Variational Models of Soft Matter

Variational Models of Soft Matter

An interdisciplinary conference on the mathematics of liquid crystals, polymer gels, and various instabilities in nonlinear elasticity.

 

 

 

Organizers:

  • Carme Calderer (Mathematics, Minnesota)
  • Enrique Cerda (Physics, U. de Santiago de Chile)
  • Juan Diego Dávila (C. Math. Modeling, U. de Chile)
  • Duvan Henao (Mathematics, PUC Chile)

Confirmed speakers:

  • Mokhtar Adda-Bedia (Physique Statistique, ENS)
  • Javier Arsuaga (Mathematics + Molecular & Cellular Biology, UC Davis)
  • Marco Barchiesi (Mathematics, Napoli)
  • José Bico (Physics & Mechanics, ESPCI Paris)
  • Marcel Clerc (Physics, U. de Chile)
  • Andrés Concha (Physics, U. Adolfo Ibáñez)
  • Benny Davidovitch (Physics, UMassAmherst)
  • Masao Doi (C. Soft Matter Physics, Beihang University)
  • Jacques Dumais (Bioengineering, U. Adolfo Ibáñez)
  • Gustavo Düring (Physics, PUC Chile)
  • Dmitry Golovaty (Mathematics, Akron)
  • Eugenio Hamm (Physics, U. de Santiago de Chile)
  • James Hanna (Biomedical Engineering and Mechanics, Virginia Tech)
  • Norbert Heuer (Mathematics, PUC Chile)
  • Antal Jákli (Chemical Physics + Liquid Crystal Institute, Kent)
  • Jan Lagerwall (Experimental Soft Matter Physics, Luxembourg)
  • Oleg Lavrentovich (Chemical Physics + Liquid Crystal Institute, Kent)
  • Michal Kowalczyk (Department of Mathematical Engineering and CMM, U. de Chile)
  • Apala Majumdar (Mathematics, Bath)
  • Alberto Montero (Mathematics, PUC Chile)
  • Carlos Mora-Corral (Mathematics, Autónoma de Madrid)
  • Sergio Rica (Physics, U. Adolfo Ibáñez & CNRS)
  • Shawn Walker (Mathematics + C. Computation & Technology, Louisiana)
  • Noel Walkington (Mathematics, Carnegie Mellon)
Date: Jan 09, 2017
Date of closure: Jan 13, 2017
Venue: Auditorio Ninoslav Bralic, Facultad de Matemáticas, Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile
More info at:
Event website

Posted on Dec 1, 2016 in Events, Workshops & Congresses