U.S.-France Cooperative Research: Hydrodynamics of Bacterial Colonies

这项为期三年的奖旨在表彰美法在应用数学领域的合作，获奖者包括Joceline Lega、Neil H. Mendelson和亚利桑那大学的一名研究生，以及法国尼斯蔚蓝海岸天文台的Thierry Passot。该项目由美国国家科学基金会和法国国家科学研究中心（CNRS）联合资助，旨在开发一种流体动力学模型，以描述生长介质表面密集的细菌菌落。该方法遵循天体物理学中使用的流体力学思想。该奖项代表美国方面向美国国家科学基金会和法国国家科学研究中心提出的联合提案。美国国家科学基金会将支付美国研究者和研究生的旅费和生活费。法国国家科学研究中心将支持这位法国研究人员访问美国。Lega提供非线性现象和模式形成建模方面的专业知识；细胞生物学家门德尔松将进行实验来测试模型和计算；物理学家帕索特提供流体力学和湍流方面的专业知识。他们的合作将促进对细菌菌落“流体动力学”的理解。

9909866LegaThis three-year award for U.S.-France collaboration in applied mathematics involves Joceline Lega, Neil H. Mendelson, and a graduate student at the University of Arizona, and Thierry Passot of the Cote d'Azur Observatory in Nice, France. The project, supported under the joint program of the National Science Foundation and the French National Center for Scientific Research (CNRS), is aimed at the development of a hydrodynamic model to describe dense colonies of bacteria at the surface of a growth medium. The approach follows hydrodynamics ideas used in astrophysics.This award represents the U.S. side of a joint proposal to the NSF and the French National Center for Scientific Research. NSF will cover travel funds and living expenses of the U.S. investigator and graduate student. The CNRS will support the French researcher's visits to the United States. Lega provides expertise on modeling of nonlinear phenomena and pattern formation; Mendelson, a cellular biologist, will conduct experiments to test the model and computations; and Passot, a physicist, provides expertise in hydrodynamics and turbulence. Their collaboration will advance understanding of the "hydrodynamics" of bacterial colonies.