Biofluids: General I

Presentations

• Meshfree Computations for Flow Pumping in a Microchannel Inspired by Insect Physiological Systems

  ORAL

  Nov. 21, 2011, 3:35 PM – Nov. 21, 2011, 3:48 PM

  Authors

  • Yasser Aboelkassem

    • Virginia Tech

  • Anne Staples

    • Virginia Tech

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• Butterfly proboscis: natural combination of a drinking straw with a nanosponge

  ORAL

  Nov. 21, 2011, 3:48 PM – Nov. 21, 2011, 4:01 PM

  Authors

  • Kostya Kornev

    • Clemson University

  • Daria Monaenkova

    • Clemson University

  • Peter Adler

    • Clemson University

  • Wah-Keat Lee

    • Argonne National Lab

  • Matthew Lehnert

    • Clemson University

  • Taras Andrukh

    • Clemson University

  • Charles Beard

    • Clemson University

  • Binyamin Rubin

    • Clemson University

  • Alexander Tokarev

    • Clemson University

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• Bubbles of Metamorphosis

  ORAL

  Nov. 21, 2011, 4:01 PM – Nov. 21, 2011, 4:14 PM

  Authors

  • Manu Prakash

    • Stanford University

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• Contraction driven flow in the extended vein networks of \textit{Physarum polycephalum}

  ORAL

  Nov. 21, 2011, 4:14 PM – Nov. 21, 2011, 4:27 PM

  Authors

  • Karen Alim

    • School of Engineering and Applied Sciences, Harvard University

  • Gabriel Amselem

    • School of Engineering and Applied Sciences, Harvard University

  • Francois Peaudecerf

    • School of Engineering and Applied Sciences, Harvard University

  • Anne Pringle

    • Department of Organismic and Evolutionary Biology, Harvard University

  • Michael P. Brenner

    • School of Engineering and Applied Sciences, Harvard University

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• Fluid Flow of Vitrectomy

  ORAL

  Nov. 21, 2011, 4:27 PM – Nov. 21, 2011, 4:40 PM

  Authors

  • Pooria Sharif-Kashani

    • University of California, Los Angeles

  • Tingting Juan

    • University of California, Los Angeles

  • Jean-Pierre Hubschman

    • University of California, Los Angeles

  • Jeff D. Eldredge

    • University of California, Los Angeles
    • Mechanical \& Aerospace Engineering, University of California, Los Angeles, CA, USA

  • H. Pirouz Kavehpour

    • UCLA
    • University of California, Los Angeles

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• Leonardo's branching rule in trees: How self-similar structures resist wind

  ORAL

  Nov. 21, 2011, 4:40 PM – Nov. 21, 2011, 4:53 PM

  Authors

  • Christophe Eloy

    • UC San Diego

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• Aquatic vegetation in flow: To buoy or not to buoy

  ORAL

  Nov. 21, 2011, 4:53 PM – Nov. 21, 2011, 5:06 PM

  Authors

  • Mitul Luhar

    • Massachusetts Institute of Technology

  • Heidi Nepf

    • Massachusetts Institute of Technology

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• Modeling tumor growth in a complex evolving confinement using a diffuse domain approach

  ORAL

  Nov. 21, 2011, 5:06 PM – Nov. 21, 2011, 5:19 PM

  Authors

  • Yao-li Chuang

    • Pathology, Univ of New Mexico

  • John Lowengrub

    • Mathematics, Univ of California, Irvine

  • Ying Chen

    • Mathematics, Univ of California, Irvine

  • Xiangrong Li

    • Mathematics, Univ of California, Irvine

  • Hermann Frieboes

    • Bioengineering, Univ of Louisville

  • Vittorio Cristini

    • Pathology, Chemical Engineering, Univ of New Mexico

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• The mechanics of pollination by wind: is anemophily aeroelastically optimized for reproduction?

  ORAL

  Nov. 21, 2011, 5:19 PM – Nov. 21, 2011, 5:32 PM

  Authors

  • David Timerman

    • Department of Biology, Concordia University, Montreal, QC

  • David F. Greene

    • Department of Geography, Concordia University, Montreal, QC

  • Josef D. Ackerman

    • Department of Integrative Biology, University of Guelph, Guelph, ON

  • Javier Urzay

    • Center for Turbulence Research, Stanford University, Stanford, CA

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• Universality of osmotically driven sap-flow in plants

  ORAL

  Nov. 21, 2011, 5:32 PM – Nov. 21, 2011, 5:45 PM

  Authors

  • Tomas Bohr

    • Technical University of Denmark

  • K{\AA}re Hartvig Jensen

  • Kirstine Berg S{\O}rensen

  • S{\O}ren M{\O}rch Friis

    • Center for Fluid Dynamics, Department of Physics, Technical University of Denmark

  • Johannes Liesche

  • Alexander Schulz

    • Department of Plant Biology and Biotechnology, University of Copenhagen

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