The Soft Matter Seminar Series aims to enhance regional academic research exchanges and collaborations, and in particular to serve as a platform for promoting the interaction among the research graduate students and postdocs for the betterment of their research training.

Ping SHENG
Dr William M W Mong Chair Professor of Nanoscience

Department of Physics
The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology

 

   
   
19 November 2010 (Fri)
Micro-nanoscale Interfacial Phenomena in Soft Matter and Complex Fluids
Professor Chia-Fu Chou, Institute of Physics, Academia Sinica, Taiwan
Mr Jie-Pan Shen, Institute of Physics, Academia Sinica, Taiwan
Dr Zuli Xu, The Hong Kong University of Science & Technology
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29 January 2010 (Fri)
Field-induced Phenomena of Functionalized Complex Fluids
Professor Hyoung Jin Choi, Inha University, Korea
Ms Ke Zhang, Inha University, Korea
Mr Shuyu Chen, The Hong Kong University of Science & Technology
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8 December 2009 (Tue)
A Few Topics from Statistical Physics: Theory and Experiment
Professor Xiaosong Chen, Chinese Academy of Sciences
Dr Liangsheng Li, Chinese Academy of Sciences
Dr Yong Jian Wang, The Hong Kong University of Science & Technology
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23 November 2009 (Mon)
Micro Flows and Their Applications:
Particle Manipulation, Sample Concentration and Actuation

Professor Charles Yang, Nanyang Technological University
Professor Wenjing Ye, The Hong Kong University of Science & Technology
Mr Zhengwei Ge, Nanyang Technological University
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29 October 2009 (Thu)
Integrated Microsensors based on CMOS & MEMS Technologies
Professor Weileun Fang, National Tsing Hua University
Professor Yi-Kuen Lee, The Hong Kong University of Science & Technology
Mr Chia-Min Lin, National Tsing Hua University
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14 September 2009 (Mon)
Single Molecule Manipulation and Advanced Biomaterials
Professor Ming Li, Chinese Academy of Sciences
Dr Chun-Hua Xu, Chinese Academy of Sciences
Mr Xiuqing Gong, The Hong Kong University of Science & Technology

* Talks by Dr Xu and Mr Gong were cancelled due to typhoon
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10 July 2009 (Fri)

The Unbearable Lightness of Being: An Introduction to The Role of Softness in Biological Molecules
Professor Robert Austin, Princeton University; Visiting Member, HKUST Institute for Advanced Study

Dr Chi-Kuan Tung, The Hong Kong University of Science & Technology
Mr Shuyu Chen, The Hong Kong University of Science & Technology
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22 June 2009 (Mon)
Modeling and Simulations of Soft Matters
Professor Akira Onuki, Kyoto University
Mr Hayato Shiba, University of Tokyo
Dr Angbo Fang, The Hong Kong University of Science & Technology
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25 May 2009 (Mon)
Effective Simulations of Interfacial Flows
Professor Ming-Chih Lai, National Chiao Tung University
Dr Yu-Hau Tseng, National Chiao Tung University
Dr Qiaolin He, The Hong Kong University of Science & Technology
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20 April 2009 (Mon)
Self-assembly and Hydrodynamics at Interfaces
Professor Yu-qiang Ma, Nanjing University
Dr Chun-lai Ren, Nanjing University
Mr Shuo Guo, The Hong Kong University of Science & Technology
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11 March 2009 (Wed)
Novel Interactions and Dynamics in Complex Fluids:
From Colloidal Particles to Liquid Crystal and DNA Molecules

Professor Masaki Sano, University of Tokyo, Japan
Dr Hong-Ren Jiang, University of Tokyo, Japan
Dr Wei Chen, The Hong Kong University of Science & Technology
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23 February 2009 (Mon)
Fluctuation Effects in Soft Matter
Professor Wokyung Sung, Pohang University of Science and Technology, Korea
Dr Won Kyu Kim, Pohang University of Science and Technology, Korea
Dr Congmin Wu, The Hong Kong University of Science & Technology
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Organizing Committee of HKUST
Prof Yi-Kuen Lee, Mechanical Engineering
Prof Tiezheng Qian, Mathematics
Prof Ping Sheng (Chair), Physics
Prof Penger Tong, Physics
Prof XiaoPing Wang, Mathematics
Prof Weijia Wen, Physics
Prof Wenjing Ye, Mechanical Engineering

Sponsors
HKUST Institute for Advanced Study
School of Science
Department of Physics
Joint KAUST-HKUST Micro/Nanofluidics Laboratory
Croucher Laboratory on Multiscale Modeling and Simulations
Project of Multiphase Fluid Flow: Theory, Simulation and Experiments
The Croucher Foundation

Enquiry
Miss Sanna Hui
Seminar Secretariat
Department of Physics
The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology
Clear Water Bay, Kowloon, HK
Tel: 2358-5046 Fax: 2358-1652
sannahui@ust.hk