Hauptseminar Active Matter SS 2017

Overview

Type

Seminar (Talks and Discussion)

Date and Time

weekly during the SS 2015; Wednesday 15.45h; the dates are specified per topic

Location

Institut für Computerphysik, room 01.079

Credit Points

2 SWS = 3 CP (ECTS)

Teachers

Prof. Dr. Clemens Bechinger (2. PI)

Dr. Juan Ruben Gomez-Solano (2. PI)

Prof. Dr. Christian Holm (ICP)

Dr. Joost de Graaf (ICP)

Course Number

tba

Modules

tba

Language

English

Requirements

We expect the participants to have fundamental knowledge in classical and statistical mechanics, thermodynamics, electrodynamics, and partial differential equations.

Application (=Anmeldung) for the Seminar. Please write an email to Joost de Graaf until December 1. On December 10th at 13.15h at the ICP (seminar room 1.095) there will be a meeting to gauge the interest of the students, discuss the topics, and handle the topic assignment. Topics must be chosen before December 15.

There will be organizational meeting that will be mandatory to all participants in February 2015, probably during the first week of the winter break to discuss topics and style and other requirements.

Schedule, speakers and resources

Date	Time	Topic	Speaker	Tutor
We, 15.04	15:45h	Theoretical Description of Hydrodynamic Interactions: Solving Stokes' Equations for Particles (T)	Richard Kemmler	Florian Weik	Talk (23.7 MB)	Handout (2.62 MB)
We, 22.04	15:45h	Life at Low Reynolds Numbers: Nature`s Strategy for Motion at Small Length Scales (T)	Karoline Weinspach	Georg Rempfer	Talk (49.3 MB)	Handout (1.34 MB)
We, 29.04	15:45h	Man-made Realizations of Mechanical Swimmers (E)	Mohammad Pakdaman	Clemens Bechinger	Talk (59.8 MB)	Handout (679 kB)
We, 06.05	15:45h	The Standard (Self-)Diffusiophoretic Models (T)	Jorge Sauceda	Joost de Graaf	Talk (719 kB)	Handout (409 kB)
We, 13.05	15:45h	Gradient-Based Microswimmers (E)	Divya Virmani	Clemens Bechinger	Talk (24.3 MB)	Handout (599 kB)
We, 22.05	15:45h	The Standard (Self-)Electrophoretic Models (T)	Alexander Weyman	Christian Holm	Talk (7.33 MB)	Handout (1.4 MB)
We, 27.05	15:45h	Other Types of Artificial Microswimmers (E)	Julia Riede	Juan Ruben Gomez Solano	Talk (3.24 MB)	Handout (504 kB)
We, 10.06	15:45h	Computer Simulations of Active Matter (T)	Steinn Imir Agustsson	Georg Rempfer	Talk (25.1 MB)	Handout (1 MB)
We, 10.06	16:45h	Gravitaxis of Active Particles (E)	Daniel Arnold	Tobias Bäuerle	Talk (8.68 MB)	Handout (4.03 MB)
We, 17.06	15:45h	Theoretical Models for the Bubble-Propulsion of SPPs (T)	Laurin Rademacher	Joost de Graaf	Talk (8.18 MB)	Handout (6.24 MB)
We, 24.06	15:45h	Swimming under Confinement and Rectification (E)	Mathias Bories	Juan Ruben Gomez Solano	Talk (26.9 MB)	Handout (2.27 MB)
We, 01.07	15:45h	Swimming in non-Newtonian Fluids (E)	Padma Kanya Radhakrishnan	Juan Ruben Gomez Solano	Talk (53 MB)	Handout (825 kB)
We, 08.07	15:45h	Collective Behavior of Active Matter (T)	Melanie Lipp	Joost de Graaf	Talk (41.9 MB)	Handout (2.81 MB)
We, 08.07	16:45h	Collective Motion of Living Organisms (E)	Julian Maisch	Juan Ruben Gomez Solano	Talk (18.5 MB)	Handout (2.24 MB)
We, 15.07	15:45h	Passive Particles in Active Media (E)	Chen Miaoqing	Celia Lozano	Talk (1.94 MB)	Handout (1.16 MB)

The (T) or (E) after the talk title indicate if this topic would count towards an experimental or theoretical Seminar certificate:

(T): Theoretical Seminar Talk (E): Experimental Seminar Talk

Getting the credit points

To get the credit points for the seminar, the following criteria should be met:

• All participants must:
  • Make the first appointment with their supervisor 2 months (a minimum of 8 weeks) before giving their talk
  • Have read the literature provided on the website/by the supervisor before this first meeting
  • Hand in a draft of their presentation 1 month (a minimum of 4 weeks) before giving their talk
  • Give a trial talk 2 weeks in advance of their public talk and hand in their final draft of the handout
  • Hand in the final version of their handout 1 week in advance
  • Give their talk at the arranged time
  • Be present at all talks
  • Take part in the discussions following the talks
• The handout:
  • Consists of 8 to 10 A4 pages (incl. pictures; 10 pt font, single space text)
  • Describes the contents of the talk, written out in full
  • Is written for the other participants
  • Is written in English
• The talk:
  • Consists of material pertaining to the topic
  • Has a length of 45 minutes
  • Is prepared in electronic form
  • Is held in English
• Participants are graded according to:
  • The quality of the trial talk and final draft of the hand out (50%)
  • The quality of the final presentation (25%)
  • The level of participation in the discussion (25%)