PICS Colloquium

On Friday, December 3 at 2:00 PICS is hosting a colloquium with Professor Alparslan Oztekin, Professor of Mechanical Engineering & Mechanics at Lehigh University. Title: Computational and Experimental Modeling of Membrane Distillation Abstract: Computational fluid dynamics simulations and experiments were conducted to study the performance of distillation membrane process for water treatment and desalination applications. […]

On Friday, February 25 at 2:00 PICS will present a colloquium with Professor Andres Goza, Assistant Professor Aerospace Engineering at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign. Title: Driving physics of inverted flag flapping Abstract: Fluid-structure interaction (FSI) is ubiquitous in the natural and engineered world, and a better understanding of FSI systems can aid in the […]

On Friday, March 4 at 2:00 PICS will present a colloquium featuring Shawn Chester, Associate Professor of Mechanical & Industrial Engineering at New Jersey Institute of Technology. Title: Mechanics of Polymeric Gels Abstract: This talk discusses recent and ongoing research on the multiphysics response of polymeric gels. A polymeric gel is a polymeric material swollen by a […]

On Friday, March 18 at 2:00 in the large conference room, PICS will present a colloquium featuring Professor Alison Pouch. Title: Computational Image Analysis For Individualized Surgical Treatment Planning of Bicuspid Aortic Valves Abstract: The bicuspid aortic valve (BAV) is a congenital heart defect in which the aortic valve has two cusps rather than three. […]

On Friday, March 25 at 2:00 PICS will host a colloquium with Professor Xiang Yang, Assistant Professor in Mechanical Engineering at Penn State University. Title: Taking a layman’s perspective to turbulence modeling Abstract: Turbulence is an unsolved problem in classical physics. Its modeling often involves physical, mathematical, and numerical concepts that are daunting to even […]

On Friday, April 1 at 2:00 PICS will host a virtual colloquium featuring Dr. Alexander Ehret of the Swiss Federal Laboratories for Materials Science and Engineering (EMPA). Title: Preserving microscale features in continuum models of fiber network materials Abstract Fiber networks at different length scales represent a prevalent microstructure of highly deformable materials and biological […]

On Friday, April 8 at 2:00 PICS will host a colloquium featuring Dr. Rahul Zaveri, Scientist, Atmospheric Sciences & Global Division, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory.     Title: The Dynamics of Gas-Particle Partitioning: Insights from Laboratory, Field, and Modeling studies Abstract Ultrafine aerosols can significantly influence Earth’s climate if they are able to grow to […]

On Friday, April 15 at 2:00 PICS will present a colloquium featuring Kevin Johnson, David L. Cohen University Professor, Annenberg School for Communication, Bioengineering, Biostatistics, Epidemiology and Informatics Primary, Computer and Information Science Primary, Pediatrics at the University of Pennsylvania. Title:  Transforming Healthcare from the Outside: the OBSERVER project Abstract:  We live with a health care system […]

On Friday, October 21 at 2:00 PICS will present a colloquium featuring Dr. Meng Wang, Professor of Aerospace and Mechanical Engineering at the University of Notre Dame College of Engineering.    Title: Computation of Flow-Induced Sound at Low Mach Numbers Abstract: Flow-induced noise is a significant problem for air, road and marine vehicles as well […]