FALL 2007 Division of Fluid Dynamics NewsletterDFD News A Division of the American Physical Society DFD ANNUAL ELECTION the 5th DFD meeting in 1952, is a popular tourist destination, and known for it’s mountains and Please vote online in the APS DFD election natural beauty. Salt Lake was the host of the website and vote for one of two candidates 2002 winter Olympics and is a 45 minute drive (Juan Lasheras or Robert Behringer for DFD from seven different ski areas, the closest being Vice Chair and two of four candidates for only 25 minutes away. Mid November usually DFD Executive Committee Members-at-Large marks the beginning of the ski season and (Anette Hosoi, Manoochehr Koochesfahani, attendees may wish to extend their stay for early Laurette Tuckerman or Daniel Lathrop). The season skiing on the “greatest snow on earth!” Vice Chair becomes the Chair-Elect the next Conference Website: year and then the DFD Chair the following http://dfd2007.eng.utah.edu year. The Members-at-Large serve for three year terms. You can easily access the election Hotel Reservations website (with a unique address for each current The main conference Hotel is the Salt Lake City DFD member) with the link that was sent to Downtown Marriott, directly across the street you via email on or about September 24, 2007 from the main entrance to the convention center. from the Division ([email protected]). Short Rooms are also reserved at a special conference biographical sketches of the candidates and rate at the Salt Lake Plaza Inn, also across their statements are included on the website. If the street from the convention center, and the you do not wish to vote electronically, you may Radisson, which is adjacent to the convention do so with a paper ballot, but you must go to center. For reservations, go to the “Venue” the web page to obtain one. section of the meeting website at: http://dfd2007.eng.utah.edu/venue.htm The extended deadline for voting is October 26, 2007. Hotel rates are: IN TH I S ISSUE Downtown Marriott Hotel Please vote online at the www.aps.org! $129.00 + Tax, single/double/triple/quad 1 DFD Annual Election Radisson Hotel $109.00 + Tax, single/double 1 60th Annual DFD THE 60TH Meeting: Salt Lake City $119.00 + Tax, triple ANNUAL DFD $129 + Tax, quad Minisymposia 2 The Salt Lake Plaza Hotel 2 Special Events MEETING $92.00 + Tax, single/double/triple/quad 3 Recipients of Prizes and Awards SALT LAKE CITY, UTAH 4 2007 APS/DFD Fellows NOVEMBER 18-20, 2007 5 March APS Meeting Registration includes all sessions, coffee breaks, The 60th Annual DFD Meeting will be held at the one set of conference materials, and one ticket 5 Metropolis Dissertation Award Nominations Salt Palace Convention Center in Salt Lake City, to Sunday’s reception at the Convention Center. UT. The convention center provides significant Registration fees are $320 for members ($380 6 Past Recipients of space for technical sessions, invited talks, late), 545 for nonmembers ($600 late), and $150 Prizes and Awards exhibits, breaks, and the Gallery of Fluid Motion, for graduate students (ID required) and retired 8 APS/DFD 2007 and is walking distance from numerous hotels members ($175 late). Extra tickets for Sunday’s Leadership and Contact and attractions (Temples Square, Abravinal Hall, reception are $75. Late registration fees apply Information Clark Planetarium). Salt Lake City was host to after October 22. 2 Meeting registration can be done online or by faxing in pleasing, insightful displays of photographs, computer a registration form. Both the online reservation and the images, and video clips submitted by attendees of the reservation form are available at: meeting. Both poster and video entries will be available https://www.registerat.com/dyn/apsdfd2007/Splash.aspx for viewing in the exhibit hall throughout the meeting, with a special viewing lounge to be set up for the video After November 12, 2007 only on-site registration will be entries. accepted. The registration desk will be open Saturday, November 17, 2007 at 6:00 pm in the convention center In an effort to further education in fluid mechanics, a new where you will be able to pick up your badge and Bulletin video category, Educational Videos, has been added this if you have pre-registered, or register on-site if you have year. Educational videos should be self contained videos not done so. that demonstrate fluid mechanics concepts and can be used for either classroom or individual instruction. Scientific Program This year’s scientific program, which begins at 8:30 AM All Gallery of Fluid Motion entry forms and videos must on Sunday, will include three award lectures, eight invited be submitted through the conference website. Complete lectures, five minisymposia, contributed papers, a poster information on format and submission requirements can session, exhibits, and the Gallery of Fluid Motion. The be found on the meeting website: invited lectures are selected to illustrate the richness of http://dfd2007.eng.utah.edu/gallery.htm topics, techniques, and application inherent in the study of fluid dynamics. More than 1400 contributed