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• Feb

  12

  Appl Math: Roberto Zenit on "The Fluid Mechanics of Splatter Painting"

  McCormick-Engineering Sciences and Applied Mathematics (ESAM)

  11:15 AM M416, Technological Institute

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  Title: The Fluid Mechanics of Splatter Painting

  Speaker: Roberto Zenit, Brown University

  Abstract: In splat painting, a collection of liquid droplets is projected onto the substrate by imposing a controlled acceleration to a paint-loaded brush.

  To unravel the physical phenomena at play in this artistic technique, we perform experiments where the amount of expelled liquid is characterized function of the liquid viscosity, brush properties and imposed acceleration. Experimental trends are rationalized by simple physical models, revealing the existence of an inertia-dominated flow in the anisotropic, porous tip of the brush. We argue that splat painting artists intuitively tune their technique to work in this regime, which may also play a role in other pulsed flows, like fabric drying, violent expiratory events or sudden geophysical processes.

  Zoom: https://northwestern.zoom.us/j/95081280699

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  TIME Thursday, February 12, 2026 at 11:15 AM - 12:15 PM

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• Feb

  19

  Appl Math: Chaoming Song on "Title TBA"

  McCormick-Engineering Sciences and Applied Mathematics (ESAM)

  11:15 AM M416, Technological Institute

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  Title: TBA

  Speaker: Chaoming Song, University of Miami (sabbatical at Northwestern University)

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  TIME Thursday, February 19, 2026 at 11:15 AM - 12:15 PM

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• Feb

  26

  Appl Math: Stefano Allesina on "Title TBA"

  McCormick-Engineering Sciences and Applied Mathematics (ESAM)

  11:15 AM M416, Technological Institute

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  Title: TBA

  Speaker: Stefano Allisina, The University of Chicago

  Abstract: TBA

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  TIME Thursday, February 26, 2026 at 11:15 AM - 12:15 PM

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• Mar

  12

  Appl Math: Xiao Yu Wang on "Title TBA"

  McCormick-Engineering Sciences and Applied Mathematics (ESAM)

  11:15 AM M416, Technological Institute

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  Title: TBA

  Speaker: Xiao Yu Wang, CRI Foundation

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  TIME Thursday, March 12, 2026 at 11:15 AM - 12:15 PM

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• Apr

  2

  Appl Math: Oleg Kirillov on "Title TBA"

  McCormick-Engineering Sciences and Applied Mathematics (ESAM)

  11:15 AM M416, Technological Institute

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  Title: TBA

  Speaker: Oleg Kirillov

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  TIME Thursday, April 2, 2026 at 11:15 AM - 12:15 PM

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• May

  13

  Appl Math: Melanie Mitchell on "Title TBA" - Reiss Lecture

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  11:15 AM

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  Title: Title TBA - Reiss Lecture

  Speaker: Melanie Mitchell, Santa Fe Institute

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• May

  14

  Appl Math: Melanie Mitchell on "Title TBA" - Reiss Lecture

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  Title: Title TBA - Reiss Lecture

  Speaker: Melanie Mitchell, Santa Fe Institute

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  TIME Thursday, May 14, 2026 at 11:15 AM - 12:15 PM

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