糖心TV

NOTE: We run a seminar announcement service via email. If you would like to add your email address to our distribution list then please send an email to Prof. Peter J. Thomas (P.J.Thomas@warwick.ac.uk)

Unless indicated otherwise, all seminars are on Wednesdays 15:00 in Lecture Room D2.02 or A205a/b. Relevant details for each seminar is always included in my email announcements. We concurrently webcast the seminars live. The weblink to join the seminars online is also advertised in our email announcements for the seminars.

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Summer Term 2026

June 24^th : (Department of Textile and Fibre Engineering, IIT Delhi)
T.B.A. (Abstract)
Organizer: Tom Sykes

June 15^th (Monday!): MIDLANDS FLUID MECHANICS MEETING 2026. For details check at meeting webpage .
Here is the . Note that registration is required irrespective of whether you intend to present a talk or not. Also note that all 糖心TV-based attendees also need to register.

June 10^th : (Department of Mathematics, Imperial College)
T.B.A. (Abstract)
Organizer: Duncan Lockerby

April 29^th : (CNRS, 脡cole Sup茅rieure de Physique et de Chimie Industrielles de la Ville de Paris, France & Visiting Professor at Department of Physics, University of 糖心TV)
The Strange Case of Delayed Gel Collapse (Abstract)
Organizer: Internal Speaker

Spring Term 2026

March 18^th : (School of Engineering and Informatics, University of Sussex)
Taguchi-Based Multi-Factor Analysis of Self-Starting Behavior in Vertical Axis Wind Turbine Farms (Abstract)
Organizer: Peter Thomas

March 4^th : (School of Chemistry, University of Bristol)
A Journey Through Aerosol Microphysics to Disease Transmission and Beyond (Abstract)
Organizer: Duncan Lockerby

February 25^th : (Faculty of Science, University of Amsterdam, The Netherlands)
The Physics of Spray Formation (Abstract)
Organizer: James Sprittles

February 18^th : (Department of Chemical Engineering, Imperial College)
Direct Numerical Simulations for Surfactant-Laden Shear Flows on an Adhered Drop Beyond the Critical Micelle Concentration (Abstract)
Organizer: Tom Sykes

February 11^th : (PMMH, Paris, France)
Control of Water Waves by Time-Varying Metamaterials (Abstract)
Organizer: Bryn Davies

January 28^th : (Mathematics Institute, University of Oxford)
Sail Dynamics During Tacking Manoeuvres (Abstract)
Organizer: Radu Cimpeanu

Autumn Term 2025

December 3^rd : ( Department of Mathematics, Bursa Technical University, Turkey & School of Engineering, University of 糖心TV)
Physics Informed Neural Networks (PINNs) for Fluid Mechanics (Abstract)
Organizer: Peter Thomas

November 26^th : (School of Engineering, University of Edinburgh)
Spectral Investigation of Thermal Conductance at Solid/Fluid Interfaces (Abstract)
Organizer: James Sprittles

November 19^th : (School of Mathematics, University of Bristol)
Sinking and swimming in viscoplastic fluids (Abstract)
Organizer: Thomasina Ball

November 12^th : (School of Mathematical Sciences at Queensland University of Technology, Australia)
Thinning and Rupture of a Viscous Filament in a Hele-Shaw Cell (Abstract)
Organizer: Radu Cimpeanu

November 05^th : (School of Mathematics and Statistics, University of St. Andrews)
Turbulent Zonal Winds in Laboratory Experiments (Abstract)
Organizer: Peter Thomas

Summer Term 2025

June 25^th : (Energy Science and Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology, Kharagpur)
Charge-Confinement Interactions at the Nanoscale: From Hydration Dynamics to Nanoscale Thermodynamics (Abstract)
Organizer: James Sprittles

June 11^th : ( Faculty of Engineering, University of Nottingham
The Evaporation Microlayer in Nucleate Boiling: Theory and Numerical Simulations (Abstract)
Organizer: Thomas Sykes

May 28^th : (Department of Aeronautics, Imperial College London)
Vortex Shedding and Body/Vortex Interactions in Unsteady Flows (Abstract)
Organizer: Peter Thomas

May 7^th : (Department of Mathematical Sciences, New Jersey Institute of Technology (NJIT), Newark, USA)
Coarse-grained models for schooling wings in fast flows (Abstract)
Organizer: Radu Cimpeanu

