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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Spring Term 2025 - Most seminars are in person and webcast online, some seminars will be online only - Details regarding mode of seminar will be advertised through our email distribution list.

February 26^th : Dr Craig Duguid (Department of Mathematical Sciences, Durham University)
T.B.A. (Abstract)
Organizer: Thomas Sykes

February 19^th : Dr Eric Hester (Department of Mathematical Sciences, University of Bath)
T.B.A. (Abstract)
Organizer: Thomasina Ball

January 22^nd : Dr Roman Cherniha ( 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 : Prof Matthias Heil (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 : Dr Lian Gan (Department of Engineering, Durham University)
Vortex Rings with Weak to Moderate Swirl (Abstract)
Organizer: Oliver Jackson

November 20^th : Dr Sharon Stephen (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 : Dr Finn Box (Physics of Fluids & Soft Matter Group, Department of Physics, University of Manchester)
Poking Plants (Abstract)
Organizer: Thomasina Ball

October 9^th : Dr Vatsal Sanjay (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 : Prof. Kerry Hourigan (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 Warwick)
A Journey from Superfluid to Ferromagnetic Films, Stopping at Broken Symmetry and Correlated Dynamics Along the Way (Abstract)
Organizer: Internal Speaker

May 29^th : Dr Marc Pradas (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 Warwick)
(Abstracts)
Organizer: Internal Speakers

May 8^th : Peyman Rostami (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 Warwick)
Smart Active Colloids (Abstract)
Organizer: Internal Speaker

April 24^th : Dr Mamta Jotkar ( Universidad Politécnica 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 : Dr Huayong Zhao (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 : Mr Lucas Araujo Bonomo (Federal University of Santa Catarina, Florianópolis, Brazil & University of Warwick)
Acoustic Liners for Turbofan Engines: an Overview , Physical Modeling, Experiments and Challenges (Abstract)
Organizer: Ed Brambley

January 30^th TUESDAY!!! 12:30, D2.02 : Dr. Patrice Le Gal (Institut de Recherche sur les Phénomènes 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 : Dr Sarah H. Ferguson-Briggs (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 : Prof. Igor Nesteruk (Institute of Hydromechanics, National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine, Kyiv, Ukraine and Maths Department, U. of Warwick)
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 Warwick)
Smart Active Colloids (Abstract)
Organizer: Internal Speaker POSTPONED

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

November 8^th : Dr Emad Chaparian(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 Warwick)
Drying Fronts in Porous Media (Abstract )
Organizer: Internal Speaker

Summer Term 2023

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

June 28^th : Prof Marc Hodes (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 : Mr Omri Shaltiel (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 : Dr Miguel Quetzeri Santiago (Department of Engineering Science, University of Oxford)
Splish, Splash: Understanding Droplet Impact To Reduce Splashback (Abstract)
Organizer: James Sprittles

May 31^st : Dr Ashleigh Hutchinson (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 : Dr Paul Griffiths (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 Warwick)
Space Weather Forecasting Using Magnetohydrodynamics (Abstract)
Organizer: Radu Cimpeanu

Spring Term 2023

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

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

March 1^st : Dr Ed Brambley (Department of Mathematics & WMG, University of Warwick)
Metal Forming: Fluid- or Solid-mechanics? (Abstract)

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

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

January 13^th (FRIDAY at 15:30): Dr Sjoerd Rienstra(Mathematics and Computer Science, Scientific Computing, Technical University Eindhoven, The Netherlands)
Pridmore-Brown Modes. 1. Construction and properties. 2. Slowly varying modes and adiabatic invariants. (Abstract)
Organizer: Ed Brambley

Autumn Term 2022

November 30^th : Dr Junho Park (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 Warwick)
Correlating Extremes in Wind Divergence with Extremes in Rain over the Tropical Atlantic (Abstract )
Organizer: Peter J. Thomas

November 16^th : Dr Susanne Horn (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 : Prof Ehud Yariv (Department of Mathematics, Technion, Israel Institute of Technology)
Flows About Superhydrophobic Surfaces (Abstract )
Organizer: James Sprittles

