ResearchBiofluid Dynamics and Active Matter
Systems of motile interacting units (active matter) exhibit fascinating emergent phenomena such as self-organization and directed motion at large scales. Familiar examples are flocks of birds, schools of fish, and bacterial biofilms. However, cells, tissues and organisms are also active matter systems, where energy-consuming molecules or cells assemble into complex structures and patterns. Bio-inspired artificial active microparticles such as motile colloids have been subject of increasing research because of their potential use as building blocks for novel materials with reconfigurable architecture.
The faculty below research biofluid dynamics and active matter fluid dynamics.
Living Organisms
Mitra Hartmann
Professor of Biomedical Engineering
Professor of Mechanical Engineering
Professor of Computer Science (by courtesy)
Michael Markl
Lester B. and Frances T. Knight Professor of Cardiac Imaging
Professor of Biomedical Engineering
Neelesh Patankar
Professor of Mechanical Engineering and (by courtesy) Engineering Sciences and Applied Mathematics
Protein Folding
Active Colloids
Petia Vlahovska
Professor of Engineering Sciences and Applied Mathematics (by courtesy) Mechanical Engineering
Membrane and Biomimetic Cells
Petia Vlahovska
Professor of Engineering Sciences and Applied Mathematics (by courtesy) Mechanical Engineering