{"id":104,"date":"2010-06-15T19:47:35","date_gmt":"2010-06-16T00:47:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wordpress.clarku.edu\/activematter\/?p=104"},"modified":"2010-10-25T14:36:53","modified_gmt":"2010-10-25T19:36:53","slug":"recent-events","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wordpress.clarku.edu\/activematter\/2010\/06\/15\/recent-events\/","title":{"rendered":"Recent Events"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<div>\n<div>\n<p><strong><strong>October \u00a013. Observing Nature Discovering Science<\/strong> <\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p>Outreach activity involving high school students. <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"..\/wp-includes\/js\/tinymce\/plugins\/wordpress\/img\/trans.gif\" alt=\"\" \/><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div><strong><!--more-->September 29. Observing Nature Discovering Science<\/strong><\/div>\n<div><strong><br \/>\n<\/strong><\/div>\n<div>Members  of the physics department lead an hour long outreach session where  twenty 9th and 10th grade high students from UPCS, South High, and  Claremont Academy participated and did hands-on activities exploring  mechanics, electricity and magnetism, light, and sound.<br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #888888\"><!--more--><br \/>\n<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div><a href=\"https:\/\/wordpress.clarku.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/13\/2010\/06\/AMG_FishTalk1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-131\" src=\"https:\/\/wordpress.clarku.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/13\/2010\/06\/AMG_FishTalk1-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/wordpress.clarku.edu\/activematter\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/13\/2010\/06\/AMG_FishTalk1-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/wordpress.clarku.edu\/activematter\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/13\/2010\/06\/AMG_FishTalk1-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/wordpress.clarku.edu\/activematter\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/13\/2010\/06\/AMG_FishTalk1.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<div><strong>Wednesday, September 22, 2010<\/strong>. Active Matter Joint Colloquium 1:15pm Lasry 237.<\/div>\n<div><strong>Tubercle Technology: Biomimetics and the Humpback Whale Flipper<\/strong><\/div>\n<div><strong><br \/>\n<\/strong><\/div>\n<div><strong>Speaker<\/strong>: <a href=\"http:\/\/darwin.wcupa.edu\/%7Ebiology\/fish\/\">Professor Frank Fish<\/a>, West Chester University<\/div>\n<div>The humpback whale (Megaptera novaeangliae) is exceptional among  the large baleen whales in its ability to undertake aquabatic maneuvers  to catch prey. Humpback whales utilize extremely mobile, wing-like  flippers for banking and turning. Large rounded tubercles along the  leading edge of the flipper are morphological structures that are unique  in nature. The leading edge tubercles act as passive-flow-control  devices, which improve flipper performance and maneuverability. Possible  fluid dynamic mechanisms could be responsible for improved performance,  including stall delay through vortex generation and boundary layer  modification, and increase in effective span by reduction of both  spanwise flow and strength of the tip vortex. The tubercles provide a  bio-inspired design that has commercial viability for wing-like  structures. Passive flow control has advantages of eliminating complex,  costly, high-maintenance, and heavy control mechanisms, while improving  performance for lifting bodies in air and water. The leading edge  tubercles can be applied in the design of water- and aircraft,  ventilation fans and windmills.<\/div>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p><strong>Tuesday, June 15, 2010.<\/strong> The 1st Annual  \t\t\t\t<strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.clarku.edu\/departments\/physics\/docs\/Active%20Matter%20Workshop.pdf\">Active Matter Workshop<\/a><\/strong> was  \t\t\t\theld at Clark University.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>October \u00a013. 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