GDR MePhy

the CIME-EMS Summer School on

« The Mathematics of Mechanobiology »

will be held in Cetraro (Italy) on August 27-31, 2018. The invited lecturers are Antonio de Simone,
Benoit Perthame, Alfio Quarteroni and Lev Truskinovsky

The Summer School will provide an introduction to the mathematical aspects of
the interactions between mechanics and biology, with an overview on the
leading results and questions in the field. It is primarily thought for PhD
students, postdoc and early carrier researchers interested in the mathematical
challenges that stem in the application of classical mathematical methods to
new biological experiments and by the opportunity to translate mathematics to
support clinical practice

More details at the url

http://mox.polimi.it/~ciarletta/mathbio18

Best regards
Davide Ambrosi, Pasquale Ciarletta, Ellen Kuhl
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RENCONTRE DU NON-LINÉAIRE (RNL 2018)
du 27 au 29 mars 2018 à Paris, Université Paris-Diderot

La Rencontre du Non-Linéaire rassemble tous les ans l’essentiel de la communauté francophone travaillant sur la dynamique non linéaire (hydrodynamique, optique, plasmas, mécanique, mathématiques appliquées, physico-chimie, biophysique, …).

La 21e Rencontre du Non Linéaire 2018 aura lieu les 27, 28 et 29 mars 2018 à l’Université Paris Diderot, à l’amphithéâtre Buffon, 15 rue Hélène Brion, Paris 13e.

Cette année, les orateurs invités seront :

• Christophe Clanet (LadHyX, Ecole Polytechnique) “Physics in modern Olympic Games”
• Keith Moffatt (DAMTP, Cambridge, UK) “The Navier-Stokes Singularity Problem »
•  Salima Rafaï (LIPHY, CNRS, Grenoble) “Du plancton comme modèle de particule active?”
• Agnese Seminara (INPHYNI, CNRS, Nice) “Fungal spore discharge and dispersal in the atmosphere”

Cette année, le mini-colloque aura lieu le 27 mars 2018 et pour thème “Non-linéarité et tremblements de terre”. Il est organisé par X. Jia, F. Pétrélis et V. Vidal.

Calendrier et renseignements pratiques :
* 15 janvier 2018 : date limite de soumission des résumés pour les exposés longs (~ 20 min)
* fin janvier 2018 : sélection des exposés longs par le Comité Scientifique
* 26 février 2018 : date limite de soumission des articles pour les comptes-rendus
* 28 février 2018 : date limite de soumission des résumés pour les posters/exposés courts
* 27, 28 et 29 mars 2018 : RNL 2018

* Vous êtes tous conviés à participer à cette manifestation et à présenter une communication.
* L’inscription est gratuite et recommandée pour faciliter le travail des organisateurs. Elle est exigée pour présenter une communication.

* Pour plus d’informations et inscription : http://nonlineaire.univ-lille1.fr/SNL/

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Le Comité d’Organisation :

E. Falcon, M. Lefranc, F. Pétrélis et C.-T. Pham

Le Comité Scientifique :

S. Barland, J. Barré, E. Falcon, M.-C. Firpo, D. Gérard-Varet, M. Haragus, X. Jia, P. Marmottant, F. Pétrélis, C.-T. Pham, B. Roman, V. Vidal

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La date limite pour les soumissions à la 10eme European Solids Mechanics Conference (Bologne, 2-6 Juillet 2018) est reportée au 10 décembre.

