Tue, 21 Nov 2023

17:00 - 18:00
L1

THE 16th BROOKE BENJAMIN LECTURE: Advances in Advancing Interfaces: The Mathematics of Manufacturing of Industrial Foams, Fluidic Devices, and Automobile Painting

James Sethian
((UC Berkeley))
Abstract

Complex dynamics underlying industrial manufacturing depend in part on multiphase multiphysics, in which fluids and materials interact across orders of magnitude variations in time and space. In this talk, we will discuss the development and application of a host of numerical methods for these problems, including Level Set Methods, Voronoi Implicit Interface Methods, implicit adaptive representations, and multiphase discontinuous Galerkin Methods.  Applications for industrial problems will include modeling how foams evolve, how electro-fluid jetting devices work, and the physics and dynamics of rotary bell spray painting across the automotive industry.

Thu, 14 Oct 2021

12:00 - 13:00
L5

Dynamics Problems Discovered Off The Beaten Research Path

Oliver O'Reilly
((UC Berkeley))
Further Information

Oliver M. O’Reilly is a professor in the Department of Mechanical Engineering and Interim Vice Provost for Undergraduate Education at the University of California at Berkeley. 

Research interests:

Dynamics, Vibrations, Continuum Mechanics

Key publications:

To view a list of Professor O’Reilly’s publications, please visit the Dynamics Lab website.

Abstract

In this talk, I will discuss a wide range of mechanical systems,
including Hoberman’s sphere, Euler’s disk, a sliding cylinder, the
Dynabee, BB-8, and Littlewood’s hoop, and the research they inspired.
Studies of the dynamics of the cylinder ultimately led to a startup
company while studying Euler’s disk led to sponsored research with a
well-known motorcycle company.


This talk is primarily based on research performed with a number of
former students over the past three decades. including Prithvi Akella,
Antonio Bronars, Christopher Daily-Diamond, Evan Hemingway, Theresa
Honein, Patrick Kessler, Nathaniel Goldberg, Christine Gregg, Alyssa
Novelia, and Peter Varadi over the past three decades.

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