The idea of this summer school is to create a friendly learning atmosphere, to enable close contact between students and lecturers, and create opportunities for students to make lasting contacts with peers at other universities.
Topics for 2016:
| David Dean (U of Bordeaux) |
Transport in complex and random media | ||
| Petia Vlahovska (Brown) |
Microhydrodyamics of soft particles | ||
| Corey O’Hern (Yale) |
Simulation techniques for dense particulate matter | ||
| Robert Deegan (U of Michigan) |
Fundamentals of pattern formation |
Format:
The school will be a 5-day residential program running from noon on Sunday, May 29 to Thursday Evening, June 2, 2016. Four lecturers will give mini-courses composed of four 90-min lectures. The lectures will be interspersed with student presentations, and some social activities. Typically, we will have four lectures a day, leaving time for discussions scientific and otherwise. The lecturers may set assignments. More details on the courses will appear here closer to the date of the school.
Location:
UMass Amherst, the flagship campus of the University of Massachusetts system, is located in the scenic Pioneer Valley of Western Massachusetts, a 2-hour drive from Boston and 3 hours from New York City. The area is home to UMass and to four other liberal arts colleges. The area has a rich cultural environment in a rural setting. There are also a number of outdoor activities to fill in your free time – hiking and biking trails criss-cross the area.
Logistics:
There will be a fee of $375 for attending the school. The fee will cover on-campus lodging at UMass, breakfast, lunch and refreshments, as well as two evening meals. On other evenings, we will leave you to explore the eateries, bars, coffee-shops of Amherst and neighbouring Northampton. The town is a 15 minute walk from campus, and there is free public transportation connecting the university and the town.
Posters:
All participants are encouraged to bring a poster describing the research they are involved in or going on in their research groups. These posters do not need to report new or finished research results, and can be less formal than posters you would present at a regular conference. We will have one or more poster sessions, where you can find out about what is happening at other universities.
Northeastern Granular Workshop:
You may want to attend the one-day Northeastern Granular Workshop, which will be held at UMass on Friday, June 3, 2016 (the day after the summer school). Registration for the NEGW is separate from the summer school; information on the NEGW will be posted at http://gibbs.engr.ccny.cuny.edu/NEGW.php.