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SUMMARY:MechE Colloquium: On the shape of water
DTSTART:20190528T121500
DTEND:20190528T131500
DTSTAMP:20260502T092631Z
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CATEGORIES:Conferences - Seminars
DESCRIPTION:Prof. David Quéré\, ESPCI & École Polytechnique\, Paris\, F
 rance\nAbstract:\nWhile water and liquids at large are sometimes defined a
 s materials without proper shape\, surface tension at small scale dominate
 s gravity and imposes special configurations - such as spheres. We’ll di
 scuss how the control of the shape of water allows us to induce special pr
 operties - such as reduced friction\, fast bouncing\, anti-fogging and pro
 pulsion.\n \nBio:\nDavid Quéré is a physicist interested in soft matter
  and fluid mechanics - with a particular interest in interfacial hydrodyna
 mics. He shares his time between the lab (with a group of remarkable PhD s
 tudents)\, his teaching duties (Polytechnique\, mainly\, but also Tsinghua
  in China)\, and companies (Saint-Gobain and Sanofi\, for instance). His r
 esearch is mainly based on natural observations and applied questions.
LOCATION:MED 0 1418 https://plan.epfl.ch/?room==MED%200%201418
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