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

9909866法律这个为期三年的美法合作应用数学奖获得者包括亚利桑那大学研究生Joceline Lega，Neil H.Mendelson，以及法国尼斯蔚蓝天文台的Thierry Passot。该项目在国家科学基金会和法国国家科学研究中心(CNRS)的联合计划下得到支持，旨在开发一种流体动力学模型，以描述生长介质表面的致密细菌菌落。这一方法遵循了天体物理学中使用的流体力学思想。该奖项代表了美国方面向NSF和法国国家科学研究中心提出的联合建议。NSF将支付这名美国调查员和研究生的旅费和生活费。CNRS将支持这位法国研究人员访问美国。LEGA提供非线性现象建模和图案形成方面的专业知识；细胞生物学家门德尔森将进行实验以测试模型和计算；物理学家帕索特提供流体动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.