abstracts, Special Events divided into 20 concurrent sessions, will be presented. NSF CAREER Workshop Sunday, November 18 12:40 PM–1:40PM Awards Program William Schultz of NSF will lead a luncheon discussion Each year the APS Division of Fluid Dynamics presents on NSF Faculty Early Career Development (CAREER) several awards: the Fluid Dynamics Prize, the Francois Program at the 60th Annual DFD meeting. The discussion Frenkiel Award, and the Andreas Acrivos Dissertation will take place over a luncheon (free to participants) on Award. A lecture by each award winner will be given at Sunday, Nov. 18. To attend the workshop/lunch attendees the meeting. must be registered for the conference and be eligible for NSF CAREER awards. For information on the program Minisymposia and eligibility requirements go to: 1. Incorporating Biology in a Fluids Curriculum http://www.nsf.gov/pubs/2005/nsf05579/nsf05579.htm Organized by Eric Lauga, MIT Space will be limited and reservations will be given out on 2. Lagrangian Dynamics in Turbulence a first-come, first-served basis. To request a reservation Organized by Lance Collins, Cornell University for this workshop, e-mail Patrick McMurtry at mcmurtry@ eng.utah.edu. Include your current position and title, tenure status, and date of doctoral degree and tenure 3. Fluids Demonstrations and Instructional track appointment. Laboratories Organized by Jean Hertzberg, University of Colorado and Douglas Bohl, Clarkson University Student Luncheon Monday, November 18 12:40 PM–1:40PM Students attending the 2007 Annual Meeting will have 4. Turbulence Simulations and Advanced the opportunity to participate in informal discussions Cyberinfrastructure over lunch with an expert on a topic of interest. Students Organized by P.K. Yeung, Georgia Tech should sign up for the luncheon at the registration desk. The event is free but tickets will be given out on a first- 5. Deformable Particle Suspensions and Solutions come, first-served basis as space is limited. Organized by Dewei Qi, Western Michigan University Audio Visual Equipment All rooms will be equipped with an LCD projector, screen, Gallery of Fluid Motion microphone, and pointer. Speakers must provide their The 25th Annual Gallery of Fluid Motion will be held as own laptop computer to use with the projector. Overhead part of the meeting. The gallery consists of aesthetically projectors will not generally be available. Presenters 3 wishing to use an overhead projector must contact the Invited Lectures meeting organizers ([email protected]) by October “Entomological Fluid Dynamics” 15, 2007 to ensure one will be available at their session. A John Bush, MIT Speaker Ready Room will be available to run through the presentation beforehand to ensure that it works smoothly “Flow of Dense Granular Media; A Peculiar Liquid” with the LCD projection equipment. Olivier Pouliquen, Université de Provence-CNRS Conference Reception “Twenty Years of Experimental and DNS Access to the The Conference Reception will be held Sunday evening Velocity Gradient Tensor: What We Have Learned in the South Foyer of the Salt Palace Convention Center. About Turbulence.” Subject to weather and city permitting requirements, an James Wallace, University of Maryland exciting outdoor fluids demonstration is being planned. "The Collective Hydrodynamics of Swimming Micro-Organisms" Exhibitors Timothy Pedley, University of Cambridge Do not miss the opportunity to reach over 1600 attendees of the APS/DFD Annual Meeting! For more information “Insect Flight: Aerodynamics, Efficiency and on exhibits or sponsorship contact Meetings and More, Evolution” [email protected] Jane Wang, Cornell University Deadlines “Morphodynamics of Rivers and Turbidity Currents: Past Due an Elegant Conversation between Water and Abstract Submission Sediment” Gary Parker, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign Past Due Gallery of Fluid Motion Poster Entry Forms “Making Shock Waves in Microfluidics: The Physics and Applications of Isotachophoresis” Past Due Juan G. Santiago, Stanford University Video Entries to Gallery of Fluid Motion “Particles and Vortices in Superfluids” Past Due K.R. Sreenivasan, International Centre for Theoretical Hotel Reservations (Reduced Rate) Physics, Trieste, Italy Past Due 2008 DFD Meeting, San Antonio, Texas Early Registration Contact Sharath Girimaji, Texas A&M University November 12, 2007 Preregistration Cancellation RECIPIENTS OF Meeting Hosts The meeting is being hosted by the University of Utah, PRIZES AND AWARDS Utah State University, Brigham Young University, and Idaho State University Each year the APS Division of Fluid Dynamics recognizes Program Organizers outstanding individuals with several awards: the Fluid Patrick McMurtry, Lead Organizer Dynamics Prize, The Francois Frenkiel Award, and the Department of Mechanical Engineering Andreas Acrivos Dissertation Award. University of Utah Email: [email protected] 2007 Fluid Dynamics Prize The Fluid Dynamics prize winner for 2007 is Guenter General Meeting and Exhibiting Information Ahlers, from the University of California at Santa Barbara.