Physical Mathematics Seminar

Tuesdays, 2:30-3:30pm, Room 2-105

Refreshments in Room 2-349 at 3:30pm


Fall 2007 Schedule

Sept. 11: Jens Eggers, (University of Bristol, United Kingdom)
Joint PMS/MMEC Seminar -- Room: 3-370 -- Time: 4:30 PM
Breaking Drops, Collapsing Cavities, and Dripping Crystals

Sept. 18: Olivia White (Massachusetts Institute of Technology)
Can Neuronal Networks Trade Space for Time?

Sept. 25: NO SEMINAR.

Oct. 2: Mark D. Shattuck (Levich Institute, City College of New York)
Phase Transitions in Vibrated Granular Materials

Oct. 9: HOLIDAY -- Columbus Day

Oct. 16: Steve Vogel (Duke University)
Bioballistics: An Exercise in Scaling
Lecture will be part of Harvard University's "A Day of Locomotion." Click for details

Oct. 23: William Ristenpart (Harvard University)
Electrohydrodynamics and Epitrochoids: Dynamic Pattern Formation of Micron-scale Objects near Electrodes

Oct. 30: Gregory P. Chini (University of New Hampshire)
Asymptotic Analysis of Strongly Nonlinear Convection in the Ocean Surface Mixed Layer

Nov. 6: Mathilde Reyssat (ESPCI, France)
Splendor and Misery of the Lotus Effect

Nov. 13: NO SEMINAR

Nov. 20: Graeme Wake (Massey University Auckland, New Zealand)
Spontaneous Ignition - Assessment of Cause

Nov. 27: Etienne Reyssat (ESPCI)
Distorted Interfaces

Dec. 4: Narayanan Menon (University of Massachusetts, Amherst)
Wrinkling, Folding and Crumpling of Elastic Sheets

Dec. 11: Nicolas Biais (Columbia University)
Weapons of Mass Retraction: United They Stand

Dec. 18: NO SEMINAR


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