Assistant Professor Daisuke Takagi will give a “Professors & Pizza” lecture in the College of Engineering.

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Abstract:

The movements of motile microorganisms and swimming nanorobots are seemingly random and difficult to predict. I will show how chemically propelled particles move in large circles, flip over on a surface, and slalom through a suspension of spheres. These observations can be explained by a simple theory, which suggests strategies for capturing, filtering, and transporting suspensions of swimmers.