Applied Math Colloquium

  • April 4, 2023
  • 4:10 PM - 5:00 CST
  • IES 111
  • Aaron Lauve, alauve@luc.edu
  • Not open to the public.
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    Speaker: Jeungeun Park, SUNY ¿ Paltz

    Title: Partial differential equations in biology

    Abstract: Partial differential equations (PDEs) often provide mathematical models to study physical phenomena in various fields, such as physics, engineering, and finance. In this talk, we will discuss how one can utilize PDEs to understand bacterial movement in biology. In particular, we will focus on swimming bacteria using flagellar rotation, one of the most ubiquitous forms of cell locomotion. By introducing a mathematical model of a flagellated bacterium through the fluid, we investigate what mechanism differentiates swimming modes and how a combination of them affects their swimming pattern. We further discuss the benefits of their swimming pattern in complex native habitats.