Math 387
Biofluids

Fall 2011

Instructor: Anita Layton
Office: Physics 213
Phone: (919) 660-6971
Email: alayton AT math DOT duke DOT edu

Class Times: W: 11:55 a.m. - 1:00 p.m. in Physics 119

Class presentation schedule:
8/31 Introduction to fluid dynamics (Anita Layton)
Discussion, led by John Sgouralis, of article related to this Friday's seminar by Sorin Mitran
Hand-cranked ice-cream!
9/7 Conservation equations (Hwayeon Ryu)
Discussion, led by Liz Munch, of article related to this Friday's seminar by Robert Guy
9/14 Navier-Stokes existence and smoothness, Clay prize!! (Michael Pruitt)
Discussion, led by Tiffany Kolba, of article related to this Friday's seminar by Eric Lauga
9/21 Stochastic Navier-Stokes equations for turbulence flows (Tiffany Kolba)
Discussion, led by Joey Schmitt, of article related to this Friday's seminar by Mansoor Haider
9/28 Reynolds number (Re), applications at high and low Re (Liz Munch)
Discussion, led by Hwayeon Ryu, of article related to this Friday's seminar by Katarzyna Rejniak
10/5 Neuroscience (Mike Reed)
Discussion, led by Mainak Patel, of article related to this Friday's seminar by Mainak Patel
10/19 Darcy's law: How does oil flow through petroleum reservoirs (Jack Enyeart)
Discussion, led by Chris Castorena, of article related to this Friday's seminar by Annette Hosoi
10/26 How do you swim in reversible Stokes flow (John Sgouralis)
Discussion, led by Sean Lawley, of article related to this Friday's seminar by Charles Wolgemuth
11/2 Blood clotting (Karin Leiderman)
Discussion, led by Miles Crosskey, of article related to this Friday's seminar by Mark Alber
11/9 The biology of drag (Chris Castorena)
Discussion, led by Joey Schmitt, of article related to this Friday's seminar by Linda Cummings
11/16 How does an airplane fly: Lift (Sean Lawley)
Discussion, led by Jack Enyeart of article related to this Friday's seminar by Alex Mogilner
11/30 Thin film flow (Harrison Potter)
Discussion, led by Miles Crosskey of article related to this Friday's seminar by Michael Siegel