Complex fluids are abundant in industrial applications, e.g.,emulsions and foams, and commonly found in biology, e.g., blood. These materials exhibit rich dynamic macroscopic behavior that stems from the interplay between microstructure distortion by external forcing (flow) and microstructure relaxation by intrinsic mechanisms (e.g. polymer recoiling, drop shape relaxation.). Understanding the microscale physics and its effect on macroscopic (effective) properties of complex fluids remains a major research problem.
The summer school will provide forum for discussion about the challenges and approaches in modeling flows of soft/complex materials, including micro- and nano-fluidics. It will foster interactions between different disciplines (physics, engineering, applied mathematics, computer science, biology and medical science) as well as different generations (expert senior scientists and students).
The summer school will provide forum for discussion about the challenges and approaches in modeling flows of soft/complex materials, including micro- and nano-fluidics. It will foster interactions between different disciplines (physics, engineering, applied mathematics, computer science, biology and medical science) as well as different generations (expert senior scientists and students).
