EUROMECH 490 Workshop
"Dynamics and Stability of Thin Liquid Films and Slender Jets"
19-21 September 2007
Sponsored by EUROMECH, EPSRC and LMS 
Organising committee:
Omar Matar (Imperial College London), Richard Craster (Imperial College London), Andreas Muench (Humboldt-Universtat zu Berlin), Tom Witelski (Duke University)
Venue:
Department of Chemical Engineering
Imperial College London, South Kensington Campus, Prince Consort Road, London SW7 2AZ.
(Maps of the venue, of the South Kensington area and of the College; directions to Imperial College London)
Workshop Group Photo 1
Workshop Group Photo 2
Workshop photo 3
WORKSHOP PHOTOS 4
Surfactant-driven fingering Simulations of fingering in flow Drop formation
down an inclined plane in free surface flows
Pictures taken from Cazabat et al., Kondic et al. and Eggers, respectively.
Scientific Programme:
The fluid dynamics of thin liquid films and slender jets are of central importance to numerous industrial, biomedical and daily-life applications and are accompanied by rich behaviour and pattern formation. As a result, they have received considerable attention in the literature; the last few years in particular have witnessed a great deal of activity in this area. This workshop, funded by the EPSRC and EUROMECH, is a three-day meeting in the Department of Chemical Engineering, Imperial College London (ICL), between 19-21 September 2007, which will examine the latest exciting developments in this field. The first, second and third days will be devoted to Dynamics of driven films, Instabilities, rupture and breakup and to Applications, respectively. This workshop will bring together researchers from different backgrounds in order to both review recent developments and to identify new directions of research.
Speakers:
The following are confirmed plenary speakers: Andreas Acrivos, Anne-Marie Cazabat, Steve Davis, Jens Eggers, Stephan Herminghaus, Bud Homsy, Oliver Jensen and David Quere.
Programme
Information for participants:
A room has been booked for all speakers for the duration of the workshop (paid for by the organisers) at the BEIT QUAD (immediately adjacent to the Chem. Eng. Dept.) and Weeks Hall in Prince's Gardens. A map showing the location of these halls of residence is found here.
A registration fee is required:
- £60 ($110) for non-members of EUROMECH
- £30 ($55) for EUROMECH members
We would appreciate it if this could be paid by August 31 2007.
You can either wire the money easily to National Westminster (Natwest) Bank:
- For UK delegates, the account number is 64685802 and the sort code is 515001,
- For non-UK delegates, the 'IBAN number' is GB56NWBK51500164685802 and the 'Swift or Branch ID' is NWBKGB2L,
o r you can send a cheque made payable to "Euromech 490" for the correct amount to:
Omar K. Matar, Dept. of Chemical Engineering, Imperial College London, Prince Consort Road, London SW7 2AZ, UK.
Participants are encouraged to become members of EURO MECH so that they qualify for the reduced r ates. Membership application form is availab le on the EUROMECH website and membership costs €24 pe r annum.