April 23^rd : (Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), France)
Interactions between vertical and horizontal convections: From nuclear safety to the eye of cyclones (Abstract)
Organizer: Peter Thomas

Spring Term 2025

February 26^th : (Department of Mathematical Sciences, Durham University)
Dynamo Action in the Solar Tachocline (Abstract)
Organizer: Thomas Sykes

February 19^th : (Department of Mathematical Sciences, University of Bath)
Modelling multiphase matter: from microparticles to mega-icebergs (Abstract)
Organizer: Thomasina Ball

February 5th^th : (Department of Aeronautics, Imperial College)
Entrainment Across Turbulent/Turbulent Interfaces; Points of Distinction from Turbulent/Non-Turbulent Interfaces (Abstract)
Organizer: James Sprittles

January 22^nd : ( Department of Mathematics, National University of Kyiv-Mohyla Academy, Ukraine & School of Mathematical Sciences, University of Nottingham)
A Mathematical Model for Fluid Transport in Poroelastic Materials (Abstract)
Organizer: Igor Nesteruk

Autumn Term 2024

December 4^th : (Department of Mathematics, University of Manchester)
Chiral Sedimentation of Non-Chiral Particles at Zero Reynolds Number? Really? Yes! (Abstract)
Organizer: James Sprittles

November 27^th : (Department of Engineering, Durham University)
Vortex Rings with Weak to Moderate Swirl (Abstract)
Organizer: Oliver Jackson

November 20^th : (School of Mathematics and Statistics, University of Sydney, Australia)
Effects of Surface Roughness on Steady and Unsteady Crossflow Instability (Abstract)
Organizer: Peter J. Thomas

November 6^th : (Physics of Fluids & Soft Matter Group, Department of Physics, University of Manchester)
Poking Plants (Abstract)
Organizer: Thomasina Ball

October 9^th : (Faculty of Science and Technology, Physics of Fluids Group, University of Twente, The Netherlands)
Hydrodynamic singularities in soft matter flows (Abstract)
Organizer: Radu Cimpeanu

October 2 ^nd : (Fluids Laboratory for Aeronautical and Industrial Research (FLAIR), Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, Monash University, Melbourne, Australia)
Effect of Surface Roughness on the Motion and Wakes of Rolling Spheres (Abstract)
Organizer: Peter J. Thomas

Summer Term 2024

June 19^th : Dr Michael Faulkner (School of Engineering, University of 糖心TV)
A Journey from Superfluid to Ferromagnetic Films, Stopping at Broken Symmetry and Correlated Dynamics Along the Way (Abstract)
Organizer: Internal Speaker

May 29^th : (School of Mathematics and Statistics, Open University, UK)
Dynamics Through Bifurcation Points of Interfacial Flows (Abstract)
Organizer: Radu Cimpeanu

May 22^nd : 2 x circa 20 minute talks, by Maths PhD students
Mr Peter Lewin-Jones : Impacts of Liquid Drops: When Do Gas Microfilms Prevent Merging?
Mr Nathan Coombs : Colloidal Deposits from Evaporating Sessile Droplets
(Department of Mathematics, University of 糖心TV)
(Abstracts)
Organizer: Internal Speakers

May 8^th : (Leibnitz Institute for Polymer Research, University of Dresden, Germany)
The Influence of Complex Rheology on Drop Dynamics (Abstract)
Organizer: Tom Sykes

May 1^st : Prof Tom Montenegro-Johnson (Department of Mathematics, University of 糖心TV)
Smart Active Colloids (Abstract)
Organizer: Internal Speaker

April 24^th : ( Universidad Polit茅cnica de Madrid, Spain & Institute of Environmental Assessment and Water Research, Spanish National Research Council, Barcelona, Spain)
Can local salt gradients at pore-scale impact macroscopic dispersion of colloidal particles in disordered porous media? (Abstract)
Organizer: Peter J. Thomas & Ran Holtzman (Cov. U.)

