Chris H. Rycroft
Visiting Postdoctoral Scholar in Mathematics
UC Berkeley / Lawrence Berkeley Laboratory
Invited seminars
- Multiscale Modeling in Granular Flow, Complex Fluids Seminar, University of Michigan, May 2, 2008.
- Multiscale Modeling in Granular Flow, Department of Physics, University of California-Santa Barbara, April 4, 2007.
- Multiscale Modeling in Granular Flow, Department of Applied and Computational Mathematics, Caltech, March 30, 2007.
- Multiscale Modeling in Granular Flow, Department of Physics, Clark University, March 19, 2007.
- Multiscale Modeling in Granular Flow, Department of Mathematics, University of California-Berkeley, February 28, 2007.
Invited talks at conferences
- A coupled continuum/discrete model of dense granular flow, Bay Area Scientific Computing Day, MSRI, Berkeley, March 29, 2008. [Slides available]
Contributed talks at conferences
- Defining and measuring a granular continuum element, 5th Northeast Granular Workshop, University of Massachusetts, Amherst, June 1, 2007.
- Stress, Strain Rate, and Packing Fraction in Granular Flow, APS March Meeting, Denver, March 2007.
- Stress, Strain Rate, and Packing Fraction in Granular Flow,
29th New England Complex Fluids Workshop, Harvard University, December 1, 2006.
- Voronoi Volumes in Dense Granular Flow, APS March Meeting, Baltimore, March 2006. [Slides available]
- Discrete Element Simulations of Granular Flow in a Pebble Bed Nuclear Reactor, 24th New England Complex Fluids Workshop, Brandeis University, September 16, 2005.
- Dynamics of Random Packings in Granular Flow, APS March Meeting, Los Angeles, March 2005. [Slides available]
- Toward a Theory of Diffusion in Dense Granular Flow, 20th New England Complex Fluids Workshop, Brandeis University, September 24, 2004.
- Toward a Theory of Diffusion in Dense Granular Flow, APS March Meeting, Montreal, Canada, March 2004.
Seminars within MIT Mathematics
- Multiscale Modeling in Granular Flow, Thesis Defense, MIT, June 26, 2007. [Slides available]
- Understanding Granular Flow through the Intermediate Length Scale, Simple Person's Applied Math Seminar, MIT, February 22, 2007.
- High Performance Parallel Computing: A Beginner's Guide, Simple Person's Applied Math Seminar, MIT, October 5, 2006.
- The Lighter Side of Black Holes, Simple Person's Applied Math Seminar, MIT, March 23, 2006.
- The Life of Pi, Simple Person's Applied Math Seminar, MIT, November 15, 2005. [Slides available]
- Fractals and Chaos: A Graphical Overview, Simple Person's Applied Math Seminar, MIT, April 7, 2005.
- Dynamics of Random Packings in Granular Flow, Applied Mathematics Brown Bag Seminar Series, MIT, November 11, 2004. [Slides available]
- Quantum Computation and Information: A Simple Introduction, Simple Person's Applied Math Seminar, MIT, April 8, 2004.
- Granular Drainage: Theory and Simulation, Applied Mathematics Brown Bag Seminar Series, MIT, October 17, 2003.
Poster presentations
- Toward a Theory of Diffusion in Dense Granular Flows, Gordon Research Conference on Granular and Granular-Fluid Flow, Colby College, June 2004.
- Toward a Theory of Diffusion in Dense Granular Flows, 2nd New England Granular Materials Workshop, Yale University, June 3, 2004. [Slides available]
- Diffusion and Mixing in Granular Flow: Theory and Experiment (with Jaehyuk Choi), October 28, 2003.
- Analysis of Stochastic Models for Granular Drainage, 1st New England Granular Materials Workshop, July 18, 2003.