Low Reynolds Number Swimming I

Presentations

• Time-dependent flow fields around the spherical colonial alga \textit{Volvox carteri}

  ORAL

  Nov. 20, 2011, 4:40 PM – Nov. 20, 2011, 4:53 PM

  Authors

  • Douglas Brumley

    • DAMTP, University of Cambridge

  • Marco Polin

    • DAMTP, University of Cambridge

  • Constant Morez

    • DAMTP, University of Cambridge

  • Raymond Goldstein

    • DAMTP, University of Cambridge

  • Timothy Pedley

    • DAMTP, University of Cambridge

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• Particle Image Velocimetry Around Swimming Paramecia

  ORAL

  Nov. 20, 2011, 4:53 PM – Nov. 20, 2011, 5:06 PM

  Authors

  • Matthew Giarra

    • Virginia Tech

  • Saikat Jana

    • Virginia Tech

  • Sunghwan Jung

    • Department of Engineering Science and Mechanics, Virginia Tech
    • Virginia Tech

  • Pavlos Vlachos

    • Department of Mechanical Engineering, Virginia Tech
    • Virginia Tech
    • Department of Mechanical Engineering, Virginia Tech., Blacksburg VA, USA
    • Virginia Tech Department of Mechanical Engineering
    • VPISU
    • Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University

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• High Speed Tomographic PIV Measurements of Copepod Sensory Cues

  ORAL

  Nov. 20, 2011, 5:06 PM – Nov. 20, 2011, 5:19 PM

  Authors

  • Donald R. Webster

    • Georgia Tech
    • Civil and Environmental Engineering
    • School of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Georgia Institute of Technology

  • David Murphy

    • Civil and Environmental Engineering, Georgia Tech
    • School of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Georgia Institute of Technology

  • Jeannette Yen

    • Georgia Tech
    • Biology, Georgia Tech
    • School of Biology, Georgia Institute of Technology

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• A rigorous proof of the scallop theorem and finite mass effects of a microswimmer

  ORAL

  Nov. 20, 2011, 5:19 PM – Nov. 20, 2011, 5:32 PM

  Authors

  • Kenta Ishimoto

    • Research Institute for Mathematical Sciences, Kyoto University

  • Michio Yamada

    • Research Institute for Mathematical Sciences, Kyoto University

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• Performance of flexible low-Re swimmers in Newtonian and viscoelastic liquids

  ORAL

  Nov. 20, 2011, 5:32 PM – Nov. 20, 2011, 5:45 PM

  Authors

  • J. Espinosa

  • R. Zenit

    • Universidad Nacional Autonoma de Mexico

  • E. Lauga

    • UCSD
    • University of California San Diego
    • University of California, San Diego
    • Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Enginering, University of California San Diego
    • Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, University of California San Diego
    • UCSD-MAE
    • University of California - San Diego

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• Locomotion of helical swimmers in Newtonian and complex fluids

  ORAL

  Nov. 20, 2011, 5:45 PM – Nov. 20, 2011, 5:58 PM

  Authors

  • F.A. Godinez

  • R. Zenit

    • Universidad Nacional Autonoma de Mexico

  • E. Lauga

    • UCSD
    • University of California San Diego
    • University of California, San Diego
    • Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Enginering, University of California San Diego
    • Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, University of California San Diego
    • UCSD-MAE
    • University of California - San Diego

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• On growth and flow: bacterial biofilms in porous media

  ORAL

  Nov. 20, 2011, 5:58 PM – Nov. 20, 2011, 6:11 PM

  Authors

  • Olivier Tranzer

    • MIT

  • Alberto Leombruni

    • MIT

  • William Durham

    • MIT

  • Roman Stoker

    • MIT
    • Massachusetts Institute of Technology

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• Maneuverability at low Reynolds number

  ORAL

  Nov. 20, 2011, 6:11 PM – Nov. 20, 2011, 6:24 PM

  Authors

  • Lisa Burton

    • Massachusetts Institute of Technology

  • Ross Hatton

    • Carnegie Mellon University

  • Howie Choset

    • Carnegie Mellon Univeristy

  • A.E. Hosoi

    • Massachusetts Institute of Technology

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• Microswimmers in Complex Environments with Heterogeneous Microstructure

  ORAL

  Nov. 20, 2011, 6:24 PM – Nov. 20, 2011, 6:37 PM

  Authors

  • YunKyong Hyon

    • University of Nevada, Reno

  • Henry Fu

    • University of Nevada, Reno

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• Swimming speed of an oscillating sheet in Newtonian and viscoelastic fluids

  ORAL

  Nov. 20, 2011, 6:37 PM – Nov. 20, 2011, 6:50 PM

  Authors

  • Moumita Dasgupta

    • Clark University

  • Michael Berhanu

    • Laboratoire MSC Universit\'e Paris Diderot

  • Arshad Kudrolli

    • Clark University

  • Bin Liu

    • School of Engineering, Brown University
    • Brown University School of Engineering
    • Brown University

  • Kenneth Breuer

    • School of Engineering, Brown University
    • Brown University

  • Thomas Powers

    • Brown University
    • School of Engineering, Brown University

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