LECTURE-SEMINAR ON COMPUTER-SIMULATION: COLLECTIVE DYNAMICS OF ACTIVE COLLOIDS INTERPLAY OF SHAPE AND HYDRODYNAMICS

The Center for Nanoscience and Technology for Research and Entrepreneurship (CeNTRE) of Caraga State University hosted a Lecture-Seminar on the Recent Trends and Applications of Computer Simulation in Solving Complex Problems. Eng. Lyndon Bermoy and Mr. Arche A. Crujedo together with the three selected Grade10 students participated the seminar. On the day of the seminar, Prof. Roland G. Winkler, a scientific staff at the Institute of Complex Systems and Institute for Advanced Simulation in the Research Institute in Julich, Germany, discussed his research on Collective Dynamics of Active Colloids Interplay of Shape and Hydrodynamics. These dynamics were simulated with a computer software with a variety of colloids with different shapes. The said seminar was also attended by CSU physics and chemistry teachers. The open forum was done after the discussion. The researcher/presenter studied the collective dynamics of spherical and spheroidal squirmers confined in a narrow slit by mesoscale hydrodynamic simulations (MPC). To elucidate the role of hydrodynamic interactions, Prof. Wrinkler complemented the study by simulations of spherical and spheroidal active Brownian particles in a computer software.