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• Jan

  27

  Jörn Dunkel: Symmetry Breaking and Pattern Formation in Soft Matter and Active Fluids

  McCormick-Engineering Sciences and Applied Mathematics

  4:00 PM M416, Technological Institute

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  Title: Symmetry Breaking and Pattern Formation in Soft Matter and Active Fluids

  Speaker: Jörn Dunkel, PhD, Massachusetts Institue of Technology

  Abstract: Geometric constraints affect pattern selection and topological defect formation in a wide range of non-equilibrium processes, from crystal growth to morphogenesis. In the first part of this talk, I will summarize recent experimental and theoretical work that aims to understand how curvature controls symmetry breaking and topological defects on the wrinkled surfaces of elastic bilayer materials. Specifically, we will present a higher-order PDE model that captures essential characteristics of the experimental data. In the second part, we will generalize the underlying ideas to obtain an analytically tractable description of bacterial and other active suspensions. The resulting generalized Navier-Stokes equations reveal an unexpected chiral symmetry-breaking mechanism, and offer insight into the triad dynamics of classical turbulence by uncovering a previously unknown cubic invariant.

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  TIME Monday, January 27, 2020 at 4:00 PM - 5:00 PM

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  CONTACT Meelee Ahn Park    meelee.park@northwestern.edu EMAIL

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• Sep

  23

  Welcome & Luncheon for New Full-time Graduate Students

  McCormick School of Engineering and Applied Science

  11:00 AM Ryan Auditorium, Technological Institute

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  Enjoy a welcome from Dean Christopher A. Schuh and other McCormick leaders, and receive a Northwestern Engineering T-shirt. A free lunch on the Tech East Plaza will follow.

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  TIME Monday, September 23, 2024 at 11:00 AM - 12:30 PM

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  CONTACT Andi Joppie    andi.joppie@northwestern.edu EMAIL

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• Sep

  24

  Fall 2024 Classes Begin (No Northwestern Monday in Fall)

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  Fall 2024 Classes Begin (No Northwestern Monday in Fall)

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  TIME Tuesday, September 24, 2024

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• Sep

  30

  Last day to add a class or change a section for Fall (Last day for tuition adjustment related to enrollment changes (to or from full-time). No reductions are made to bills for dropped or swapped classes after this date)

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  Last day to add a class or change a section for Fall (Last day for tuition adjustment related to enrollment changes (to or from full-time). No reductions are made to bills for dropped or swapped classes after this date)

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  TIME Monday, September 30, 2024

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• Dec

  7

  Fall classes end

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  Fall classes end

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  TIME Saturday, December 7, 2024

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