Fargo, N.D. — North Dakota State University will be the site of an international physics conference to be held Aug. 8-12 at NDSU’s Barry Hall. The Discrete Simulation of Fluid Dynamics (DSFD) 20th International Conference will include attendees from more than 14 countries, according to Alexander Wagner, conference organizer and associate professor of physics at NDSU. Visit http://dsfd.org for more info and to register.

At this conference, most recently held in Rome and Beijing, distinguished international attendees will discuss physics, mathematics and engineering topics among leaders in the field. Fluid mechanics is the study of fluids and the forces on them. Fluid dynamics focuses on the science of fluids in motion. Such concepts are valuable in fields as varied as engineering, hemodynamics (blood flow), flow in porous media (oil recovery), or in sports performance, such as swimming to determine how swimmers can move faster through water.

The Fargo conference focuses on the theory and applications of simulation methods for Fluid Mechanics that, in contrast to traditional Computational Fluid Dynamics methods, are derived from a microscopic model. These methods continue to increase in popularity because of the simplicity of the algorithms and their suitability for high performance parallel computations.

DSFD conferences have emerged as the premiere forum for researchers in the field, and many exciting new discoveries in lattice models of fluid dynamics have been first announced at DSFD conferences.

Invited conference presenters include:
·      Dr. Ronojoy Adhikari, Chennai Institute of Technology, Chennai, India
·      Dr. Luca Biferale, University of Rome Tor Vergata, Rome, Italy
·      Dr. Michael E. Cates, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, United Kingdom
·      Dr. Aleksandar Donev, New York University, New York, N.Y.
·      Dr. Burkhard Dünweg, Max-Planck-Institut für Polymerforschung, Mainz, Germany
·      Dr. Guiseppe Gonnella, Università degli Studi di Bari, Italy
·      Dr. Jari Hyvaluoma, University of Jyväskylä, Finland
·      Dr. Raymond Kapral, University of Toronto; Toronto, Ontario, Canada
·      Dr. George Karniadakis, Brown University, Providence R.I.
·      Dr. Tony Ladd, University of Florida, Gainesville, Fla.
·      Dr. Ron Larson, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Mich.
·      Dr. Jeffrey Morris, The City College of New York, New York, N.Y.
·      Dr. Stefano Ubertini, University of Naples, Parthenope, Naples, Italy
·      Dr. Stuart D. C. Walsh, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, Minn.

Visit http://www.dsfd.org for more info and to register. Discounted early registration is available until March 15.