Spring Term 2024

February 28^th : (School of Mechanical, Electrical and Manufacturing Engineering, Loughborough University)
The Validity of the Local Thermodynamic Equilibrium Assumption in Modelling Evaporations (Abstract)
Organizer: James Sprittles

February 21^st : (Federal University of Santa Catarina, Florian贸polis, Brazil & University of 糖心TV)
Acoustic Liners for Turbofan Engines: an Overview , Physical Modeling, Experiments and Challenges (Abstract)
Organizer: Ed Brambley

January 30^th TUESDAY!!! 12:30, D2.02 : (Institut de Recherche sur les Ph茅nom猫nes Hors Equilibre (IRPHE), Aix Marseille Univ., CNRS, Centrale Marseille)
On the wanderings of a ludion in a corral: in search of a quantum analogy ( Abstract )
Organizer: Peter J. Thomas

January 24^st : (Imperial College)
Exploring the Linear Stability of Core-Annular Flow with Ferrofluids: The Role of Magnetic Fields and an Axial Rod (Abstract)
Organizer: Radu Cimpeanu

January 17^th : (Institute of Hydromechanics, National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine, Kyiv, Ukraine and Maths Department, U. of 糖心TV)
Inverse Problems of High-Speed Hydrodynamics and Minimal Drag Shapes (Abstract)
Organizer: Peter J. Thomas

Autumn Term 2023

December 6^th : Prof Tom Montenegro-Johnson (Department of Mathematics, University of 糖心TV)
Smart Active Colloids (Abstract)
Organizer: Internal Speaker POSTPONED

November 29^th : (Aerospace Engineering, Metallurgy and Materials, University of Birmingham)
Aerodynamics and Fluid-Structure Interaction of Small Flyers (Abstract)
Organizer: Peter J. Thomas

November 8^th : (Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, University of Strathclyde)
Complex fluid flows in porous media (Abstract)
Organizer: Thomasina Ball

November 1^st : Dr Ellen Luckins (Department of Mathematics, University of 糖心TV)
Drying Fronts in Porous Media (Abstract )
Organizer: Internal Speaker

Summer Term 2023

July 26^th : (Department of Mechanical Engineering, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University)
New Surprises on Droplets and Bubbles (Abstract)
Organizer: James Sprittles

June 28^th : (School of Engineering, Tufts University, Medford, Massachusetts, USA)
Closed-Form Poiseuille and Conjugate Nusselt Numbers Expressions Applicable to Longitudinal-Fin Heat Sinks (Abstract)
Organizer: Radu Cimpeanu

June 22 (THURSDAY, 16:00,D2.02))^nd : (Racah Institute of Physics, The Hebrew University, Jerusalem, Israel)
Experimental Measurement of Energy Currents in Rotating Turbulence (Abstract)
Organizer: Peter J. Thomas

June 14^th : (Department of Engineering Science, University of Oxford)
Splish, Splash: Understanding Droplet Impact To Reduce Splashback (Abstract)
Organizer: James Sprittles

May 31^st : (Department of Applied Mathematics and Theoretical Physics, University of Cambridge)
Fracturing Behavior of Shear-Thinning Fluids in a Confined Geometry (Abstract)
Organizer: Thomasina Ball

May 24^th : (School of Engineering and Applied Science, Aston University)
Non-Newtonian Fluid Injection Into An Otherwise Newtonian Boundary Layer (Abstract)
Organizer: Peter J. Thomas

May 10^th : Dr Ravindra Desai (Department of Physics, University of 糖心TV)
Space Weather Forecasting Using Magnetohydrodynamics (Abstract)
Organizer: Radu Cimpeanu

Spring Term 2023

March 22^nd : (School of Engineering, Brown University, Providence, Rhode Island, USA)
Flexible Interfacial Impacts (Abstract )
Organizer: Radu Cimpeanu

March 8^th : (Faculty of Engineering, University of Nottingham)
Control of Turbulent Spots (Abstract)
Organizer: Yongmann Chung

March 1^st : (Department of Mathematics & WMG, University of 糖心TV)
Metal Forming: Fluid- or Solid-mechanics? (Abstract)

February 1^st : (School of Engineering, Brown University, Providence, Rhode Island, USA)
What Can Animals Teach Us About Aerodynamics? (Abstract)
Organizer: Radu Cimpeanu

January 18^th : (Department of Physics of Fluids, University of Twente, The Netherlands)
Leidenfrost Temperature(s) (Abstract)
Organizer: James Sprittles