Le GDR attire l’attention sur plusieurs mini-symposiums :

•  Instabilities in Structural Mechanics and Fluid-Structure Interactions
•  Homogenization Strategies for Multiphase and Active Materials
• Mechanics and Physics of Solids and Structures 

MECHANICS OF SLENDER STRUCTURES IN PHYSICS, BIOLOGY, AND ENGINEERING:

FROM FAILURE TO FUNCTIONALITY    SOLVAY WORKSHOP

27-29 AUGUST 2018 (ULB, BRUSSELS, BELGIUM)

voir l’annonce en pdf

During the past decade, mechanical instabilities were exploited to design new classes of functional mechanisms making use of the geometrically nonlinear behavior of their post-buckling regimes. Using flexible structures is nowadays considered as a promising route to create devices with novel modes of functionality or metamaterials with tailored properties such as foldable 3D objects obtained from 2D sheets by combined origami and Kirigami, flexible/stretchable electronics, bioelectronics or soft actuators for robotic applications, etc. This shift in thinking leads also to new developments in biology, where slender and flexible structures are ubiquitous, such as a better understanding of the morphogenesis of organs, the motion and the shape of plants or the locomotion of aquatic animals.

The ambition of this meeting is to bring together internationally acclaimed experts as well as young researchers in mechanics, biomechanics, biolocomotion, material science and architecture to address the current scientific challenges in these various fields. The workshop will serve as a platform to stimulate discussions, to start long-term scientific collaborations and to promote progress at the porous boundaries between these research domains.

TOPICS:

• Elastic Instabilities of Slender Objects
•  Foldable Structures/Origami/Kirigami
•  Elasto-capillarity/Fluid-Structure Interaction
•  Biomechanics
•  Bio-Inspired Robotics/Stretchable Electronics

CONFIRMED SPEAKERS:

• JOSÉ BICO (ESPCI, France)
•  PIERRE-THOMAS BRUN (Princeton, USA)
• ITAI COHEN (Cornell, USA)
• BENNY DAVIDOVITCH (UMass, USA)
• VINCENT DÉMERY (ESPCI, France)
• ALAIN GORIELY (Oxford, UK)
• JOHN HUTCHINSON (Harvard, USA)
• FUMIYA IIDA (Cambridge, UK)
• ELLEN KUHL (Stanford, USA)
• STÉPHANIE LACOUR (EPFL, Switzerland)
• LAKSHMINARAYANAN MAHADEVAN (Harvard, USA)
• SÉBASTIEN NEUKIRCH (Institut d’Alembert, France)
• DRAGA PIHLER-PUZOVIC (Manchester, UK)
• THOMAS SALEZ (Bordeaux, France)
• THOMAS SPECK (Freiburg, Germany)
• BRAM VANDERBORGHT (VUB, Belgium)
• DOMINIC VELLA (Oxford, UK).

APPLICATIONS AND PRACTICAL INFORMATION:

Applications for contributed talks and posters are welcome. A one-page abstract of the proposed contribution should be sent to Fabian Brau (email: fabian.brau@ulb.ac.be).
Abstract submission deadline: March 15, 2018.

Attendance is free of charge but registration via the website is required.
Registration deadline: August 1, 2018.

For more information about the workshop (venue, hotels, etc.), please visit the website: http://www.solvayinstitutes.be/event/workshop/mechanics_2018/mechanics_2018.html
We look forward welcoming you in Brussels in August 2018.

THE SCIENTIFIC AND ORGANIZING COMMITTEE:
F. Brau, P. Damman, N. De Temmerman, Y. Forterre, P. Reis, D. Reynaerts, D. Terwagne

voir l’annonce en pdf

Dear Colleague,
We are very glad to announce that we are launching the first workshop

SWEP “Surface Wettability Effects on Phase Change Phenomena” in Brighton, UK.

The workshop will start at 2pm on Thursday 17 May and terminates early in the afternoon of Friday 18 May. The workshop aims at providing a forum for researchers
to exchange knowledge on two-phase flows experiments, modeling and simulation, to discuss with worldwide experts their current research, and to propose a better comprehension on the effect of surface wettability on phase-change phenomena.
You will find more details on the flyer attached to this email.
Very sincerely yours,

Joël De Coninck
Professeur Ordinaire
Laboratoire de Physique des Surfaces et Interfaces
Centre de Recherche en Modélisation Moléculaire, MONS, BELGIUM