October 26^th : Dr Zahir Hussain (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 : Dr David Hosking (Department of Physics, University of Oxford)
Decay of Magnetohydrodynamic Turbulence ( Abstract )
Organizer: Santiago Benavides

June 15^th : Dr Adam Butler (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 : Prof. John Wetttlaufer (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 : Mr Rodolfo Brandao (Department of Mathematics, Imperial College)
Spontaneous dynamics of Leidenfrost drops( Abstract )
Organizer: Radu Cimpeanu

May 4^th : Prof Petia M. Vlahovska (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 : Dr Edward Smith (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 Warwick)
Fracture Patterns in Viscoplastic Gravity Currents( Abstract )

February 2^nd : Dr Justin Burton (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 : Prof. John Bush (Department of Mathematics, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, USA)
Hydrodynamic Quantum Analogs( Abstract )
Organizer: Peter J. Thomas

December 01^st : Dr. Lionel Hirschberg (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 : Prof. Xuehua Zhang (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: Dr. Thomas Sykes (Oxford Fluids Laboratory, Department of Engineering, University of Oxford)
It’s harder for droplets to splash on small spheres ( Abstract )
Organizer: Radu Cimpeanu

October 20^th : Dr. Paul Prentice (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 : Dr. Li Shen (Department of Mechanical Engineering, Imperial College)
Bubble Morphogenesis ( Abstract )
Organizer: Radu Cimpeanu

June 23^rd : Dr. Patrice Le Gal (Institut de Recherche sur les Phénomènes Hors Equilibre (IRPHE), Aix Marseille Univ., CNRS, Centrale Marseille)
Stratified shear flow instabilities ( Abstract )
Organizer: Peter J. Thomas

June 16^rd : Dr. Mathew Moore (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 : Dr. Ryan Palmer (School of Biological Sciences, University of Bristol)
It’s 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 Warwick)
Numerical Modelling of Lithium battery fires ( Abstract )
Organizer: Peter J. Thomas

May 26 ^rd : Prof. Oliver Jensen (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 : Dr. Maarten Vanierschot (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 : Dr. Andreas Carlson (Department of Mathematics, University of Oslo, Norway)
Film coating and droplet spreading on conical fibers ( Abstract )
Organizer: James Sprittles

February 10^th : Prof. Carlo Massimo Casciola (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 : Dr. Patrice Le Gal (Institut de Recherche sur les Phénomènes 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 : Dr. Rob Style (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
Marks Legkovskis (WMG, University of Warwick)
On Convergence of Moments in Uncertainty Quantification of Combustion Simulations ( Abstract ) Organizer: Peter J. Thomas
Michael Negus (Mathematical Institute, University of Oxford)
High-speed droplet impact onto a spring-supported plate: analysis and simulations ( Abstract ) Organizer: Radu Cimpeanu

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

November 11^th : Dr. Paul J. Atzberger (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 : Prof. Laurette Tuckerman (PMMH-CNRS Sorbonne Université)
Turbulent-laminar patterns( Abstract )
Organizer: Peter J. Thomas

October 21^th : Prof. Alejandro L. Garcia (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 : Prof. Steffen Hardt (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 : Dr. Daniel M. Harris (School of Engineering, Brown University, Providence, USA)
Hydrodynamic mechanisms for particle aggregation at fluid interfaces ( Abstract )
Host: Radu C.

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

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

Sam Tucker Harvey (School of Engineering University of Warwick)
TBA ( Abstract )

April 22^th : Dr. Maarten Vanierschot (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: Prof. Alejandro Garcia (Physics, San Jose State University)
Five Surprising Results from Direct Simulation Monte Carlo ( Abstract )
Host: Duncan L.

