015
Ana Cecilia Arbelaez, Visiting Graduate Student
Modeling flow into a reservoir
 
March 25th, 2015
Spring Break
 
April 1st, 2015
Michael Stobb, Graduate Student
 
April 8th, 2015
Shilpa Katri, Assistant Professor.
 
April 15th, 2015
Free discussion
 
April 22nd, 2015
Free discussion
 
April 29th, 2015
Nicholas Danes, Graduate student
 
May 6th, 2015
David Martin, Graduate Student
Practice thesis defense
 
 
Group Meeting Schedule for Fall 2014 - Wednesdays 10:45-11:45 COB SAR
 
September 10th, 2014
Shilpa Khatri, Assistant Professor
Fluid-structure interaction, multi-phase flows, and modeling pulsating coral
 
September 17th, 2014
Francois Blanchette, Associate Professor
Paper and discussion of the penalty method
 
September 24rd, 2014
Hoang-Ngan Nguyen, Postdoc
Paper presentation: "Life at Low Reynolds Number" - Purcell
 
October 1st, 2014
Michael Stobb, Graduate Student
Introduction to the Finite Element Method 
 
October 8th, 2014
Mac Panah, Graduate Student.
Current research topic - Brinkman/NS equations solver
 
October 15th, 2014
Hoang-Ngan Nguyen, Postdoc
Pozrikidis 1996 paper on periodic Stokes
 
October 22nd, 2014
Terese Thompson, Graduate Student.
Error analysis from 3D Regularized Stokeslet paper Cortez et al., 2005
 
October 29th, 2014
Shilpa Khatri, Assistant Professor
What is the best way to render a velocity field divergence free?
 
November 5th, 2014
Nick Danes, Graduate Student
On Fenics
 
November 12th, 2014
TBA
 
November 19, 2014
APS-DFD practice talks
 
December 3, 2014
David Martin, Graduate Student
Settling drops in the presence of surfactants