January 13^th (FRIDAY at 15:30):
Pridmore-Brown Modes. 1. Construction and properties. 2. Slowly varying modes and adiabatic invariants. (Abstract)
Organizer: Ed Brambley

Autumn Term 2022

November 30^th : (Research Centre for Fluid and Complex Systems, Coventry University)
Instabilities and Beyond for Shear Flows in Stratified-Rotating Fluids (Abstract )
Organizer: Peter J. Thomas

November 23^rd : Dr Greg King (formerly School of Engineering, University of 糖心TV)
Correlating Extremes in Wind Divergence with Extremes in Rain over the Tropical Atlantic (Abstract )
Organizer: Peter J. Thomas

November 16^th : (Research Centre for Fluid and Complex Systems, Coventry University)
Tornado- and Hurricane-like Vortices in Coriolis-Centrifugal Convection (Abstract )
Organizer: Peter J. Thomas

November 9^th : (Department of Mathematics, Technion, Israel Institute of Technology)
Flows About Superhydrophobic Surfaces (Abstract )
Organizer: James Sprittles

October 26^th : (Aerospace & Computational Engineering, School of Engineering, University of Leicester)
Competing Instabilities for Rotating Boundary Layer Flows( Abstract )
Organizer: Peter J. Thomas

Summer Term 2022 - Both online and in a lecture room

June 29^th : (Department of Physics, University of Oxford)
Decay of Magnetohydrodynamic Turbulence ( Abstract )
Organizer: Santiago Benavides

June 15^th : (BP Institute for Multiphase Flow, University of Cambridge)
What Ground Deformation Can Tell Us About Sub-Surface Systems ( Abstract )
Organizer: Thomasina Ball

June 1^st : (Department of Physics, Yale University, New Haven, USA & Nordic Institute for Theoretical Physics, Stockholm Sweden)
The Power of Film ( Abstract )
Organizer: Peter J. Thomas

May 11^th : (Department of Mathematics, Imperial College)
Spontaneous dynamics of Leidenfrost drops( Abstract )
Organizer: Radu Cimpeanu

May 4^th : (McCormick School of Engineering and Applied Sciences, Northwestern University, Evanston, USA)
Active Fluids of Colloidal Quincke-Powered Rotors ( Abstract )
Organizer: James Sprittles

Spring Term 2022 - Both online and in a lecture room

March 16^th : Prof. Bruce Sutherland (Department of Physics & Department of Earth and Atmospheric Sciences, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Canada)
Collective Particle Settling with Implications for Microplastic Transport in Estuaries( Abstract )

March 9^th : (Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, Brunel University)
Exploring the Liquid-Vapour Interface with Molecular Fluid Dynamics( Abstract )

February 16^th : Dr Thomasina Ball (Mathematics Department, University of 糖心TV)
Fracture Patterns in Viscoplastic Gravity Currents( Abstract )

February 2^nd : (Department of Physics, Emory College of Arts and Sciences, USA)
A Tale of two Leidenfrost Temperatures( Abstract )

Autumn Term 2021 - Both online and in a lecture room

December 08^th : (Department of Mathematics, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, USA)
Hydrodynamic Quantum Analogs( Abstract )
Organizer: Peter J. Thomas

December 01^st : (Department of Mechanical Engineering, Imperial College)
Sound Production due to Essentially-Unsteady and Quasi-Steady Vortex-Nozzle Interaction: with a Focus on Indirect-Combustion Noise Problems ( Abstract )
Organizer: Ed Brambley

November 24^th : (Department of Chemical and Materials Engineering, University of Alberta)
Accelerated Chemical Reactions with Surface Nanodroplets ( Abstract )
Organizer: James Sprittles

November 17^th , L5, Physics concourse and online: (Oxford Fluids Laboratory, Department of Engineering, University of Oxford)
It鈥檚 harder for droplets to splash on small spheres ( Abstract )
Organizer: Radu Cimpeanu

October 20^th : (James Watt School of Engineering, University of Glasgow)
Shocking Bubbles - Acoustic Cavitation and its Non-linear Emissions( Abstract )
Organizer: Peter J. Thomas

Summer Term 2021 - ONLINE SEMINARS

June 30^rd : (Department of Mechanical Engineering, Imperial College)
Bubble Morphogenesis ( Abstract )
Organizer: Radu Cimpeanu