March 11^th : Dr. Raphael Stuhlmeier (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 : Dr. Matt Folley (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 : Prof. Nicholas Lawson (National Flying Laboratory Centre, Cranfield University)
Advanced fibre sensors for fluid mechanics and airborne measurement ( Abstract )

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

February 5^th : Dr. Megan S. Davies Wykes (Department of Engineering, University of Cambridge)
Effect of temperature on cross-ventilation ( Abstract )

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

Autumn Term 2019

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

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

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

October 30^th : Dr Leonid Dombrovsky (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 Warwick)
Nonlinear Acoustics in Brass Instruments ( Abstract )

Summer Term 2019

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

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

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

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

May 15^th: Prof. Matevz Dular (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: Dr. Jim Thomas (Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, Woods Hole, Massachusetts, USA)
Waves and vortices of the ocean ( Abstract )

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

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

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

January 23^rd: Prof. Martin A. Bees (Mathematics, University of York)
Bioconvection: progress and problems ( Abstract )

Autumn Term 2018

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

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

November 28^th: Dr Halim Kusumaatmaja (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 Warwick, Department of Mathematics & WMG)
Modelling of aeroacoustics and metal forming ( Abstract )

November 7^th: Dr Pablo Luis Rendon Garrido (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: Dr Abishek Kumar (Applied Mathematics Research Centre, Coventry University)
Stability of stratified fluid in a nearly semicircular pool ( Abstract )

October 10^th: Dr Avshalom Manela (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: Dr. Manish K Tiwari (Mechanical Engineering, University College London)
Fluid mechanics in phase change and liquid impact on nanoengineered surfaces ( Abstract )

June 20^th: Dr. Radu Cimpeanu (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: Dr. Hernan Morales (Philips)
Intra-aneurysmal haemodynamics and endovascular device modelling ( Abstract )

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

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

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

April 11^th: !! starts at 14:00 in A401 !! Prof. Marc Parlange (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 Warwick)
Helicity and enstrophy scaling for Navier-Stokes reconnection ( Abstract )

February 14^th: Dr. Lorenzo Botto (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: Dr. Ben Fynney McMillan (Department of Physics, University of Warwick)
A Nonlinear Approach to Transition in Subcritical Plasmas with Sheared Flow ( Abstract )

January 24^th: Dr. Catherine Wilson (School of Engineering, Cardiff University)
“Not Going with the Flow”: 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 !! Prof. Suzanne Fielding (Department of Physics, Durham University)
Flow Instabilities in Complex Fluids ( Abstract )

Autumn Term 2017

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

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

November 8^th: Prof. Dwight Barkley (Department of Mathematics, University of Warwick)
The route to turbulence ( Abstract )

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

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

October 4^th: Dr. Anubhav Sinha (School of Engineering, University of Warwick)
Experiments and Numerical Studies of Spray in Crossflow ( Abstract )

Summer Term 2017

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

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

May 24^th: Dr Jerome Charmet (WMG, University of Warwick)
Microfluidics at interfaces: sensors integration

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

Spring Term 2017

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

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

February 15^th: Prof. Daniele Marchisio (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: Dr. Mark Blyth (School of Mathematics, University of East Anglia)Solitary waves on a column of ferrofluid ( Abstract )

Feb 1^st: Prof. Constantin-C. Coussios and Prof. Eleanor Stride (Institute of Biomedical Engineering, Oxford University)
Therapeutic Applications of Acoustic Cavitation ( Abstract )

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

Autumn Term 2016

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

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

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

November 23^th: Prof. GertJan van Heijst (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 Warwick. 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 Warwick 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: Prof. Serafim Kalliadasis (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: Prof. Jonathan Reid (School of Chemistry, Bristol)
Dynamics of Picolitre Aerosol Droplets Studied using Single Particle Techniques

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

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

Spring Term 2016

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

January 27^th: Prof. Mason Porter (Mathematical Institute, Oxford)
Disordered Granular Chains ( Abstract )

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

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

February 26^th: Dr. James Jewkes (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 !!: Dr. Ed Brambley (Waves & Solids Groups, DAMTP, and Gonville & Caius College, Cambridge)
Modelling Sound Absorption in Aircraft Engines ( Abstract )
Lunch available from 12:30

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Secrets learned from the peregrine falcon diving flight ( Abstract ) Postponed to next term

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