{"676533":{"#nid":"676533","#data":{"type":"event","title":"Soft Matter\/(PoLS) - Propulsion And Interaction of Wave-propelled Interfacial Particles - Speaker Daniel Harris from Brown University","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003ESpeaker\u003C\/strong\u003E: Daniel Harris\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EHost:\u003C\/strong\u003E Dan Goldman\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003ETitle\u003C\/strong\u003E: Propulsion and interaction of wave-propelled interfacial particles\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EAbstract\u003C\/strong\u003E: When an asymmetric floating body is internally or externally vibrated, the self-generated capillary wavefield can lead to steady propulsion or rotation.\u0026nbsp; In this talk, I will discuss several related and recently discovered systems that leverage this driving mechanism.\u0026nbsp; On a vibrating fluid substrate, freely floating particles are shown to self-propel along straight paths, rotate in place, or move along curvilinear trajectories, depending sensitively on the particle asymmetries and driving parameters.\u0026nbsp;Such particles interact at a distance through their mutual wavefield, and exhibit a rich array of multi-body dynamics.\u0026nbsp; I will also present our work on the \u0022SurferBot\u0022: a centimeter-scale robotic device that self-propels along a fluid interface using an onboard vibration motor.\u0026nbsp; Overall, these highly accessible and tunable macroscopic systems serve as a novel platform for exploring active and driven matter interacting in fluid environments.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EBio\u003C\/strong\u003E: Daniel M. Harris is an Associate Professor of Engineering at Brown University in the Fluids and Thermal Sciences group.\u0026nbsp;Before joining Brown, Dan was a Postdoctoral Research Associate and Lecturer at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill in the Department of Mathematics.\u0026nbsp; Dan received his B.S. in Mechanical Engineering.\u003C\/p\u003E","summary":"","format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003ESpeaker\u003C\/strong\u003E: Daniel Harris\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EHost:\u003C\/strong\u003E Dan Goldman\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003ETitle\u003C\/strong\u003E: Propulsion and interaction of wave-propelled interfacial particles\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EAbstract\u003C\/strong\u003E: When an asymmetric floating body is internally or externally vibrated, the self-generated capillary wavefield can lead to steady propulsion or rotation.\u0026nbsp; In this talk, I will discuss several related and recently discovered systems that leverage this driving mechanism.\u0026nbsp; On a vibrating fluid substrate, freely floating particles are shown to self-propel along straight paths, rotate in place, or move along curvilinear trajectories, depending sensitively on the particle asymmetries and driving parameters.\u0026nbsp;Such particles interact at a distance through their mutual wavefield, and exhibit a rich array of multi-body dynamics.\u0026nbsp; I will also present our work on the \u0022SurferBot\u0022: a centimeter-scale robotic device that self-propels along a fluid interface using an onboard vibration motor.\u0026nbsp; Overall, these highly accessible and tunable macroscopic systems serve as a novel platform for exploring active and driven matter interacting in fluid environments.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EBio\u003C\/strong\u003E: Daniel M. Harris is an Associate Professor of Engineering at Brown University in the Fluids and Thermal Sciences group.\u0026nbsp;Before joining Brown, Dan was a Postdoctoral Research Associate and Lecturer at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill in the Department of Mathematics.\u0026nbsp; Dan received his B.S. in Mechanical Engineering.\u003C\/p\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"field_summary_sentence":[{"value":"PoLS - Propulsion And Interaction of Wave-propelled Interfacial Particles - Speaker Daniel Harris from Brown University"}],"uid":"36626","created_gmt":"2024-09-05 12:42:41","changed_gmt":"2024-09-18 15:13:52","author":"awilliams675","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","field_event_time":{"event_time_start":"2024-09-20T11:00:00-04:00","event_time_end":"2024-09-20T12:00:00-04:00","event_time_end_last":"2024-09-20T12:00:00-04:00","gmt_time_start":"2024-09-20 15:00:00","gmt_time_end":"2024-09-20 16:00:00","gmt_time_end_last":"2024-09-20 16:00:00","rrule":null,"timezone":"America\/New_York"},"location":"Howey Room N110","extras":[],"groups":[{"id":"126011","name":"School of Physics"}],"categories":[],"keywords":[{"id":"166937","name":"School of Physics"}],"core_research_areas":[],"news_room_topics":[],"event_categories":[{"id":"1795","name":"Seminar\/Lecture\/Colloquium"}],"invited_audience":[{"id":"177814","name":"Postdoc"},{"id":"174045","name":"Graduate students"},{"id":"78751","name":"Undergraduate students"}],"affiliations":[],"classification":[],"areas_of_expertise":[],"news_and_recent_appearances":[],"phone":[],"contact":[],"email":[],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}}}