June 23^rd : (Institut de Recherche sur les Ph茅nom猫nes Hors Equilibre (IRPHE), Aix Marseille Univ., CNRS, Centrale Marseille)
Stratified shear flow instabilities ( Abstract )
Organizer: Peter J. Thomas

June 16^rd : (Mathematical Institute, University of Oxford)
The role of solute diffusion in the early stages of coffee ring formation in a droplet with arbitrary smooth contact set ( Abstract )
Organizer: Radu Cimpeanu

June 9^rd : (School of Biological Sciences, University of Bristol)
It鈥檚 either sink or skim: when solid bodies meet liquid layers ( Abstract )
Organizer: Radu Cimpeanu

June 2^rd : Dr Vendra C Madhav Rao (School of Engineering, University of 糖心TV)
Numerical Modelling of Lithium battery fires ( Abstract )
Organizer: Peter J. Thomas

May 26 ^rd : (Department of Mathematics, University of Manchester)
Interfacial flows in confined domains: spreading, shaping and sticking ( Abstract )
Organizer: Peter J. Thomas

Spring Term 2021 - ONLINE SEMINARS

March 3^rd : (Mechanical Engineering Technology TC, KU Leuven, Belgium)
On the search for coherence in chaotic flow fields: the annular swirling jet ( Abstract )
Organizer: Peter J. Thomas

February 24^th : (Department of Mathematics, University of Oslo, Norway)
Film coating and droplet spreading on conical fibers ( Abstract )
Organizer: James Sprittles

February 10^th : (Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, Universita Di Roma, La Sapienza, Italy)
From Nucleation of Bubbles to Their Inertial Dynamics and Flow Induced Transport ( Abstract )
Organizer: James Sprittles

February 3^rd : (Institut de Recherche sur les Ph茅nom猫nes Hors Equilibre (IRPHE), Aix Marseille Univ., CNRS, Centrale Marseille)
Some Experiments on Vortices and Waves in Rotating Stratified Flows ( Abstract )
Organizer: Peter J. Thomas

January 27^th : (ETH Zurich)
Wetting on Soft Surfaces ( Abstract )
Organizer: James Sprittles

Autumn Term 2020 - ONLINE SEMINARS

December 9^th : Fluid Dynamics Research Centre Xmas Special - Four short talks presented by internal speakers
Virtual drinks / minced pies afterwards (B.Y.O.)

1615-1625: Timothy Sit - Using the WRF Model to validate and improve high resolution weather forecasts around cities
1630-1640: Dr Juan Li - Vortex force/moment maps and their potential applications
1645-1655: Dr Jack Keeler - Stability analysis of dynamic wetting failure
1700-1710: Hanson Bharth - Asymptotic analysis of a cylindrical contact problem
Organizer: James Sprittles

November 25^th : TWO SPEAKERS
(WMG, University of 糖心TV)
On Convergence of Moments in Uncertainty Quantification of Combustion Simulations ( Abstract ) Organizer: Peter J. Thomas
(Mathematical Institute, University of Oxford)
High-speed droplet impact onto a spring-supported plate: analysis and simulations ( Abstract ) Organizer: Radu Cimpeanu

November 18^th : (School of Mechanical Engineering, University of Leeds)
Complex Fluids and Flows in Cleaning Applications ( Abstract )
Organizer: James Sprittles

November 11^th : (Department of Mathematics, University of California, Santa Barbara)
Surface Fluctuating Hydrodynamic Methods for Soft Materials involving Fluid-Structure Interactions within Curved Fluid Interfaces ( Abstract )
Organizer: James Sprittles

October 28^th : (PMMH-CNRS Sorbonne Universit茅)
Turbulent-laminar patterns( Abstract )
Organizer: Peter J. Thomas

October 21^th : (Dept. of Physics, San Jose State University, Center for Computational Sciences and Engineering, Berkley Lab)
Five Surprising Results from Direct Simulation Monte Carlo ( Abstract )
Organizer: James Sprittles

October 14^th : (Institute for Nano- and Microfluidics, Technische Universitaet Darmstadt)
Cloaking, shielding and hydrodynamic dispersion in Hele-Shaw flows ( Abstract )
Organizer: James Sprittles

Summer Term 2020 - ALL SEMINARS CANCELLED DUE TO CORONA

May 20^th : (School of Engineering, Brown University, Providence, USA)
Hydrodynamic mechanisms for particle aggregation at fluid interfaces ( Abstract )
Host: Radu C.

