BEGIN:VCALENDAR
VERSION:2.0
PRODID:-//wp-events-plugin.com//7.2.3.1//EN
TZID:America/New_York
X-WR-TIMEZONE:America/New_York
BEGIN:VEVENT
UID:0-7397@eng.ufl.edu
DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20250401T090000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20250401T100000
DTSTAMP:20251201T183131Z
URL:https://www.eng.ufl.edu/news-events/events/che-seminar-with-petia-vlah
 ovska-ph-d/
SUMMARY:ChE Seminar with Petia Vlahovska\, Ph.D.
DESCRIPTION:Title: Harnessing Active Matter for Bioinspired Microrobots\n\n
 Presented by:\nPetia Vlahovska\, PhD.\nProfessor\, Engineering Sciences an
 d Applied Mathematics \nNorthwestern University\n\nAbstract: Bacteria and 
 cells\, such as neutrophils\, exhibit directed motion and navigate complex
  environments in response to external cues. Creating an artificial system 
 that mimics this behavior offers significant potential for developing auto
 nomous microrobotic systems. In this talk\, I will present an overview of 
 our efforts to design active particles—entities that harvest energy from
  their environment and convert it into motion—emulating bacterial locomo
 tion (e.g.\, the Run-and-Tumble behavior of E. coli)\, and collective dyna
 mics (e.g.\, swarming\, turbulent-like flows\, directed motion). Our activ
 e particles are colloids that become motile through the Quincke effect\, w
 hich causes them to spontaneously roll on a surface in the presence of a u
 niform electric field.  Quincke 'rollers' demonstrate complex individual a
 nd collective dynamics\, making them a promising model for uncovering desi
 gn principles in autonomous systems powered by active particles.\n\nBio: P
 etia M. Vlahovska is a Professor of Engineering Sciences and Applied Mathe
 matics at Northwestern University. She received a Ph.D. in Chemical Engine
 ering from Yale University (2003) and MS in Chemistry from Sofia Universit
 y\, Bulgaria (1994). Prior to joining Northwestern University\, she was fa
 culty at Dartmouth College and Brown University. Her research encompasses 
 fluid dynamics\, soft matter and membrane biophysics. Prof. Vlahovska is a
  Fellow of the American Physical Society (2019) and a recipient of Guggenh
 eim Fellowship (2024)\,  Research Fellowship from the Alexander von Humbol
 dt Foundation\, Germany (2016)\, and the National Science Foundation CAREE
 R Award (2009).\n
CATEGORIES:Events,Seminars
LOCATION:HPNP 1404\, 1225 Center Drive\, Gainesville\, Florida\, 32611\, Un
 ited States
X-APPLE-STRUCTURED-LOCATION;VALUE=URI;X-ADDRESS=1225 Center Drive\, Gainesv
 ille\, Florida\, 32611\, United States;X-APPLE-RADIUS=100;X-TITLE=HPNP 140
 4:geo:0,0
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VTIMEZONE
TZID:America/New_York
X-LIC-LOCATION:America/New_York
BEGIN:DAYLIGHT
DTSTART:20250309T030000
TZOFFSETFROM:-0500
TZOFFSETTO:-0400
TZNAME:EDT
END:DAYLIGHT
END:VTIMEZONE
END:VCALENDAR