Particle Methods for Interfaces, Bubbles, and Vortices
Prof. Bo Zhu
School of Interactive Computing
Georgia Institute of Technology
Faculty host: Qiang Zhong
Seminar on March 11th, 2025 at 11:00 AM in 2004 Black Engr.
Abstract
In this talk, I will present our group’s recent progress in developing particle methods for simulating complex fluid phenomena. I will focus on introducing particle-based data structures and numerical PDE solvers for modeling complex fluid processes characterized by intricate interfacial dynamics, thin-film topology, and vortical structures. I will discuss the roles of particles as interface trackers, differential stencils, and flow-map samplers, enabling the development of effective fluid simulators beyond conventional Eulerian and Lagrangian discretizations. The applications of these methods span a broad range of fluid systems across computer graphics and computational physics, including surface-tension phenomena, bubbles and foam, particle-laden flows, solid-fluid interactions, and turbulent fluids.
Bo Zhu is an Assistant Professor in the School of Interactive Computing at the Georgia Institute of Technology. His research focuses on the intersection of computer graphics, computational physics, computational design, and scientific machine learning, with an emphasis on simulation and optimization algorithms for fluid dynamics. He earned his Ph.D. in Computer Science from Stanford University and completed postdoctoral training at MIT CSAIL. His work has been recognized with an NSF CAREER Award in 2022 and Best Paper Awards at SIGGRAPH Asia in 2023 and 2024.
This seminar counts towards the ME 6000 seminar requirement for Mechanical Engineering graduate students.