Thursday 1 September – Friday 2 September 2022

Understanding the mechanical behaviour of solids, liquids and soft and biological materials requires insight into phenomena at different length scales (from bacterial films to volcanic flows). They are both a scientific challenge and an important technological problem. An overarching framework is provided by the name “micro-mechanics”. Combining techniques from continuum mechanics, dynamical systems and statistical mechanics, micro-mechanics uses knowledge of their microscopic structure to make predictive models of the mechanical properties of liquids, solids and soft matter.

Taking place over two days, this international conference features a distinguished line up of speakers, covering a broad range of topics in the micro-mechanics of fluids and materials.

This event is part of the Fry Conference Series, being held to celebrate the move of the School of Mathematics at the University of Bristol to the recently refurbished Grade II listed Fry Building at the heart of the university campus.

Visit the event website to register.

Speakers to include:

Lydia Bourouiba, MIT [Public Lecture]

Mike Cates, University of Cambridge

Elisabeth Guazzelli, University of Paris

Randall Kamien, University of Pennsylvania

Andrea Liu, University of Pennsylvania

Detlef Lohse*, University of Twente

Cristina Marchetti, UC Santa Barbara

Howard Stone, Princeton University

Julia Yeomans, University of Oxford

 

*Virtual talk

  

Register here.

Registration closes on 24th August 2022 at 23:59 BST.