May 6^th : (School of Mathematics and Statistics, University of Sydney, Australia)
TBA ( Abstract )

April 29^th : (School of Engineering University of Edinburgh)
TBA ( Abstract )
Host: Petr D.

Sam Tucker Harvey (School of Engineering University of 糖心TV)
TBA ( Abstract )

April 22^th : (Mechanical Engineering Technology TC, KU Leuven, Belgium)
On the search for coherence in chaotic flow fields: the annular swirling jet ( Abstract )

Spring Term 2020

CANCELLED: (Physics, San Jose State University)
Five Surprising Results from Direct Simulation Monte Carlo ( Abstract )
Host: Duncan L.

March 11^th : (School of Engineering, Computing and Mathematics, University of Plymouth)
Nonlinear wave interaction for broad-banded, open seas - deterministic and stochastic theory ( Abstract )
Host: Tobias G.

March 4^th : (School of Natural and Built Environment, Queen's University Belfast)
Truth and reconciliation in wave energy - is there any hope? ( Abstract )
Host: Nigel S.

February 26^th : (National Flying Laboratory Centre, Cranfield University)
Advanced fibre sensors for fluid mechanics and airborne measurement ( Abstract )

February 19^th : (Department of Mechanical Engineering, University of Birmingham)
Lateral Adhesion Forces at Liquid-Solid Interfaces ( Abstract )

February 5^th : (Department of Engineering, University of Cambridge)
Effect of temperature on cross-ventilation ( Abstract )

January 29^th , ROOM A205a : (Department of Mathematics and Statistics, University of Strathclyde)
Competitive Evaporation of Multiple Droplets ( Abstract )

Autumn Term 2019

December 4^th : (Department of Mechanical Engineering and Mathematical Sciences, Oxford Brookes University)
Ultrasonic Cavitation Processing: from Structural to Functional Materials ( Abstract )

November 20^th : (Department of Aeronautics, Imperial College)
Effects of Turbulent Inflow on Wind and Tidal Stream Rotors ( Abstract )

November 6^th : (Queensland University of Technology)
Numerical and analytical studies of Hele-Shaw flows ( Abstract )

October 30^th : (Joint Institute for High Temperatures (Moscow, Russia))
The use of relatively simple and physically sound approaches to develop computer codes for radiative heat transfer in fires ( Abstract )

October 16^th : Dr. Ed Brambley (Department of Mathematics & WMG, University of 糖心TV)
Nonlinear Acoustics in Brass Instruments ( Abstract )

Summer Term 2019

June 26^th : (Department of Physics, University of Extremadura, Spain)
Granular Mixtures at Moderate Densities. A Kinetic Theory Approach ( Abstract )

June 19^th: (Faculty Research Centre in Fluid and Complex Systems, University of Coventry)
Pore-scale origins for nonequilibrium flow in porous media ( Abstract )

June 12^th: (Institute of Fluid Mechanics, Technical University Braunschweig, Germany)
Investigation of the flow over fixed and pitching wings for MAVs ( Abstract )

June 5^th: (Hydro-environmental Research Centre, Cardiff University)
Particle transport in canopy shear flows ( Abstract )

May 15^th: (Faculty of Mechanical Engineering, University of Ljubljana, Slovenia)
Developments in the Understanding of Cavitation Aggressiveness - to prevent it or to use it, that is the question ( Abstract )

Spring Term 2019

March 13^th: (Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, Woods Hole, Massachusetts, USA)
Waves and vortices of the ocean ( Abstract )

March 6^th: (Mathematics, University of York)
Active capillary waves: can bacteria wrestle with surface tension? ( Abstract )

February 13^th: (Mathematical Institute, University of Oxford)
The motion of particles on a thin viscous layer ( Abstract )

January 30^th: (University of Brighton)
Influence of surface wettability on pool boiling onset ( Abstract )

January 23^rd: (Mathematics, University of York)
Bioconvection: progress and problems ( Abstract )

Autumn Term 2018

December 12^th: (Indian Institute of Technology, Department of Mechanical Engineering,Kanpur)
Can we estimate ocean鈥檚 bathymetry and mean density profile from the free surface?

