American Mathematical Society

AMS Sectional Meeting AMS Special Session

Current as of Friday, December 21, 2018 16:24:47

Associate secretaries:

Georgia Benkart, AMS benkart@math.wisc.edu

Saturday October 20, 2018, 2:00 p.m.-4:20 p.m.
Special Session on Bio-inspired Mechanics and Propulsion, I
Room 3347, Mason Hall
Organizers:
Silas Alben, University of Michigan alben@umich.edu
Longhua Zhao, Case Western Reserve University
- 2:00 p.m.
  Sidewinding, Slithering, Sand, and Snakes; How complex substrates and surprising failures can lead to innovative locomotor solutions.
  Henry C. Astley*, Biomimicry Research and Innovation Center, University of Akron
  Kelimar Diaz, University of Puerto Rico
  Joseph R Mendelson III, Zoo Atlanta, Georgia Institute of Technology
  Daniel I Goldman, Georgia Institute of Technology
  (1143-92-12)
- 2:30 p.m.
  Dynamics and locomotion of flexible foils in a frictional environment.
  Silas Alben*, University of Michigan
  Xiaolin Wang, Harvard University
  (1143-74-39)
- 3:00 p.m.
  The emergence of neuromechanical resonance in jellyfish locomotion.
  Alexander P Hoover*, University of Akron
  (1143-76-98)
- 3:30 p.m.
  The role of morphology in sensitivity of artificial lateral lines.
  Montassar Aidi Sharif*, Michigan State University
  Matthew J. McHenry, University of California, Irvine
  Xiaobo Tan, Michigan State University
  (1143-76-184)
- 4:00 p.m.
  Evolutionary Optimization of Soft Swimming Robots.
  Andrew M Hess*, Michigan State University
  Tong Gao, Michigan State University
  (1143-76-205)

Sunday October 21, 2018, 8:00 a.m.-10:20 a.m.
Special Session on Bio-inspired Mechanics and Propulsion, II
Room 3347, Mason Hall
Organizers:
Silas Alben, University of Michigan alben@umich.edu
Longhua Zhao, Case Western Reserve University
- 8:00 a.m.
  Computational Multiscale Modeling of the Effects of Mechanosensory Feedback in Lamprey Swimming.
  Christina L Hamlet*, Bucknell University
  Eric D Tytell, Tufts University
  Lisa Fauci, Tulane University
  Kathleen Hoffman, University of Maryland, Baltimore County
  (1143-92-534)
- 8:30 a.m.
  Single-Flagellated Bacterial Swimming: Run, Reverse, and Flick.
  Sookkyung Lim*, University of Cincinnati
  Yongsam Kim, Chung-Ang University
  Yunyoung Park, Chung-Ang University
  (1143-76-107)
- 9:00 a.m.
  Marangoni propulsion of spheroidal particles.
  Saeed Jafari Kang, Michigan Tech
  Esmaeil Dehdashti, Michigan Tech
  Hassan Masoud*, Michigan Tech
  (1143-76-33)
- 9:30 a.m.
  Trapping and Manipulation by micro-fluidic tweezers in a highly viscous fluid.
  Longhua Zhao*, Case Western Reserve University
  Li Zhang, The Chinese University of Hong Kong
  Yang Ding, Beijing Computational Science Research Center
  (1143-76-192)
- 10:00 a.m.
  A mathematical model and simulations of cell migration.
  Lingxing Yao*, University of Akron
  Yoichiro Mori, University of Minnesota
  (1143-92-288)

Sunday October 21, 2018, 1:00 p.m.-2:20 p.m.
Special Session on Bio-inspired Mechanics and Propulsion, III
Room 3347, Mason Hall
Organizers:
Silas Alben, University of Michigan alben@umich.edu
Longhua Zhao, Case Western Reserve University
- 1:00 p.m.
  Flying Spiders: Effects of the length of a dragline and the spider mass in ballooning.
  Tessa Stevens, Case Western Reserve University
  Jodi Turk, Cleveland State University
  Longhua Zhao, Case Western Reserve University
  Wei Zhang*, Cleveland State University
  (1143-76-383)
- 1:30 p.m.
  Modeling and simulation of blood flow past the distal anastomosis of arteriovenous graft.
  Zengding Bai, Indiana University - Purdue University Indianapolis
  Luoding Zhu*, Indiana University - Purdue University Indianapolis
  (1143-92-188)
- 2:00 p.m.
  Effects of the convection and diffusion in the viscous Lamb dipole.
  Ling Xu*, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI
  Robert Krasny, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI
  (1143-76-25)