December 5^th: (BP Institute, Department of Earth Sciences, University of Cambridge)
Dispersion in porous media, plumes and gravity currents ( Abstract )

November 28^th: (Department of Physics, Durham University)
Modelling multicomponent fluid flows with the lattice Boltzmann method

SEMINAR POSTPONED UNTIL SPRING 2019 : November 21^th: Prof Tom Mullin (Mathematical Institute, University of Oxford)
The motion of particles on a thin viscous layer ( Abstract )

November 9^th (FRIDAY, 4pm, Zeeman Building, B3.02): Dr Ed Brambley (University of 糖心TV, Department of Mathematics & WMG)
Modelling of aeroacoustics and metal forming ( Abstract )

November 7^th: (Inst. of Appl. Sci. and Tech., Universidad Nacional Autonoma de Mexcico)
The acoustics of brass wind instruments: trumpets, trombones and conch shells ( Abstract )

October 17^th: (Applied Mathematics Research Centre, Coventry University)
Stability of stratified fluid in a nearly semicircular pool ( Abstract )

October 10^th: (Faculty of Aerospace Engineering, Technion, Israel)
Effect of Thermal Boundary Conditions at the Microscale: A Means for Flow Generation and Control ( Abstract )

Summer Term 2018

June 27^th: (Mechanical Engineering, University College London)
Fluid mechanics in phase change and liquid impact on nanoengineered surfaces ( Abstract )

June 20^th: (Mathematical Institute, University of Oxford)
How to make a splash: from high speed drop impact to a new methodology for calculating water collection on aircraft surfaces ( Abstract )

June 13^th: (Philips)
Intra-aneurysmal haemodynamics and endovascular device modelling ( Abstract )

June 6^th: (School of Engineering, University of Edinburgh)
Stories of Vortices That Do Not Fly Away ( Abstract )

May 16^th: (School of Mathematics, Cardiff University)
Stability of Oscillatory Rotating Disk Boundary Layers ( Abstract )

April 25^th: (Atomic Energy and Alternative Energies Commission, Saclay, France)
Hydrogen Combustion Modelling at Large Scale ( Abstract )

April 11^th: !! starts at 14:00 in A401 !! (Department of Civil Engineering, Monash University)
Land-Atmosphere Interaction Over Complex Terrain

Spring Term 2018

February 28^th: Prof. Robert Kerr (Department of Mathematics & School of Engineering, University of 糖心TV)
Helicity and enstrophy scaling for Navier-Stokes reconnection ( Abstract )

February 14^th: (School of Engineering and Materials Science, Queen Mary University of London)
The FIPI Method—Simulating Complex Particle-Laden Fluid Interfaces on a Laptop ( Abstract )

January 31^th: (Department of Physics, University of 糖心TV)
A Nonlinear Approach to Transition in Subcritical Plasmas with Sheared Flow ( Abstract )

January 24^th: (School of Engineering, Cardiff University)
鈥淣ot Going with the Flow鈥�: How do plants, trees, boulders, bridge pier cables and fish interact with the flow in freshwater and marine systems? ( Abstract )

January 17^th: !! Starts at 14:00, and will be in A401 !! (Department of Physics, Durham University)
Flow Instabilities in Complex Fluids ( Abstract )

Autumn Term 2017

December 6^th: !! starts at 15:30 !! (Department of Engineering, University of Cambridge)
How do Planets Generate Their Magnetic Fields? ( Abstract )

December 13^th: (Department of Mechanical Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology, Kharagpur)
Lateral Migration of a Droplet in a Uniform Electric Field ( Abstract )

November 8^th: (Department of Mathematics, University of 糖心TV)
The route to turbulence ( Abstract )

November 1^st: (School of Mathematics, University of Birmingham)
Instability of compound liquid jets falling under gravity ( Abstract )

October 25^th: (School of Engineering, University of Southampton)
Dynamic shear jamming in dense suspensions ( Abstract )

October 4^th: (School of Engineering, University of 糖心TV)
Experiments and Numerical Studies of Spray in Crossflow ( Abstract )

Summer Term 2017

June 21^st: (University of 糖心TV)
Sharks, Aeroplanes and the Rotating Disk Boundary Layer ... And a Wee Bit About Dolphins ( Abstract )

May 31^st: (DAMTP, University of Cambridge)
Precession of a plume in a rotating environment ( Abstract )

May 24^th: (WMG, University of 糖心TV)
Microfluidics at interfaces: sensors integration

May 3^rd: (School of Physics & Astronomy, University of Nottingham)
Phase Transitions in Vibrated Granular Media ( Abstract )

Spring Term 2017

March 15^th: (United Technologies Research Center)
Towards Numerical Simulation of Multiscale Thermo-Fluid Systems ( Abstract )

March 8^th: (School of Earth Sciences, Bristol)
Fluid Dynamics of Volcanic Ash Transport ( Abstract )

February 15^th: (Politecnico di Torino, Department of Applied Sciences and Technology)
Multiscale modelling of polydisperse multiphase flows: fluid-fluid dispersions, (soft) polymer systems and particles in porous media ( Abstract )

February 8^th: (School of Mathematics, University of East Anglia)Solitary waves on a column of ferrofluid ( Abstract )

Feb 1^st:  and  (Institute of Biomedical Engineering, Oxford University)
Therapeutic Applications of Acoustic Cavitation ( Abstract )

January 18^th: (City University, London)
Wake Characteristics of Bluff Bodies and their Relevance for Fluid-Structure Interaction ( Abstract )

Autumn Term 2016

October 26^th: (School of Mathematics, Manchester)
Multiple solutions in free surface flows ( Abstract )

November 9^th: (Department of Aeronautics, Imperial College, London)
Gradient-based methods in fluid mechanics: to ignition and beyond ( Abstract )

November 16^th: (RWTH, Aachen)
Modelling of Non-Equilibrium Gas Flows Based on Moment Equations

November 23^th: (Department of Applied Physics, Technical University Eindhoven, The Netherlands)
The Draining Vortex in a Rotating Bathtub

This event will take place in rooms F105 & F106 (near main entrance, Foyer). Prof. van Heijst will present a short talk to precede a wine and snacks reception to celebrate the 20th Anniversary of the Establishment of the Fluid Dynamics Research Centre at 糖心TV. GertJan was one of the first seminar speakers in our seminar series twenty years ago and he is now the President of the European Mechanics Society (EUROMECH). When we realized that GertJan's current visit to 糖心TV coincides with our 20th Anniversary we decided that this would be a nice opportunity to arrange an event around the visit to give us the opportunity to look back and ahead.

December 7^th: (Imperial College, London)
From the nano- to the macroscale: bridging scales for the moving contact line problem ( Abstract )

Summer Term 2016

Rayleigh-Taylor Instability - A Century of Open Questions

May 25^th: Prof. Yoshimichi Hagiwara (Kyoto Institute of Technology)
Changes in the drag and turbulence of flow over wavy walls, simulating deformed skins of dolphins

June 8^th: (School of Chemistry, Bristol)
Dynamics of Picolitre Aerosol Droplets Studied using Single Particle Techniques

June 15^th: (Mathematics Institute, Cardiff)
Impulsively excited disturbances in non-uniform boundary layers ( Abstract )

June 22^th: (School of Earth Sciences, Bristol)
Fluid Dynamics of Volcanic Ash Transport (SEMINAR POSTPONED) ( Abstract )

Spring Term 2016

January 13^th: (Department of Physics, Oxford)
Waves, turbulence and cascades in the laboratory and Jupiter's atmosphere ( Abstract )

January 27^th: (Mathematical Institute, Oxford)
Disordered Granular Chains ( Abstract )

February 3^rd: (Department of Aeronautics, Imperial Colledge),
Self-sustaining process at large scale in wall-bounded turbulence ( Abstract )

February 10^th: (Mathematics Institute, Oxford),
How droplets sit and splash on soft surfaces ( Abstract )

February 26^th: (Faculty of Computing, Engineering and Science, South Wales)
Turbulent jets: Numerical simulation of impinging jets, and vortex generating jets ( Abstract )

March 7^th !! MONDAY, 13:00 !!: (Waves & Solids Groups, DAMTP, and Gonville & Caius College, Cambridge)
Modelling Sound Absorption in Aircraft Engines ( Abstract )
Lunch available from 12:30

March 9th: (City University, London),
Secrets learned from the peregrine falcon diving flight ( Abstract ) Postponed to next term

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